Bio

Christopher W. Gibson currently serves as vice president for Trimble's Survey, Geospatial, Geographic Information System (GIS), Infrastructure, Rail, Land Administration and Environmental Solutions businesses. Mr. Gibson joined Trimble in 1998 as European finance and operations director. In 2009, he was appointed to serve as vice president responsible for Trimble's Survey Division, and in December 2010, those responsibilities were expanded to include oversight of geographic regions and divisions, including Building Construction, Construction Tools, and the Hilti joint venture. Prior to Trimble, Mr. Gibson's business experience includes a number of financial management roles with Tandem Computers, and financial analyst roles with Unilever subsidiaries.

Abstract

Integration of geospatial information into business processes
The adoption and integration of geospatial information into business processes continues to advance at a rapid rate. More and more decisions are being made where geospatial information is a critical element in the decision, this may relate to construction, agriculture, workforce management and safety, transportation, utilities, mining, rail etc. In his talk Chris Gibson will discuss how geospatial information is being made more available for the enterprise and how this is being applied into specific industries.