Alicia
Potter
Alicia Potter is a senior at Alabama A & M University. She will be graduating in December 2008 with a BS in Urban Planning and a minor in Remote Sensing. She presented research at the American Planning Association Annual Conference in 2007 and 2008. She resides in Huntsville, Alabama with her husband and two children. After graduation, Alicia intends to seek employment in or near Huntsville in the GIS field.
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Art
Kalinski
A career Naval Officer, Art established the Navy's first GIS. After finishing graduate work in GIS at the University of North Carolina, he joined the Atlanta Regional Commission serving as the GIS Manager since 1993. He was in the first group of GIS professionals to receive certification as a GISP. He pioneered the use of oblique imagery for homeland security applications. Art recently joined Pictometry to manage projects using oblique imagery for military applications.
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Bob
Baron,
President, Chief Executive Officer
Bob Baron founded Baron Services in 1989 after 22 years of broadcast meteorology experience. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, he is a long-standing member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and in 1982, earned the AMS Television Seal of Approval (#281). In 1996 his peers recognized him as the small business executive of the year, and in 2004 he was a finalist for Inc. Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year award. He was honored by the National Weather Association with a Special Achievement Award in November, 2006. That same year, the Alabama House of Representatives awarded him a commendation based on his companies' contributions to the safety and well-being of the general public. In 2007, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce and was also selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. In June, Ernst & Young honored Mr. Baron with the Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 Award in the technology category for the Southeast Region. The award honors the most outstanding entrepreneur of a technology-based company in the states of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.
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Brimmer
Sherman
As Vice President of Business Development for the Utilities and Communications Business Unit at Intergraph Corporation, Sherman and his staff are responsible for supporting the US team that focuses on selling and marketing Intergraph's solutions for geospatial infrastructure management (GIS), outage management (OMS), mobile workforce management (MWFMS), inside plant management, field force automation, and enterprise web portal systems. He has a bachelor's of science degree in Aerospace Engineering and a master's of science in bioengineering.
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Bruce
Aquila
Bruce Aquila has been with Intergraph for 24 years. He is currently serving as a Senior Transportation consultant in the Infrastructure Business Unit. Among his responsibilities are business development, consulting, industry conference presentations and product requirement collection. His prior responsibilities included product planning, technical training and software testing. He works exclusively with State Department of Transportation's, Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO), Local Governments and Transit agencies in the areas of linear referencing, network and data modeling, and surface transportation analysis applications.
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Bruce
Westcott
Bruce Westcott is a product consultant for metadata management tools for Intergraph Corporation -- Security, Government, and Infrastructure (SGI). He served as executive director of the Vermont Center for Geographic Information Inc. (a public, not-for-profit corporation) from 1990 until 1998. He has offered workshops on geospatial metadata since implementing the Vermont NSDI Clearinghouse node (1996), focusing on business planning and information management.
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Clifton
Ogden
Clifton Ogden is a Vice President and Project Director with Civic Engineering & IT, Inc. He has over 10 years of experience planning, implementing and managing geospatial projects related to public infrastructure. He earned his engineering degree from Auburn University, has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and was appointed by the governor to the Alabama State Geographic Information Council (AGIC).
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Damon
Dougherty,
Program Marketing Manager,Bentley Systems, Inc.
Damon Dougherty has been helping customers apply spatial technology to their business for over ten years. He is currently working as a product marketing manager for Bentley System. His primary responsibilities are to define and distribute industry-specific product messages corresponding to Bentley's geospatial product offering. Prior to joining Bentley, Damon was the Industry Manager for Intergraph Utilities. His key areas of expertise include; mobile workforce management, outage management, geographic information systems, computer-aided design, and smart grid technologies. He holds both a Bachelors and Masters Degree from Texas A&M University.
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Dan
H.
Hilyer
Dan Hilyer is the General Manager of Opelika Utilities. He has a BS in Civil Engineering from Auburn University and is a registered professional engineer. He is a council member of the Town of Waverly, the chairman of the Waverly Planning Commission, and is on the board of directors of the Alabama Water and Wastewater Institute.
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Danny
Hardin
Danny Hardin is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he received Masters Degrees in both Physics and Computer Science. During the past 18 years he has worked primarily with data management systems for NASA's Earth Science missions. Currently Danny is the manager of the Global Hydrology Resource Center - one of NASA's scientific data archive centers. Danny also led the UAH team responsible for developing the SERVIR project which is currently providing NASA data to decision makers in Central America.
