Executive Director
Richard has more than 26 years' experience in the spatial industry. With a wealth of knowledge in the development and implementation of GIS solutions, he has a strong understanding of the commercial benefits achievable through the application of GIS technology within the enterprise environment.
At NGIS, Richard is the Business Unit Leader for resource sector clients including bluechip majors such as BHPB IO, Rio Tinto, Barrick, Vale, ConocoPhillips and Shell.
His strength is analysing how GIS can impact on business processes in the implementation of organisational change. Prior to NGIS, Richard spent 10 years in the minerals sector where he managed GIS for major mining company WMC Limited. There, he was responsible for implementing a company-wide strategy for managing rapid access to data worldwide. Richard also has seven years' experience as a cartographer in the public sector with large and medium-scale topographic and cadastral mapping.
Richard is a past chair and deputy chair of the WALIS Advisory Committee, an organisation that provides key input at a strategic level on the use of spatial data across government and the community.
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