Seán Flanagan is a Senior GIS Consultant at 1Spatial by VertiGIS, specialising in the design and delivery of business-critical geospatial systems supporting national mapping agencies, government departments, transport infrastructure, and utility sectors across Ireland and the UK.
He works extensively with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Experience Builder, and the Esri JavaScript SDK to design and deliver scalable spatial solutions. His focus is on integrating geospatial capability into wider enterprise systems using Azure services, FME, Power Automate, and API-driven architectures.

His academic foundation spans geography, spatial analytics, and environmental modelling, including a master’s in GIS and Earth Observation (ITC, University of Twente / Lund University) and a master’s in Geography (University of Gothenburg), with research focused on spatial inequality and urban public health dynamics.