Jiawei Xiao

Jiawei Xiao currently serves as the Geographic Information Systems Manager for the City of La Porte since December 2022, where responsibilities include administrative planning, strategic roadmap development, budget planning, KPI measurement, staff evaluation, and contract negotiation. Prior experience includes roles at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. as a Geospatial Data Scientist II, where Jiawei developed backend models for virtual tracking systems and migrated geospatial processes to advanced environments, as well as earlier positions at Benton County Government and Los Angeles Metro, focusing on GIS analysis, data collection, and mapping. Jiawei holds a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Geographic Information Systems from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona and an Associate of Arts from Pasadena City College.