Claude Gabriel Balla NDIONE

Certified Drone Pilot & UAV Instructor · Aerial Surveying, Inspection & Mapping (7 yrs)

Dakar, Dakar RegionNew 0 jobs done 7+ years experience

Profile Summary

Certified remote pilot and UAV instructor with nearly 7 years of field experience in drone operations, aerial inspection, monitoring and mapping across West Africa. Flies the DJI Matrice 300 RTK, 350 and 4T with Zenmuse H20T thermal and L1 LiDAR payloads, plus the Mavic range and senseFly eBee X. Also supervises building sites and carries out drone-assisted site inspections, and trains pilots and technical teams in safe UAV operation.

Experience & Credentials

Experience Level

Expert

Years Experience

7+ years

License

Other

Owns Drone Equipment

Work Experience

GIS Manager, Drone Pilot and Project Monitoring · PACE Experts

Jan 2025 – Present

Run drone missions and spatial data collection, processing and analysis
Design 2D and 3D plans
Monitor renovation and rehabilitation works on site

Drone Pilot, Surveyor-Topographer, Data Analyst · INSTADRONE Senegal

Jan 2024 – Aug 2025

Flew large-area drone missions, including 13,500 ha at Bakel, 1,500 ha at Keur Momar Sarr and 100 ha at Koungheul
Collected and processed all types of drone data, with Matrice 300 RTK carrying L1 LiDAR and H20T thermal payloads
Produced terrain models and topographic analyses from drone data

Drone Pilot, Surveyor-Topographer, Site Supervisor · EAES (Euro Afrique d'Equipement et de Services)

May 2022 – Dec 2023

Carried out drone inspections and mapping, and site inspections on building and groundworks projects
Mapped a 100 km gas pipeline network from Bargny to Sendou with a Matrice 300 RTK and ground control points
Handled layouts, land subdivisions, site monitoring, building estimates and 2D/3D plans

CEO, Site Supervisor, Surveyor-Topographer and Drone Pilot · 3C Construction

Nov 2019 – Present

Supervise building sites (residential buildings, a preschool): coordination of teams, quality, safety and deadlines
Lay out plots, run topographic surveys and prepare quantity and cost estimates

Drone Pilot, Surveyor-Topographer, GIS Trainer · KRANTH / Senegal Flying Labs

Dec 2019 – Mar 2022

Flew mapping and survey missions for ministries, institutions and international clients with eBee X, Phantom 4 RTK and Phantom 4 Pro V2
Trained technical staff in drone piloting, GIS and drone-based data analysis, including AI applications

Surveyor-Topographer and Cartographer · Land Registry of Thiès

Feb – Mar 2019

Field demarcation missions
NICAD design
MicroStation training

Education

Master 2 — Surveyor-Topographer, specialising in Photogrammetry

ESEBAT · 2019

Master 1 — Surveyor-Topographer

ESEBAT · 2018

Bachelor (Licence 3) — Surveying

ESEBAT · 2017

Civil Engineering studies (2 years) — Civil Engineering

ESEBAT · 2016–2018

Key Achievements

Mapped 13,500 ha at Bakel, 1,500 ha at Keur Momar Sarr and 100 ha at Koungheul Mapped a 100 km gas pipeline network from Bargny to Sendou with Matrice 300 RTK and ground control points Mapped 400 ha on the Gambian coast with Matrice 300 RTK and L1 LiDAR Mapped Derklé commune (350 ha, Dakar) with a Mavic 2 Pro Mapped the Grande Niaye nature reserve (650 ha) for the Ministry of the Environment with an eBee X and S.O.D.A. 3D camera Conducted aerial survey of Gorée Island for the Urban Planning and Architecture Department with a Phantom 4 Pro V2