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David
Palmer
David Palmer is a professional civil engineer and the county engineer for Franklin County, Alabama. He has been with Franklin County for 18 years. About two years ago he recognized the need to build a GIS for his department, the highway department. While constructing the GIS, he designed a very user friendly interface now known as "GeoTrans". A Birmingham firm, GIS Inc, built the interface based on the design.
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David
J.
Kingsbury
David Kingsbury has over 25 years experience working with and for Government agencies supporting the creation, implementation and use of innovative digital information systems. His experience includes leading the development and implementation of dozens of enterprise geospatial solutions for state and local governments. He is recognized as an expert on innovating processes within local governments through geospatial and database technologies within and across departments, agencies and interfacing to the public. Prior to his current position at Autodesk as a recognized authority on Infrastructure Modeling within Local Governments, he spent 20 years with Intergraph Corporation, most recently as Executive Director of Government & Transportation Solutions.
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David
B
Pollock
David B. Pollock is internationally recognized for his efforts in Remote Sensor Calibration to produce Climate Data Records of an adequate quality to assess global climate change. He has played an active role in the organization and execution of the annual Calibration Conferences held at Utah State University since 1989. An essential element of his work is a thorough understanding of Physics and Physics based models for the radiation, propagation and detection of electromagnetic energy. Six patents and more than 80 technical papers.
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Don
Murray
Don Murray co-founded Safe Software Inc, a privately held company based in Surrey British Columbia, in 1993. Safe Software is the maker of FME, a powerful spatial ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) platform that enables organizations to seamlessly extract, translate, transform, integrate and distribute spatial data from anywhere at any time. Don is co-architect and co-inventor of FME. Prior to starting Safe Software, Don taught Objects-Oriented technologies at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.)
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Geoff
Zeiss
Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for utilities, communications and government. His interests include streamlining infrastructure management workflow, Web 2.0 and open source geospatial, and converged BIM/CAD/GIS/3D simulation solutions. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial events around the world including Where 2.0, GITA, World Map Forum, Location Intelligence, and MapAsia and has received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA.
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Glenn
Weathers, Ph.D.
Dr. Glenn Weathers attended Auburn University, receiving his Bachelor's degree in 1965, and then his Master's degree in 1967, both in Electrical Engineering. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering specializing in Communications Theory in 1972.
Dr. Weathers has been with Applied Data Trends, Inc. (ADT) for the past ten years and currently serves as Vice-President and Chief Technical Officer. For two and a half of those years at ADT, Dr. Weathers managed the development of command, control, and mission planning software for the PATRIOT Tactical Command System. Dr. Weathers has forty years of experience working in the aerospace, defense, and high-technology industry in Huntsville, Alabama. He was an Executive Manager at Intergraph Corporation for twenty one years managing custom extensions to Intergraph commercial software products.
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Dr.
Greg
Gaston
Dr. Greg Gaston is a physical geographer with multiple research interests. He is a strong believer in the applications of spatial technology (GIS and Remote Sensing) to solving problems in Earth science and also in the need for field studies and 'hands-on' observation and data collection. His BS is in Agriculture from Wilmington College (Ohio), MS and Ph.D. are from Oregon State University, both in Geography
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Jack
B.
Tombrella
Jack Tombrella joined Northrop Grumman in 1997 after a 20 year career is the U.S. Army. He has served as a software development program manager and is currently assigned as a business development manager for Air and Missile Defense related programs. He received his master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy.
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James
Murphy
James Murphy is the Geospatial Solution Specialist for ALACAD, a solution provider and reseller for Autodesk products. James provides support and training to users throughout the Southeastern United States. Prior to joining the ALACAD team he was a GIS technician and drafting supervisor for an 80,000-member electrical co-op in Tennessee. James also has 10 years' experience as a CAD instructor at a technical college in Clarksville, TN.
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Jason
Britton,
GIS/Contract Coordinator,Madison County Water Department
Jason Britton a Huntsville native and graduated from Madison County High School in 1999. He attended Calhoun Community College from Jan 2000 until May of 2001. He enrolled at The University of North Alabama in Aug 2001 and graduated in May 2005 with a degree in Professional Geography. While at UNA he was inducted into Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honor Society. He has worked at the Madison County Water Department since August 2005.
