Katia Valenza Lyons

I started my studies in Geology at University of Lausanne and Geneva where I discovered all aspects of Earth Sciences. I was especially interested in the mineralogy of ore deposits which led me to study barite vein deposits in the Western Jebilet in Morocco. After experimenting research and applied geology, I became interested in GIS and worked for a year as GIS project leader at Etat de Vaud. I then decided to specialize in GIS at University College London where I followed an MSc program. Back in Switzerland in 2004, I was hired as Account Manager by Esri, focusing on the Education, Nonprofit and Industry markets. Since August 2019, I am Program Manager mostly for the Nonprofits, helping them take advantage of Geographic Intelligence in support of their missions.