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Shiori Sasaki

Assistant Professor Adjunct

Shiori Sasaki is a licensed architect and infrastructure professional whose work centers on geospatial technology, asset management, and the systems that shape the built environment. His experience spans architecture, planning, construction, operations, and maintenance, with a focus on how organizations use information, governance, and strategy to improve the way infrastructure is delivered and sustained. Prior to joining Esri, he supported historic preservation and resilience projects for NYC public agencies, including subway station rehabilitation at the MTA and later, capital planning and geospatial application development initiatives at the Port Authority of NY & NJ. These experiences strengthened his belief in the geographic approach – a way of seeing and understanding the world that brings together different domains of knowledge, grounds decisions in relationships between natural and built systems, and breaks down siloes by framing problems through their spatial, environmental, and social context.

At Esri, Shiori serves as an Industry Consultant and Strategic Advisor, partnering with global AEC firms, infrastructure agencies, airports, and utilities to advance geospatial strategy, governance, and asset management maturity. His work focuses on helping organizations adopt enterprise GIS as a location-centric platform that strengthens operations, connects project delivery to lifecycle asset stewardship and resilience, and supports more transparent, data-informed decision making. He specializes in geospatial program governance, GIS/BIM integration, Digital Twin and digital delivery workflows, and geospatially enabling asset management for asset-intensive organizations. Shiori is a registered architect in New York and Colorado and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union and a Master of Science in Construction Management from NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Shiori's CV is available here. 

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