[OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Geoff Zeiss

[Frans Thamura]

i know him personally,

he is the man that wash my mind about the need of GIS

and Geoff -> Geospatial :) smiliar naming, and read his blog

http://geospatial.blogs.com/



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On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Haris Kurtagic <haris at sl-king.com> wrote:
> I have pleasure to be able to know and work with Geoff for few years.
> He is a great promoter of OSGeo. When I was thinking of becoming
> involved in open source, he encouraged me and gave me great advices and
> now I am very glad he did so. As Tyler wrote, his wide view helps me
> very often to have better picture of our industry.
> I strongly believe he is a right person for OSGeo Board of Directors.
>
> Haris Kurtagic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
> (OSGeo)
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 22:44
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Geoff Zeiss
>
> I nominate Geoff Zeiss for the OSGeo Board of Directors.  Geoff doesn't
> need much of an introduction, being so active on the international
> conference speaking circuit.  He has been a keen promoter of OSGeo from
> the beginning, in particular through spreading our message during his
> presentations but even more through helping building connections between
> OSGeo and others he knows.
>
> Geoff has more than 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial
> solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works
> industries. His particular interests include streamlining the
> infrastructure management workflow at utilities, telecommunications
> firms and local government, open source geospatial and Web 2.0 and its
> impact on infrastructure management, and converged BIM/CAD/GIS/3D
> solutions.
>
> Geoff's work experience gives him a strong understanding of management
> teams and technical aspects of software development by being a chief
> technology visionary for several companies.  His birds-eye view of the
> larger IT and geospatial landscape is very well informed and respected.
> His support and encouragement of OSGeo has already been very helpful in
> several ways, including helping raise sponsorship.  As a board member he
> would bring considerable experience, enthusiasm and a strategic
> perspective that could help in the years to come.
>
>
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