United by Geospatial Passion

A Global Network of Innovators fostering Geospatial Solutions and Impactful Change

PATRONS

WGIC BOARD

COMMITTEES

SECRETARIAT

PATRONS

CHAIR

Jack Dangermond

Founder & President

Esri

VICE CHAIR

Alain De Taeye

Member of Management Board

TomTom

Theo Agelopoulos

Senior Director, Business Strategy & Marketing

Autodesk

Hasan Al Hosani

Managing Director

Space 42

Robert Mankowski

SVP, Engineering Applications

Bentley Systems

B.V.R. Mohan Reddy

Founder & Executive Chairman

Cyient Ltd

Robert Hoddenbach

Global Director, Land Asset Integrity

Fugro

Eva Carranza

ESG & Sustainability Global Director

Hexagon Geosystems

Sun Fengquan

Chairman

USPACE

Rajesh Alla

Chairman & Managing Director

IIC Technologies Ltd

Dr. Minda Suchan,

VP Geointelligence

MDA

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development

Oracle Corporation

Ronald Bisio

Senior Vice President

Trimble

Scott Cattran

Chairman, President and CEO

Woolpert

WGIC BOARD

PRESIDENT

Bryn Fosburgh

Senior Vice President

Trimble

SECRETARY GENERAL

Marius Swanepoel

Director of Geospatial Engineering

TOMTOM

TREASURER

Brian Nicholls

Executive Director

Woolpert

MEMBER

Eric DesRoche

Sr. Manager Infrastructure Strategy, AEC Design

Autodesk

Dr. Prashanth Marpu

VP R&D

Space 42

Zubran Solaiman

Director of Product Strategy & Innovation (Energy Utilities)

Bentley Systems

John Renard

President – Utilities and Geospatial BU

Cyient Europe Ltd.