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Jason
Watson
Jason Watson graduated from UNA in December 2004 with a BS in Professional Geography, Minors in Computer Information Systems and Business Administration and a Post Bachelorette Certificate in Geographic Information Systems. He is the GIS Analyst for the Shaw Group performing onsite GIS support for the Redstone Arsenal Installation Restoration Program from2005 to present. He has been a member of the United States Army Reserve since 1994 serving as an Intelligence Analyst with deployments supporting Operation Joint Endeavor, Operation Bright Star, Operation Noble Eagle, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Jason
Briley
Jason Briley is a seasoned Sales and GIS Professional; a GISP with nearly 20 years experience. He began his GIS career in 1988 with a regional agency serving several local governments. In 1992 he entered the private sector as a GIS Analyst with a small software company; then as a GIS Consultant when he started his own business in 1995; and finally, as a GIS Project Manager with a mid-size engineering firm in 2001. He continued essentially along that path through early 2008. During that time he served in various capacities; including, authorized reseller and authorized instructor for ESRI software. Over the years he became increasingly involved in Business Development and Sales. In early 2008 he accepted an offer from TerraGo Technologies to serve as Sales Manager for its Southeast Region and currently holds that position.
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Jesse
Mardis
Jesse Mardis graduated from UNA with a degree in Geographic Information Science in May 2008. He is employed at SICS Consultants in Florence and has had the opportunity to work on multiple state government projects as a member of the SICS team. His current primary focus at SICS is the Alabama Resource Management System, an interagency demographics database and resource planning tool that was recently the recipient of ESRI's Vision Award.
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Joe
Moran
Joe Moran is the lead of AMRDEC's Warfighter Protection Laboratory. The lab has a Geospatial Intelligence cell that supports, develops and researches geospatial issues that are uniquely related to Force Protection and Homeland Security. In addition, the lab has a Disaster Assessment and Research Team (DART) team that support ARNORTH with GIS support for national exercises and homeland defense and civil support missions. Joe's most current work has been in investigating the use of modeling and simulation technologies and applying it to DOD Force Protection and Homeland Defense applications. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami in Florida and a MBA from California Polytechnic Pomona in California.
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Joe
Millard,
Technical Services Meteorologist, Consumer Applications,Baron Services, Inc
Joe Millard joined Baron Services in 2005, and quickly became an integral part of Mobile Threat Net's development team. A graduate of Valparaiso University, he earned degrees in both Meteorology and Communications. While a student, he pursued his interest in weather by becoming the Deputy Director of the University's Storm Intercept Team. He has a variety of interests including photography, traveling and snowboarding. He currently resides in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Joel
Herr
Joel Herr is a Senior GIS Specialist for NVision Solutions Inc., an award-winning geospatial technology integration company located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Fresh out of college with a degree in computer science, Joel originally joined NVision as a web developer, but quickly discovered how much he enjoyed GIS and focused his career in that direction. Joel has worked on a variety of projects, including environmental studies, image analysis, and emergency management.
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Joel
Lawhead
Joel Lawhead is the CIO of NVision Solutions Inc., an award-winning geospatial technology integration firm at the NASA Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Joel works with government and commercial customers to build advanced geospatial solutions in several industries including emergency management, military intelligence, and oil and gas.
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John
Merritt
John Merritt is a Deputy Program Manager for 3001, A Northrop Grumman Company. He has worked for 3001 since 1998 gaining experience in everything from field work to database development and project management. He is a 1999 graduate of Penn State with a B.S. degree in Geography.
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Karyn
Tareen
Karyn Tareen is the President and senior technical lead of GeoCove, Inc. She took over the leadership of GeoCove in 2007, after working for ESRI in the services and technical marketing groups for nine years. Karyn has over a decade of experience implementing GIS solutions with local government, utilities, and public safety organizations. For the past year, Karyn has specifically focused on building complete damage assessment applications by meeting with various local governments, state and federal officials, and GIS experts. Karyn has a BA in Geography with emphasis in GIS. Sheis a member of the FL Urisa and IAEM (International Association of Emergency Managers).
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Keith
Cooke
Keith Cooke has been the Alabama Account Executive for ESRI since 2004. A 1992 graduate of Auburn University, Keith worked with government planning agencies in Alabama and North Carolina serving in both planning and GIS management roles for five years. He worked for an ESRI Business Partner from 1998-2004, which included GIS-focused facilities management projects for Commander Naval Forces Japan, and later, a focus on development and implementation of a suite of planning and zoning management software.
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Kevin
Bupp
Kevin Bupp is a Senior Geospatial Software Developer for NVision Solutions, Inc., an award-winning geospatial technology integration company located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Kevin holds a degree in Computer Science and, while attending college, worked for NVision through a cooperative education program. Since getting started in GIS, Kevin has designed, developed, and maintained numerous innovative geospatial applications.
