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Louis Hecht

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Member for
13 years 16 weeks

Contact Information

Phone
+1 301-365-5907
Fax
+1 301-365-5908
Address

843B Carlisle Drive
Herndon, VA 20170-4819
USA

Personal Information

About Me

EDUCATION

B.S. Resource Planning and Conservation, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources, 1972

M.S. Resource Economics, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1981

PRESENT POSITION:

OpenGIS Consortium: Vice President, Business Development, OpenGIS Consortium. Assist member companies in developing
the means to expand their markets via the establishment of policies and technologies for geospatial interoperability.
Enlists the support and involvement of the geoprocessing community to stimulate the need for interoperable geoprocessing services
by identifying business and technology opportunities where such technology may effectively be employed and promoting
the means by which vendors, integrators, content providers, and users can come together to frame useful solutions.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

OpenGIS Consortium, Silver Spring, MD: 1996

Environmental & Geographic Information Systems Consulting, Silver Spring, MD: 1990 - 1996.

TYDAC Technologies Corp., Arlington, VA: 1988 - 1990.

Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc., Greenbelt, MD: 1987 - 1988.

The Orkand Corporation, Silver Spring, MD: 1982 - 1987.

United States Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA: 1978 - 1982.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD: 1972 - 1978.

SUMMARY:

Twenty four years experience in the fields of information technology, environmental/natural resource management and
spatial data management and analysis. Perform an assortment of tasks ranging from businesses process redesign, systems
design and applications development to technical project management and analysis for a variety of private sector, international
and government customers. Selected skill and experience areas include: Management Consulting, Geospatial Data Expertise,
Geospatial Applications Domain Expertise, and Technology Expertise.

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

GIS World -- GIS Washington:


December 1991: Monitoring the Chesapeake Bay in Real Time

September 1992: Three Federal Agencies Join Global Change Effort: Set Blueprint And Agenda For Open Access Data Management

November 1992: Implementation of SDTS: A Good Omen for GIS

January 1993: Notes from GIS/LIS '92: Federal Developments

February 1993: GIS Improves Visualization, Evaluation Capabilities in Superfund Cleanup

March 1993: Setting a New Standard for Spatial Research: The National Mapping Divisions FY 94 Research Agenda

May 1993: Forum Promises Broad Exchange on Spatial Data and Technology Policies

July 1993: Geo-Data Policy Forum Keynote Sets Federal Agenda for Spatial Data

September 1993: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure is a National Resource

November 1993: National Spatial Data Infrastructure Part of National Performance Review

January 1994: Federal GIS: Looking At 1993 To See What Lies In Store For 1994

March 1994: Its Time for Health Care Systems to Adopt Spatial Applications

June 1994: Open GIS Foundation Fosters Industry Synchronization

July 1994: Executive Order Sets Steps for NSDI Implementation

September 1994: Commercial Earth Observation Information Systems Will Benefit Users

December 1994: 1994: GIS Advances Are Spectrum Wide

January 1995: NASA Cooperative Agreements And Internet Grants Foster New Spatial Applications

March 1995: High Technology Policy: Changes In Store For Government and GIS Industry

May 1995: Technology Development, Policy, and GIS Interoperability -- The Process of Change

July 1995: NSDIs Future: Institution Building In a Federal Devolution Environment

September 1995: 1996 Budget Outlook USGS

November 1995: Axing Research Budgets: We Can Be Smarter

January 1996: USGS Aims to Develop Collaborative NMD Programs

March 1996: Choices for an Internetworked Economy Using Spatial Information

April 1996: What Type of Remote Sensing Imagery Do You Need?

May 1996: Telecommunications Act Opens New Doors for GIS