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Curriculum Vitae

Paola Jayme
Romaguera

Spatial Analyst · GIS & Remote Sensing Specialist · Climate Risk Consultant

Climate risk and geospatial analytics specialist with 5+ years of experience leading end-to-end climate risk assessments and multidisciplinary hazard modeling initiatives. Demonstrated leadership in mentoring junior analysts, developing and standardizing internal modeling methodologies, and optimizing geospatial workflows for scalable asset-level risk analysis under multiple climate scenarios (TCFD-aligned). Combines advanced spatial analytics expertise with strong stakeholder engagement and business development experience.
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV, Ernst & Young)
Senior Associate — Climate Change & Sustainability Services Jan 2024 – Present
Climate Risk Modeling & Assessment
  • Led TCFD-aligned climate risk assessments for 500+ assets, quantifying exposure to floods, landslides, and extreme rainfall under multiple RCP scenarios.
  • Designed hazard models (hydrodynamic flood simulations; slope-stability analyses) using Python (NumPy, xarray, rasterio) and QGIS to generate forward-looking risk maps.
  • Automated Google Earth Engine workflows to assess turbidity and land-water change using remote-sensing indices, supporting climate-risk interpretation and exposure mapping.
Business Development & Client Engagement
  • Drafted and co-authored technical proposals that supported multiple climate risk assessment engagements; facilitated vulnerability & exposure workshops to align risk metrics with business impacts and adaptation strategies.
Targeted Collaborations
  • Conducted climate-risk assessment for an agricultural company with operations in the Philippines and Indonesia, integrating crop-sensitivity models with temperature and precipitation anomaly analyses.
  • Performed hydrometric and river-height analyses for a feasibility study, informing infrastructure siting and design.
Reporting & Communication
  • Produced executive-level dashboards, technical reports, and slide decks; translated model outputs into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
Science Research Specialist Mar 2023 – Dec 2023
  • Developed integrated geospatial workflows to assess seismic and secondary-hazard risk, cutting data-processing time by 50%.
  • Built Python scripts for spatial hazard-exposure extraction, automating multi-layer overlay analyses in ArcGIS/QGIS.
  • Synthesized field and remote-sensing data into risk-assessment deliverables for national hazard mapping.
University of the Philippines – Resilience Institute (UPRI)
GIS Researcher & Operator Aug 2020 – Feb 2023
  • Supported scenario-based flood and volcanic hazard modeling, processing large raster datasets for baseline and future-climate runs.
  • Automated Ash3d volcanic dispersion simulations via Bash and Python for rapid multi-scenario outputs.
  • Authored scientific briefs in LaTeX to communicate hazard-risk results to multidisciplinary teams.
GIS Specialist — Nature-Based Solutions
Freelance Mar 2026 – Present
  • Performed spatial analysis and suitability mapping to identify potential investment areas for nature-based solutions projects.
  • Integrated geospatial datasets (land use, terrain, environmental constraints) to support site selection and prioritization.
  • Developed GIS-based workflows to inform sustainable land management and climate-resilient investments.
Sustainability Data Analyst
Freelance Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
  • Designed and implemented a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and TOPSIS.
  • Constructed pairwise comparison matrices and applied normalization techniques to derive weights for SDG-aligned indicators.
  • Processed multi-dimensional datasets (health, climate, water, land use, economic impact) to evaluate sustainability performance.
  • Computed closeness coefficients and produced ranked outputs for comparative assessment of plant-based oils.
Researcher & Web Scraper
Freelance Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
  • Developed automated web scraping workflows using Python and Selenium to extract structured data from online sources.
  • Collected and compiled datasets (e.g., product and market data) for analysis and downstream applications.
  • Performed data cleaning, structuring, and validation to ensure usability for downstream applications.
GIS Specialist — Satellite Imagery QC
Freelance Jun 2024 – Nov 2024  ·  Dec 2022 – Feb 2023
  • Conducted quality control and validation of satellite imagery datasets used for AI model training and evaluation.
  • Reviewed spatial accuracy, classification consistency, and feature integrity across large image datasets.
  • Ensured high-quality annotated inputs to support reliable machine learning outputs.
Data & GIS Analyst — NetCDF Analysis
Freelance May 2024 – Present
  • Processed and analyzed large-scale NetCDF datasets to extract spatial and temporal patterns.
  • Conducted oceanographic analysis of eddies using Python-based workflows.
  • Automated data extraction, processing, and visualization for efficient handling of multi-dimensional datasets.
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