Lei Koopmans is a GIS consultant with a Biology background who specializes in bringing spatial solutions to the green sector. She helps organizations transform complex spatial challenges into clear, practical workflows designed to work in real-world field conditions—not just on paper.
Her technical toolkit spans the Esri ecosystem and beyond, including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and various CAD platforms (AutoCAD, QCAD, and others). Lei has a particular passion for automation, building custom tools that eliminate repetitive tasks and save her clients significant time. She designs data architectures that remain reliable and scalable regardless of project size or complexity.
What distinguishes Lei's approach is her work at the intersection of ecology, mapping, and creative problem-solving. She brings her biological background to bear on environmental and green sector projects, understanding both the technical GIS requirements and the ecological context in which they operate. Her expertise includes building custom Arcade expressions, writing Python tools for workflow automation, and configuring clean, user-friendly Field Maps environments for field data collection.
Lei is also a dedicated content creator, producing tutorials, quick tips, and behind-the-scenes breakdowns that share the workflow improvements and techniques that have proven most valuable to her clients. Her video tutorials are known for being particularly engaging, making complex GIS concepts accessible and actionable for practitioners at various skill levels. Whether she's demonstrating a time-saving automation trick or walking through a creative solution to a spatial problem, her content reflects a genuine enthusiasm for making GIS work faster, clearer, and more enjoyable.
Her philosophy centers on practical innovation—if a technique or tool can make spatial work smoother or spark a creative idea, Lei is likely experimenting with it and sharing what she learns with the broader GIS community.
