Industry Leader Christopher Haakon Joins SANZ Geospatial Solutions Group Advisory Board.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- SANZ SANZ Standards Association of New Zealand SANZ South Africans in New Zealand (charitable trust) Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :SANZ), SANZ Geospatial Solutions Group, a leading provider of spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. provisioning solutions, today announced the appointment of geotechnology industry leader Christopher Haakon to the company's newly formed Board of Advisors for the Geospatial Solutions Group. Haakon, who brings over 30 years of industry experience, will assist the Geospatial Solutions Group in developing strategies for growth and in setting direction for continued EarthWhere(TM) product development. Haakon served as the general manager of Boeing-Autometric through August 2002. At the time of the acquisition by The Boeing Company in September 2000, he was the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Autometric Inc., a pioneer in and highly regarded provider of leading-edge services and applications to federal and commercial clients, specializing in data visualization See information visualization. and animation, modeling and simulation systems, image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished and analysis, geospatial data management products, systems engineering and integration. He is a retired Navy Reserve Captain who held four command tours. Haakon is also currently the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Joint Military Intelligence College The National Defense Intelligence College, formerly the Joint Military Intelligence College, is an accredited education and research institution serving the United States Intelligence Community by preparing personnel for senior positions in the U.S. Foundation, a member of the National Correlation Working Group Board of Directors, is a member of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Noun 1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security NGA Transformation Advisory Group, and participates in an advisory capacity with a number of other early-stage software and services businesses focused on the imagery market. "We are very pleased to have Chris agree to work with us in an advisory capacity," said John Jenkins, SANZ CEO. "His experience in the imagery business, his track record of building a very successful business in this sector and his deep knowledge of our target markets will all be of great assistance as we address the challenges of growing our business rapidly to meet our objectives." Jenkins added, "We expect to make other additions to our advisory board over the next few months." About SANZ SANZ is a nationwide data storage consulting and system integration firm focused exclusively on the design, deployment and support of intelligent data management. As part of its business model, SANZ has developed specialized expertise in the data management challenges of geotechnology users. SANZ's software product, EarthWhere(TM) is a spatial data provisioning application that manages, processes and delivers customized spatial imagery. SANZ is a subsidiary of SAN Holdings. http://www.sanz.com For more information, or to see an EarthWhere demonstration, please contact Melisa Harder, product marketing, at 303-495-6300, ext. 345, mharder@sanz.com; or Mark Hardy, vice president and general manager, geospatial solutions group, 303-495-6300, ext. 301, mhardy@sanz.com. |
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