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Diego Alonso Franco Rueda is a civil engineer, software engineer, and GIS specialist with more than 33 years of experience in land surveying, property registry systems, GIS, photogrammetry, and RPAS (drones). Has more than 8 years of teaching and research experience. Also, he has extensive experience in geospatial data conversion from maps and hand records to AM/FM/GIS systems and cadaster, completing significant projects for municipalities and utility companies. Under his direction, over one million utility records, 17 municipalities, 130.000 urban parcels, and over 550,000 hectares of rural parcels have been digitized. As a software engineer has managed the development of both desktop and web-based applications for engineering and data capture for business in Colombia, USA, Canada, and Panama. Has experience as a manager in implementing ISO 9000:2000 Quality Systems and as Internal Auditor. Lately, he is flying and developing fixed-wing and multi-engine RPAS (drones) for specific purposes, such as precision agriculture, terrain modeling for agriculture, geology, surface mining and civil engineering, mining equipment inspection, emergency response, and infrastructure monitoring, all integrated with ML tools for speed up results and quality Specialties: CAD, GIS, Photogrammetry, LIDAR, Survey, GPS, Programming