ESRI
Esri ’ s Arthur Haddad , Chief Technology Officer , Location Analytics , runs through the GIS pioneer ’ s offering and how it is revolutionising access to the technology
“ IT ’ S ABOUT EASE OF USE AND MAKING GIS TOOLS ACCESSIBLE TO MANY MORE PEOPLE ”
ARTHUR HADDAD CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER , LOCATION ANALYTICS , ESRI
Arthur Haddad ’ s 25-year career at geographic information system ( GIS ) leader Esri has seen him rise to the position of Chief Technology Officer , Location Analytics . “ I started off as a professional services consultant and I immediately started working with CEO Jack Dangermond himself on the front lines , out there writing code and solving our users ’ problems . Soon that translated into working on the team that created the GIS Data Server , an internet-based server that evolved into today ’ s ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online SaaS offering .” That project ( among others ) was one of the efforts that cemented Esri ’ s status as a GIS pioneer , with the company today offering on-premise GIS infrastructure as well as software-as-a-service ( SaaS ) implementations to cater to the differing demands of its various customers .
“ We ' re the world leader in GIS software ,” says Haddad . “ We pioneered it and our innovations have led to advances within the geographical sciences towards solving problems around the world .” Haddad emphasises that Esri ’ s solutions unlock a whole new realm of data with potentially huge ramifications . “ GIS software is really a superset of everything that everyone does today . People work with qualitative , quantitative and temporal aspects of information to make critical decisions around the world . What about that fourth spatial or location data type ?”
76 June 2021