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Carl Reed Joins OGC as Director of Specification Programs
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Wayland, MA, USA, May 11, 2001 - Dr. Carl Reed has joined the
Open GIS Consortium as Director of Specification Programs.
Dr. Reed joins the OGC with over 30 years experience in the GIS
and location services industries. Prior to joining the OGC, Dr.
Reed was a senior executive at Intergraph, Genasys and Autometric.
Dr. Reed will manage the OGC Technical Committee process, focusing
on the mission of developing formal OpenGIS Specifications. He
will also facilitate the strategic planning initiatives of the OGC
Planning Committee. Dr. Reed will oversee the management and
publication of technical documentation, support OGC's Interoperability
Program and integrate the specification program with all other
aspects of OGC business.
David Schell, President of OGC, said, "Carl Reed has had a distinguished
career in the GIS market, having led significant development projects,
and for many years being one of the industry's leading proponents of
open systems. He brings great talent and energy to OGC at a critical
time in our company's growth, and I believe he will have a tremendous
positive influence on our continued success."
Dr. Reed's recent consulting experience includes work on the integration
of geospatial technology into location services, strategic planning,
GIS software architecture design and review, and specifications and
standards for interoperability. Before opening his consulting practice,
Dr. Reed served as Intergraph's VP of geospatial marketing where
he helped define the company's vision for enterprise, Internet and
location-based services. Before Intergraph, Dr. Reed served as
President and Chairman of the Board of Genasys Americas and was also
Chief Technology Officer for the global Genasys organization.
Dr. Reed is widely published and is a popular speaker at GIS related
conferences and policy workshops. He has presented papers at hundreds
of conferences and has been invited to lend his expertise to NSDI
Framework Workshops, the Adelaide Policy Summit, the GIM Advisory
Board, and the Digital Government Policy Workshop.
Dr. Reed holds a Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo with a focus on systems design
and architecture for GIS. He is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.
OGC is an international industry consortium of over 200 companies,
government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process
to develop publicly available geoprocessing specifications. OpenGIS
Specifications establish common interfaces that "geo-enable" the Web
and mainstream IT, enabling technology developers to make complex
spatial information and services accessible and useful with
all kinds of applications. Visit the OGC website at www.opengis.org.
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