Geospatial & Digital Solutions

David is a geospatial professional with 22 years of experience and leads the Geospatial team in our Auckland Office. He is part of the digital engineering leadership group and works with the team to integrate geospatial tools and techniques into our digital engineering services. David‘s main focus is to develop our people and apply our geospatial capability to help solve our client’s problems.

David has spent over twenty years working in the engineering and environmental consulting business. Over this period he has developed experience in collaborating with engineers, scientists and planners across various disciplines to understand project context and to work with them to provide appropriate GIS solutions. He spent 8 years as a Principal working in a GIS team for an Auckland-based firm and before that spent 14 years working in Perth, Western Australia

David is an Environmental Engineer with over 30 years of consulting experience in environmental management, contaminated land assessment and remediation, resource consent applications, consent compliance management, and project delivery. 

David’s expertise and experience encompass property pre-purchase and pre-sale environmental and consenting due diligence; environmental approvals and site assessments for infrastructure development; asset management compliance monitoring and environmental auditing; soil, groundwater and air contamination investigation and risk assessment (human health and environmental); risk-based assessment and management of environmental effects; environmental asset inventories; environmental monitoring field work scoping, Safety management, quality control, and coordination; risk-based contamination management option prioritisation and selection; remediation system design and implementation; environmental management support for facility closure and decommissioning; and effective project management including coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams.

David works closely with PDP’s Geospatial and Remote Sensing teams developing environmental data acquisition, analysis and communication solutions for clients to enhance project efficiency, safety and quality.

Derrick is a seasoned geospatial professional with over 15 years of experience, demonstrating a dedication to the field of geospatial technology and remote sensing. Throughout his career, Derrick has successfully delivered projects across diverse sectors such as Commercial, Government, and Military in Singapore. He has a track record for developing insightful, relevant, and timely geospatial solutions tailored to specific use cases.

Derrick's technical expertise encompasses remote sensing principles and operations, GIS system architecture and application development, in addition to imagery and spatial analysis. His expertise extends beyond technical domains to include adept customer relationship management, ensuring seamless project delivery and satisfaction.

With a commitment to innovation and excellence, Derrick continuously seeks to push the boundaries of geospatial technology, leveraging his wealth of experience to drive impactful solutions and advancements in the field.

Elizabeth is passionate about creating positive change in the natural world. She brings experience spanning consulting, research and government from NZ, the UK and the USA. Elizabeth specialises in the assessment and management of water quality in aquatic and marine ecosystems and combines her environmental knowledge with technical geospatial skills to improve how people understand and engage with data.

Elizabeth’s technical expertise includes water quality analysis, assessment of environmental effects and development of long-term monitoring programmes. She enhances projects by utilising GIS as a tool to harness the power of data. This has led to award-winning Storymaps and developing GIS-based tools for clients and citizen science. Elizabeth's problem-solving ability has proven invaluable during environmental events, including responding to floods and droughts with the UK Environment Agency.

Outside of working at PDP, Elizabeth's commitment to community shines through her volunteer efforts, enhancing geospatial capabilities within emergency management organisations.

Martina’s geospatial industry experience is based on a strong commitment to producing high quality work to serve the community and the environment.

Esri ArcPro, ArcGIS Online and associated Web Apps are the tools that Martina uses daily providing spatial data-derived products and services for use in environmental management, capital works projects, research, and planning, through the provision of static and online maps, and tools for collection, editing, and viewing data. She has experience in spatial analysis of a broad range of natural and built environment data including fire break design in Tasmanian bushland to sea ice concentration in Antarctica, from land use change detection to flood modelling.

Martina is passionate about working towards a mutually beneficial relationship with tāngata whenua.