Opengeo

Chris Holmes

OpenGeo President

Chris began his work in open source geospatial software when he joined OpenPlans as the lead developer of GeoServer in 2002. He served in this role until 2005, when he chose to pursue a Fulbright Scholarship in Zambia to examine the potential for Open Source Geospatial software to implement Spatial Data Infrastructures in developing countries.

In 2006 he returned to OpenPlans as its Managing Director. Managing GeoServer development and nurturing the project's sustainability, he grew the geospatial division of OpenPlans into OpenGeo.

Chris has served on the Project Management Committee of GeoTools, the most advanced Open Source Java toolkit, since 2002, and is now the chair of the Project Steering Committee of GeoServer. Chris is additionally a founding board member to the Open Source Geospatial (OSGeo) Foundation, which is giving diverse spatially oriented projects a common banner.

Publications

Honors, Fellowships, Awards

  • Fulbright Scholar to Zambia 2005, project: “Potential for Open Source to implement Spatial Data Infrastructures in Developing Countries”
  • O’Reilly Foo Camp Attendee 2006
  • Science Foo Camp Invitee 2009

Education

  • BA History, Minor Computer Science, Stanford University, 1997-2001

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • World Summit on Free Information Infrastructure invited speaker on Open Geodata, 2005
  • Presentation on behalf of the OGC at the 'GEOSS and the User' workshop preceding AfricaGIS 2005.
  • Panel: 'Open Source GIS: A Practical Reality in 2005' at AfricaGIS 2005
  • Presentation: 'Open Source GeoSpatial: An Ever-increasing Return on Investment' at Location Intelligence Conference, 2006
  • Panel: 'Why should the CXO care about Open Source' at Location Intelligence Conference, 2006.
  • Key note presentation, CSI-CGIAR meeting in Nairobi 2008
  • Plenary talk, GSDI-10 2008
  • Invited meeting participant, OBIS technology planning 2008 and 2009
  • BAAMA meeting invited speaker 2008
  • Keynote Finnish GIS Expo 2008
  • GeoServer and the GeoWeb FOSS4G talk 2008

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Open Source Projects

  • GeoServer: Project Steering Committee Chair, Founding PSC Member, Committer
  • GeoTools: Project Management Committee 2002-2007, Committer
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation: Founding Board Member, served to 2008

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