Speakers
 Tom GreavesTom Greaves, CEO and cofounder of Spar Point Research, has more than 20 years experience in engineering, product development, and business research and analysis. Greaves has authored reports on best practices for deploying 3D laser scanning, the benefits and paybacks of 3D plant design, MCAD distribution strategies and other issues, and has advised executives from engineering /procurement /construction firms and manufacturing companies on the application of information technology to solve business problems. Greaves has also advised the world’s leading software developers and hardware suppliers on marketing, pricing, partnering, promotion and distribution strategies in North America, Europe and Japan. |
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HoldenNick Holden, a Development Manager for the UK Environment Agency’s Geomatics Group, is responsible for advancing new mapping technologies to address the needs of the Agency. As a key person in the introduction of lidar and CASI into the UK, Nick Holden has set up and operated the first integrated operational airborne remote sensing unit in Britain. By incorporating both airborne and mobile laser scanning as complementing technologies into their workflows, the Environment Agency is a role model of government adoption of new technologies critical to providing the latest information for accurate environmental evaluation modeling and estimation. |
 Tina CaryDr. Tina Cary, founder and President of Cary and Associates (www.caryandassociates.com), serves the worldwide geotechnology community by conducting market research, providing marketing consulting, and presenting marketing workshops. The company’s most recent research report describes and quantifies The Global Market for Airborne Lidar Systems and Services. Combining her knowledge of both the marketing business function and the lidar market, she will present a workshop on how to market lidar services, including tactics for tough times. |
 | Allan Carswell, Chairman of the Board Dr. Carswell is a senior and internationally recognized leader in the field of laser radar (lidar) applications, in which he has been working since its very beginning in the early 1960s. He founded Optech in 1974 to develop commercial systems based on lidar technology. He has led and managed the growth of Optech, expanding the company from its base in atmospheric lidar to its current position as a leading developer and manufacturer of commercial lidar systems for a wide and growing range of applications. Formerly a professor at York University in Toronto, Dr. Carswell has maintained his original research interests in atmospheric lidar measurements. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Toronto. Dr. Carswell has been awarded The Order of Canada and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. He has held a variety of senior positions of responsibility, including President of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Vice-President of the Canadian Academy of Science, and member of the Boards of Directors of a number of industrial corporations and public institutions. He has received awards for his achievements in R&D, Innovation, Photonics and Space Science. |
 Doug HoustonDoug Houston, Vice President Operations of Optech Incorporated, has 40 years experience in the development of lidar systems, starting with graduate studies involving the construction of a ruby laser-based system in 1969. Dr. Houston steers the day-to-day operations of Optech, overseeing the management of all Optech products and projects. He has been largely responsible for the development of Optech's technical project control and reporting structures as the company has grown. Since joining Optech just after it was formed in 1974, as a Project Scientist specializing in lidar systems, Dr. Houston has been Managing Engineer and then General Manager, positions that reflected his increasing involvement in the oversight of technical programs and the development of a solid management infrastructure for a growing high-tech company. Dr. Houston has a doctorate in Physics from York University, Toronto. |
