Aaron Addison

Aaron Addison

Advisory Board - UMass Global Institute for Geospatial Education

Biography

 

Aaron Addison serves as the Executive Director for the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) Secretariat where his focus is geospatial industry outreach working with companies and organizations around the globe on challenges related to the policy, implementation and communication of geospatial data. His 30 years of international experience includes extensive work in the public and private sectors as well as NGOs and higher education institutions. Addison currently provides program management leadership for WGIC activities in education, workforce development, digital twins and recently initiated GeoAction Africa project examining the contributions that geospatial tools and services may provide to countries in Africa. In addition to his operational and project management roles, he also staff’s the WGIC Industry\Academia committee working to bring education and research together with geospatial industry.
Prior to joining WGIC, Aaron served as the Director of Data Services for Washington University in St. Louis. In 2006 he joined WU to build a university-wide geospatial program for teaching, research and administration. His teams delivered analytic and technical services to faculty, students and staff as well as leading the creation of a GIS Certificate program and curriculum. A primary passion for Aaron was his teaching appointments in the WU schools of Arts & Sciences, Sam Fox School of Design, Brown School of Social Work and University College where he regularly worked with both undergraduate and graduate students. Aaron also served as an adjunct instructor for St. Louis University.

 

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