HUAJUN CHEN
Development · Product
Professional Overview
Strategic GIS Leader & Enterprise Architect with 15+ years of experience designing resilient full-stack systems across public sector, insurance, and operational business domains, with a focus on AI-driven solutions.
Experience
City of Garland , GIS Lead
(2025 - Present) - Strategic Enterprise Architecture & Migration: Architecting the City’s tdouransition from ArcGIS 10.8 to 11.x, redesigning full-stack infrastructure on SQL Server.
- Designed integrated system architecture and coordinated cross-departmental IT resources to ensure security and performance alignment.
- Establishing technical delivery standards and transitioning legacy workflows to ArcGIS Experience Builder to modernize spatial capabilities.
- Innovation & AI Strategy (POC): Pioneering Gen AI integration into municipal workflows to drive operational efficiency.
- Architected AI-driven field reporting platform using LLMs and speech-to-text to convert unstructured voice data into spatially-aware incident records.
- Directing exploration of natural language GIS interfaces to democratize spatial data access via AI-powered conversational querying.
- Digital Service Modernization: Overseeing strategic overhaul of public-facing GIS solutions to improve transparency and streamline community engagement.
Cognizant , Senior Developer (Client: FM Global)
(2021 - 2025) - AI-Enhanced Map Object Detection (Prototype): Architected automated system using SAM-GEO foundation models to streamline geospatial feature extraction.
- Environmental Data Visualization Platform: Led cross-functional team to build high-performance web mapping application for global pollution monitoring.
- Enterprise Architecture & DevOps Strategy:
- Architected CI/CD pipeline for ArcGIS Enterprise to automate deployment of web apps, maps, and schemas, eliminating manual errors.
- Optimized system performance by tuning execution models, validated through rigorous JMeter load testing.
- Actuarial Property Valuation System: Engineered four-stage Python data pipeline (Cleaning, Enrichment, Analysis, Reporting) for property valuation.
- Architected high-fidelity data enrichment pipeline by orchestrating multiple APIs (internal/external).
- Secured and scaled solution using Azure services, achieving 90% test coverage.
- Enterprise GIS Workflow: Built end-to-end low-code solutions using ArcGIS Enterprise and Workflow Manager.
Independent Software Engineer
(2018 - Present) City of Garland , GIS Lead
(2013 - 2021) - Led enterprise GIS architecture and major migration from Oracle to SQL Server.
- Launched Open Data Hub and public-facing GIS applications to improve transparency.
- Automated inter-departmental workflows using Python and real-time data integration.
City of Dallas , GIS Analyst
(2009 - 2013) - Designed field inspection scheduling and Python-based automation to streamline data collection, synchronization, and regulatory reporting.
Earlier Research & Internships
(2008 - 2009) - Conducted LiDAR analysis and GIS tool development for building classification and address intelligence.
Education
- Master of Science in GIS The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 2007 - 2009
- Bachelor of Science in Urban and Rural Planning Peking University, Beijing, China 2002 - 2006
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2022 - 2025 - Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
2024 - 2025
Skills
Cloud Platforms:
AWS, Azure.
Databases:
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Convex (Vector Database).
Analytics & DevOps:
Power BI, JMeter
GIS Platforms:
ArcGIS Enterprise, Experience Builder, Workflow Manager, Leaflet.js, Mapbox
Industries
- Insurance & Risk Analytics – actuarial systems, property valuation, data pipelines
- Local & Public Sector – enterprise GIS platforms, open data, civic digital services
- HVAC & Field Services – inventory management, work order systems, technician operations
- Real Estate – spatial analysis, property data enrichment