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Kevin
Stewart
As the Business Development Manager at Geographic Information Services, Inc. (GISi), Kevin's primary responsibilities include building and maintaining client relationships, matching GISi's core capabilities to clients' needs, and promoting GISi's brand in the market. Kevin oversees the marketing initiatives and sales activities-focusing on our private and local government verticals. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwest Missouri State University and a Masters in Geography from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
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Lynn
Ford
Lynn Ford is the GIS Coordinator for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. He graduated from the Auburn University at Montgomery in 1990 with a B.S. in Biology in Environmental Science. In 1991, he became a Pollution Control Specialist with ADEM. In 1995, he began working with GPS and GIS. He supports the ADEM staff with GPS data collection and GIS software and analysis. He supports ADEM GIS interest outside the Department as well.
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Marc
R.
Beckel,
Program Manager - Northrop Grumman IT, TASC
Marc has been with Northrop Grumman (TASC) for over 8 years supporting customers as a GIS analyst and now Program Manager. His support to various DoD customers/activities includes BRAC '05 as one of the original Installation Visualization Tool (IVT) analysts which led to an original staff member of the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) OSD Office. He currently is the Program Manager for the Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment (SDSFIE) Support Services Contract. His involvement in Geospatial Standards is as long as his career at TASC. Marc holds a Masters degree in Geography from Portland State University (Portland, OR) with a thesis focus in Geospatial technology (GI/GPS) integration and management in organizations and a Bachelors dual degree in Geography and Economics from Syracuse University (NY).
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Melissa
Mayo
Melissa Mayo, GIS Specialist for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, uses GIS to improve operations and functionality for AEMA staff. She recently participated in activations for Hurricanes Fay and Gustav and has created several web mapping services for the newly updated AEMA website. Melissa received her undergraduate degree from Jacksonville State University. She continued her education to complete the graduate geography program at the University of Alabama.
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Michael
Vanhook
Michael Vanhook is the GIS Coordinator for the Geospatial Office in Information Services Division, Alabama Department of Finance and is a graduate of the University of Alabama, New College. He is currently serving as Secretary of the National States Geographic Information Council. Over the last 2 years he has worked to establish the Geospatial Office and implement a State Enterprise License Agreement with ESRI for the development of a State Enterprise GIS Infrastructure.
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Dr.
Nadine
Alameh
Nadine Alameh is Co-President of MobiLaps GEO, a small, woman-owned business in Silver Spring, MD and a leader in the applications of geospatial interoperability and Web services. She has been an interoperability architect in OGC's Interoperability Program since 2001. She has acted as Senior Technical Advisor to NASA's Geosciences Interoperability Program leading the strategic analysis, development and implementation of geospatial interoperability and architectures within NASA. She holds two MS degrees and a PhD from MIT.
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Patrick
Hogan
Patrick Hogan is the Project Manager for NASA World Wind (open source 3D geospatial visualization technology) and has been managing NASA open source projects since 2002, incubating software technology that delivers scientific content into the digital realm and leveraging open standards and emerging technologies. Patrick is a Registered Geologist in the State of California and has a M.S. in Earth Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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Phillip
Henderson
Phillip Henderson is the GIS Manager at the Office of Water Resources (OWR) with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). Phillip provides geospatial services in support of a wide range of initiatives at ADECA and OWR. Two new GIS initiatives started this year include the statewide Water System Mapping Project and the National Hydrologic Dataset Stewardship Program for Alabama. Phillip holds a Bachelor's in geology from the University of Alabama with additional studies in GIS and computer graphics. He has 19 years of experience in GIS as a GIS specialist, project coordinator and manager. He is a licensed Professional Geologist and has authored and co-authored several publications.
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Richard
Carroll
Richard Carroll has been a geologist with Geological Survey of Alabama for the past 17 years. He has worked on geological projects in Alabama dealing with coal quality and resources, oil and gas source rock evaluation, carbon sequestration feasibility, and paleobotany. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. in geology/paleobotany at Michigan State University.
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Rob
Mott
Rob Mott is Intergraph's Executive Director for Military and Intelligence Solutions. In this role Rob oversees support and integration of solutions for the military and intelligence industries, including solutions for advanced image exploitation and motion imagery exploitation. During Rob's 15 years with Intergraph, his goal has been to help his customers make better use of vast amounts of complex, disparate information, while helping them to leverage existing investments in current systems and operations
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Roger
Harwell
Roger Harwell is the product manager of the GeoMedia WebMap products with Intergraph. He has over two decades of experience in the mapping and geospatial field, during which he managed the development of several products as well as the Team GeoMedia program. He holds a B.S. degree in mathematics and computer science from Lipscomb University.
