Ahmed is from Pakistan and completed his MSc in Geo-Information Science at the University of Twente (ITC), like his colleague Houri. He is a fullstack geo software engineer with five years of experience in geodata, GIS and geo software solutions — using both commercial and open-source tools. His background is in asset lifecycle management for aviation; he has worked in Germany, the Netherlands and Pakistan. At MapGear he builds robust geo applications that make complex spatial data accessible and usable.