Ed Parsons

Current

• Geospatial Technologist at Google Inc

Past

• Founder at Open Geomatics (Sole Proprietorship)
• Chief Technology officer at Ordnance Survey
• EMEA GIS Applications Manager at Autodesk

• Senior Lecturer at Kingston University

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Education

• Cranfield University
• Sinjuns

Connections

203 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Ed Parsons’s Summary

Board level technology exec, specialist in geospatial and location based systems. Public and private sector expertise with an academic background.

Ed Parsons’s Specialties:

Geospatial data, Enterprise GIS, Research

Ed Parsons’s Experience

• Geospatial Technologist

  Google Inc

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; goog; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Geospatial Technology Evangelist

• Founder

  Open Geomatics (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  February 2007 — April 2007 (3 months)

  A strategic consultancy focused on the geospatial technology tracking and neogeography.

• Chief Technology officer

  Ordnance Survey

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 7 months)

  Setting the strategic direction in Information Technology and specifically GeoSpatial data management for Britain’s national mapping agency.
  As director of IT managing the Information Systems department of 250 staff, with a budget of £20 million.
  Managing a 40 strong Research & Development team.
  Presenting a National and International Conferences.

• EMEA GIS Applications Manager

  Autodesk

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADSK; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1997 — June 2001 (4 years 4 months)

• Senior Lecturer

  Kingston University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1993 — March 1998 (4 years 8 months)

  Teaching and Consultancy role

Ed Parsons’s Education

• Cranfield University

  MSc, Applied Remote Sensing, 1990 — 1991

• Sinjuns

Additional Information

Ed Parsons’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Ed Parsons’s Groups:

Royal Geographical Society, British Computer Society, GSDI Conference

• LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member
•    Location Intelligence Conference member
•    Royal Geographical Society member

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