Oforiwaa Pee Agyei-Boakye

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Location Strategist, Spatial-Causal Scientist & Spatial Decision Intelligence Leader

I help organizations make high-stakes location and network decisions, on where to invest, expand, or reconfigure, by causally linking place to performance. My work turns spatial data into executive-grade evidence for capital allocation, market access, mobility systems, and infrastructure strategy.

I am focused on how mobility systems, infrastructure investments, and market geographies drive economic performance and human behavior.

While traditional GIS/Geospatial analyses answer “where” things are, and Data science predicts “what’ may happen based on correlation, organizations still struggle to prove why outcomes change and which spatial decisions actually create value. I fill this strategic blind spot by using spatial econometrics and causal inference to isolate the true impact of location-based interventions, showing not just where to invest, but “how and why” place drives performance.

Rooted in Ph.D. research in Transport Geography and Mobility Systems, my work models how the physical movement of people translates into measurable economic and behavioral outcomes. Through in-depth analysis of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya BRT system, I developed spatial-causal frameworks that demonstrate how infrastructure investments reshape market access, alter mobility behavior, and influence economic decision-making at scale.

I bridge advanced analytics and executive strategy to:

– Drive location strategy by optimizing networks for expansion, logistics, and market positioning

– Quantify infrastructure impact by measuring how investments shape demand, equity, and behavior

– Advance Spatial Decision Intelligence (SDI)- a decision framework that causally links place to performance

My experience spans the private sector, academic research, and public-sector mobility planning, with global work across North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and other international markets, enabling cross-context insight into how place, business strategy, policy, and performance interact. I work comfortably across cultures and disciplines and bring a multilingual perspective to complex spatial and strategic problems.

I have collaborated with product, policy, and strategy teams at organizations including Nike and Esri, and my work is complemented by service on global advisory boards and over 100 distinctions for innovation and academic excellence, reflecting both technical rigor and real-world impact.