Biography

Doria Tai has had an extensive career in the Sabah Lands and Surveys Department, starting as a Land Development Planning officer in 1989 and eventually becoming the District Surveyor West Coast North in 1994. She went on to lead the Land Information System Section, which later transformed into the Geospatial Development Management Section, from 1997 until 2019. In 2020, she was appointed as the Director of Digital Government Division within the Sabah State Public Service Department. Throughout her career, Doria has worked on various projects related to ICT, LIS, GIS, and SDI, including the State GDI Clearinghouse. Currently, she is leading the Sabah Geo Hub, a project aimed at providing data to projects and empowering district offices with resource maps for better decision-making. Her work with the Data Integration and Interchange Platform (DIIP) is to harmonise data from People, Business, and Geo Hubs, enabling the facilitation of numerous applications that are transforming public services in the Sabah Government for the benefit of its citizens.