Dr Bushra Zaman

Director – Data Science

Deepspatial Inc

Elshan Musayev

Managing Director

EKM Global Consulting GmbH

Dean Angelides

Corporate Director, International Operations

Esri

Dr. Pooja Mahapatra

Global Lead – Geospatial

Fugro

Jean-francois Gauthier

VP of Strategy

GHGSat

Adina Gillespie

Vice President – Strategic Initiatives

Hexagon Geosystems GCS, USA

Steven Sawdon

Managing & Operations Director

IIC Technologies Europe

John Bowers

Head Geointelligence New Business

MDA

Dr. Jayant Sharma

Sr. Director, Product Management

Oracle

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

Willy Govender

CEO

Terra Analytics

Marius Swanepoel

Director of Geospatial Engineering

TomTom

Bryn Fosburgh

Senior Vice President

Trimble

Aimin Niu

Vice President

USPACE

Joseph Seppi

Senior Vice President, Geospatial Sector Lead

Woolpert

STATUTORY DIRECTORS

Arnout Desmet

John Renard

President – Utilities and Geospatial BU

Cyient Europe Ltd

Ken Mooyman

EVP

Hexagon Geosystems

COMMITTEES

Data

chair

Joseph Seppi

Senior Vice President, Geospatial Sector Lead

Woolpert

John Renard

President – Utilities and Geospatial BU

Cyient Europe Ltd

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Shelby Coder

Global Solutions Manager

Fugro

Trevis Gigiotti

Director, Content Product and Technical Support

Hexagon Geosystems

Steven Sawdon

Managing & Operations Director

IIC Technologies Europe

John Bowers

Head Geointelligence New Business

MDA

Martina Lofqvist

Head of Strategy & Partnerships

Picterra

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

Willy Govender

CEO

Terra Analytics

Philip Chisholm

Manager Software Engineering

TomTom

Ted Knaak

President

Topodot

Paul DiGiacobbe

Senior Director, Consulting Services

Topodot

Chantal Jorawsky

Product Marketing Manager, Geospatial

Trimble

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

chair

Valrie Grant

Founder & Managing Director

GEOTECHVISION

Menghestab Haile

Regional Director

GeoSaS

Clinton G Johnson

Racial, Equity & Social Justice Lead

Esri

Eva Carranza

ESG & Sustainability Global Director

Hexagon Geosystems

FINANCE, AUDIT & RISK

chair

Brian Nicholls

Vice President

Woolpert

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

INDUSTRY / ACADEMIA

chair

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development

Oracle Corporation

Dr. Nikolas Smilovsky

Geospatial Solutions Director

Bad Elf, LLC

Elshan Musayev

Managing Director

EKM Global Consulting GmbH

Geri Miller

Director of Education

Esri

Valrie Grant

Founder & Managing Director

GeoTechVision

Vattem Narendra Babu

CEO

iSpatial Techno Solutions

Anthony Paturzo

Segment Manager – Survey Ground US/CAN

Leica Geosystens Inc.

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse

Director, Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

Partnerships & Industry Engagement

chair

Dr. Pooja Mahapatra

Global Lead – Geospatial

Fugro

Eric DesRoche

Sr. Manager Infrastructure Strategy, AEC Design

Autodesk

Larry Fox

VP Marketing and Business Development

Bad Elf, LLC

Louis-martin Losier

Product Manager

Bentley Systems

Rodrigo Fernandes

Director of ES(D)G

Bentley Systems

Charles Yu

AVP, Head of Global Sales & Partnerships

Cyient

Linda Peters

Business Development and Executive Program Director

Esri

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Patricia Cummens

Government Policy & Strategy

ESRI

Darlene Magold

Chief Executive Officer

Etch, LTD

Menghestab Haile

Regional Director

GeoSaS

Valrie Grant

Founder & Managing Director

GeoTechVision

Jean-francois Gauthier

VP Strategy

GHGSat

Adina Gillespie

Vice President – Strategic Initiatives

Hexagon Geosystems GCS, USA

Guillermo Gutierrez

GIS Technical Manager

IIC Technologies

Uday Patil

Founder & Director

TECHG-X

Christian Luttenberger

Vice President bei

Leica Geosystems

John Bowers

Head Geointelligence New Business

MDA

Monika Lebkowska

Picterra logo Product Marketing Manager

Picterra

Martina Lofqvist

Head of Strategy & Partnerships

Picterra

Alex Gow

Sales Director

Satellite Vu

Georgina Orso

Head of Marketing

Satellite Vu

Rhiannan Mundana

Climate Specialist (Geospatial)

Satellite Vu

Chris Newlands

CEO

Space Aye

Hervé Clauss

Director MAPS Global Sourcing

TomTom

Hannah Brocke

Co-founder & CEO

PlanBlue

Policy Development & Advocacy

chair

Dr. Jayant Sharma

Sr. Director, Product Management

Oracle

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Darlene Magold

Chief Executive Officer

Etch, LTD

Dr. Sukanta Jena

CEO

Inovaantage

James Van Rens

Senior Vice President

RIEGL International

Kimberley Worthy

Principal Consulant

Spatial Vision

Marius Swanepoel

Director of Geospatial Engineering

TomTom

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-ghouse

Director, Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

Project Funding & Sustainability Committee

chair

Willy Govender

CEO

Terra Analytics

Andrew Coote

Owner & CEO

ConsultingWhere

Matthew Pennells

Director for Global Community Engagement

Esri

Menghestab Haile

Regional Director

GeoSaS

Simon Musaeus

VP Business Development

Hexagon Geosystems

Uday Patil

Founder & Director

TECHG-X

Vattem Narendra Babu

CEO

iSpatial Techno Solutions

Martina Lofqvist

Head of Strategy & Partnerships

Picterra

Chris Tanner

Director

Woolpert

Sr. Advisors

Sr. Advisor Membership

Dean Angelides

Corporate Director, International Operations

Esri

UN Engagement

Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-ghouse

Director, Advisory & Innovation

Woolpert

SECRETARIAT

Aaron Addison

Executive Director

Helen Gilmartin

Associate Director

Aarti Iyer

Executive Assistant

Andre Head

Consultant, AGFUND Project

Bhanu Rekha

Advisor – Communications Strategist

Derek Clarke

Advisor – UN Entities

Kuhelee Chandel

Advisor – DEI & Industry & Academia

Margarita Dadyan

Content Specialist