]> 2026-04-11T18:49:30-07:00 User:Doublebyte 2 en false false true Lisbon true false true ByteRoad/OGC 38.736946,-9.142685 false Joana is a software engineer with more than fifteen years of experience, with a sound expertise in the field of geospatial tech and analytics. After acquiring a PhD in Geographic Information Systems, at the University College of London (2007), her drive to solve real-world problems has led her to SMEs, an international organization, a research foundation and a start-up. Joana has been very much involved in the Free and Open Source Software community, in particular in what concerns geospatial technologies, standards and data. This has led her to become a charter member of the Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) in 2017, and the vice-president of the Portuguese chapter of OSGeo. During 2017 she also took a leading role at the board of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), as a board director of the Industry Advisory Council. Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, an R&D company in the field of spatial data infrastructures and leads Developer Relations at OGC. She is also a reviewer for the European Commission, and has been deeply involved in education, teaching the next generation of full-stack developers and data analysts. Data Engineer, DevRel Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian Joana Simoes false Doublebyte1.png false true true 2025-08-29T16:35:18Z 2460917.1911806 Doublebyte 2 [2,"smw_baduri","joana_at_doublebyte.net"] Doublebyte# ERR53f3c5fbb0223fe4816e5d086b293665