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Lauren McKinney-Wise

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 4 of 23 Name: Lauren McKinney-WiseCompanies: Portland Bureau of Transportation Current Positions: Graduate Assistant, GIS Lab Coordinator/Lead GIS tutor Age: 29 Education: GIS certificate, AS Portland Community College; BS in Geography with minor in GIS Portland State University; MS in Geography, Portland State University Biography: McKinney-Wise works...

Claire Buxton

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 3 of 23 Name: Claire Buxton Company: Underhill Geomatics Ltd. Current Position: Project Manager Age: 33 Education: Bachelor of Surveying and Surveying Technology, University of Otago Biography: Buxton has a passion for land rights and sustainable community development. She has professional experience in land development in...

Malek Singer

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 2 of 23 Name: Malek SingerCompany: Teledyne Geospatial (Optech & Caris)Current Position: Product Manager, AirborneAge: 27 Education: BS Geomatics, Carleton University Biography: Singer is passionate about challenging traditional development roadmaps which have historically focused on “delivering more data. He has expanded Teledyne’s roadmap towards products that...

FLAIR Act Rides Omnibus to Federal Law

By Nicole Smith Legislation to create a current, accurate inventory or “cadastre” of Federal land owned by the Department of the Interior as well as the U.S. Forest Service, known as the Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (FLAIR) Act, was enacted into law as part of the Omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed...

Sydney Fuhrig

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 1 of 23 Name: Sydney FuhrigCompany: Tennessee Department of Transportation Current Position: Planning Specialist Age: 23  Education: Bachelor of Arts in History and Environmental Science from the College of William & Mary  Biography: At the Tennessee Department of Transportation Fuhrig trains colleagues in GIS, helps manage Tennessee’s roadway...