Avenza Systems Inc.
Shara Shami is a Software Development Manager and Team Leader at Avenza Systems Inc. since February 2020, overseeing a team of six and focusing on code review, mentoring, and feature development using technologies such as Django, Python, and PostgreSQL. Shara has a strong academic background with a PhD in Teleinformatics Engineering from the Federal University of Ceará, emphasizing digital image processing and machine learning. Previous roles include Full-stack Developer at LAPISCO IFCE, where Shara conducted research on diabetic retinopathy, and as a Professor at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, leading mobile app projects. Additional experience includes founding FIDIAS, a software house; working at Dell Lead on accessible IT courses; and software development at ITIC. Shara holds multiple degrees in computer science and telecommunications engineering from esteemed institutions in Brazil.
Avenza Systems Inc.
We are a software company that develops GIS software and mobile mapping apps for people who make and use maps for business and pleasure. Our Avenza Maps app allows users to locate and navigate, with tools to augment map data, without a network or internet connection, using their own maps uploaded to the app or maps retrieved from the Avenza Map Store. The Store contains more than a million map titles from thousands of publishers and continues to grow. Avenza’s MAPublisher and Geographic Imager products for Adobe Creative Cloud have been used by mapping and creative professionals in government, academia, and industries for more than 20 years. These software tools let users create beautiful maps while retaining vital geospatial data and attributes. We make mapping easier from creating visually stunning maps that accurately convey key features to accessing published maps of virtually any place in the world and tools to use maps in any virtual environment.