Philip Chisholm
About Philip Chisholm
Philip Chisholm is the Manager of Software Engineering at TomTom, with extensive experience in GIS and geospatial data technology.
Current Role at TomTom
Philip Chisholm is currently the Manager of Software Engineering at TomTom, a position he has held since 2022. His work focuses on managing software engineering teams in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He emphasizes fostering team chemistry and innovation, utilizing a tech stack that includes Python, PostgreSQL, Express, React, and Node. His responsibilities also include driving architectural and software design choices to produce extraordinary products.
Previous Experience at TomTom
Before becoming the Manager of Software Engineering, Philip Chisholm held several roles at TomTom. He was the Team Lead for North America Data Technology in Maps from 2021 to 2022, and a Senior GIS Engineer in 2021. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a GIS Engineer, and before that, he served as an Associate GIS Engineer from 2018 to 2019 in Calgary, Alberta. His earliest role at TomTom was as a Geographic Sourcing Analyst from 2014 to 2018.
Early Career and Geomatics Expertise
Chisholm's career began as a Geoscience Technician at Dawson Geophysical in Texas for five months in 2014. Following that, he worked as a GIS Research Assistant at the Applied Geomatics Research Group in Middleton, Nova Scotia for four months in the same year. His early career experiences provided him with foundational expertise in geospatial data and geographic information systems (GIS).
Education and Academic Background
Philip Chisholm holds an Advanced Diploma in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from the Centre of Geographic Sciences, completed in 2014. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honours in Geography from the University of Guelph, where he studied from 2009 to 2013. His educational background has been instrumental in his professional career specializing in geospatial data and GIS technologies.