The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that Dr. David Arctur has been appointed as a Director, Interoperability Programs for the Consortium. In his new position, Dr. Arctur plans and manages OGC Interoperability Initiatives which include testbeds, pilots and experiments – all designed to develop, test and validate new standards that promote improved access to and application of geospatial information in decision making. As part of the OGC’s Interoperability Program team, Dr. Arctur is leading the sixth OGC Web Services (OWS-6) Interoperability Initiative, a major testbed activity.
Dr. Arctur’s appointment to the OGC’s staff underscores the Consortium’s commitment to maintaining technology leadership as the preeminent consensus standards organization in geospatial technology and location based Web services.
Dr. Arctur has dedicated his career to advancing the power of geospatial information and technologies for the benefit of decision makers, educators and researchers worldwide. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Technology Officer for the OGC Interoperability Institute (OGCii), a non-profit organization promoting reater interoperability of scientific information resources. Before OGCii, he served ESRI as a data architect and interoperability engineer. Prior to that position, he served as Chief Scientist at the US subsidiary of Laser-Scan, Ltd. He received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida.
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