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Roy
Interrante
Roy Interrante has 25 years experience in Municipal Engineering and Management. He has specialized in the development and installation of GIS and Data Integration applications for various customers, such as the Facilities Management Office NASA-MSFC, Navy Public Works Center-San Diego, Planning Department-Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, and Public Works-Fort Bragg. He has a B.S in Civil Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, and is a P.E. in Florida.
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Ryan
Pecharka
Ryan Pecharka has been employed with The City of Prattville as GIS Coordinator in the Department of Planning and Development since January of 2004. The scope of GIS involvement varies greatly in other department endeavors. GIS serves Citizens, Planning, Engineering, Police, Fire, EMA, Wastewater, Sanitation, among others.
Prior to moving to south central Alabama, Ryan worked in GIS with the Lucas County Auditor in Toledo, Ohio. Ryan graduated from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography/Geoscience with a specialization in GIS, as well as linguistics. Ryan lived and studied in Spain at the University of Alcala de Henares. In addition to the future of GIS, Ryan is also interested in Geodesy, and Geodetics.
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Sam
Bacharach
Sam Bacharach was a long time user and then producer of geospatial information before he joined the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc., in April 2000. During his time in industry he became convinced that open standards, specifically those from the OGC were the future. He has presented on geospatial services and OGC in the U.S. and Canada, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. He holds Bachelor BS and MS degrees from the University of Idaho.
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Steve
Milroy
Steve Milroy is an industry leader with Virtual Earth and Microsoft based geospatial solutions. Steve is a Microsoft Regional Director and Virtual Earth consultant. Steve has presented at developer conferences, user groups, and business associations on many emerging technology solution and development topics.
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Steve
Ramroop, PhD
Steve Ramroop is Program Director for the Surveying and Geomatics Sciences Program, Department of Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and Geomatics, at Troy University in Troy, AL. He has a PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand; a MSc from the International Institute of Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences in the Netherlands; and a BSc from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Geomatics (specifically GIS, Surveying, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
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Steve
Perkins
Steve Perkins is a GIS Specialist for the City of Huntsville's GIS department of the City Planning Division. Steve has spent over 26 years as a Systems and Applications software Analyst. Prior to his six years of GIS experience with the City, he spent 16 years working for Intergraph Corporation as a Systems Consultant, Applications Specialist and GIS Analyst. Steve holds Bachelors degrees in Geography and Sociology from the University of North Alabama.
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Tim
Troutman
Tim Troutman is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service, Huntsville, Alabama forecast office. He has held this position since May, 2002. Primary duties include the program management and leadership of the local Weather Forecast Office's warning and preparedness program. Prior to this assignment, he was the NOAA Weather Radio and Dissemination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service, Southern Region Headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Tim previously worked as a senior forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Melbourne, Florida and previously was a forecaster at the National Weather Service Office in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his National Weather Service career at the Weather Service Office in Evansville, Indiana in 1989. Tim is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a bachelors degree in Broadcast Communications in 1989 and a Masters Degree in Science in Hydrometeorology in 1999.
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Timothy
Heinse
Tim Heinse is the Sr. GIS Database Manager for AMTEC Corporation of Huntsville. He works for the U.S. Army Garrison's Environmental Management Division on Redstone Arsenal, developing and managing the GIS for Natural Resources and Environmental Compliance branches. Tim is retired from the U.S. Air Force with over 20 years active duty. He has a BS degree in Social Science and Geography from Troy University and a MS degree in Geography from the University of Alabama.
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Wardell
Edwards
Wardell Edwards received his bachelor's degree in Geography from Auburn University. He has been employed with ADECA's Office of Water Resources Floodplain Management Branch for almost two years. The primary focus is the partnership with FEMA in their Map Modernization Program. They are updating all flood maps within the state on a county by county status with completion scheduled for late 2010.
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Dr.
Xutong
Niu
Dr. Xutong Niu is an assistant professor of Geomatics at Troy University. He received his PhD degree in Geodetic Science and Surveying Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2004. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Mapping and GIS Lab at The Ohio State University from 2005 to 2007. His research interests include high-resolution image processing, digital photogrammetry, coastal mapping, and spatial data integration. He is an active member of ASPRS.
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