About Your Speakers

Captain Paul Oosterling is the Commanding Officer of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). Originally from Ontario, N.Y., he graduated from Florida Institute of Technology in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in Oceanography and was commissioned through Officer Candidate School, Newport, R.I., in 1987.

He earned a master’s degree in Meteorology and Oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School and later earned a second master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.

His first assignment was to USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) as the Communications and Electronic Materials Officer. During this tour he qualified as a Submarine Officer and completed deployments to the western, eastern and northern Pacific oceans.

Capt. Oosterling transferred into the oceanography community and was assigned to the Naval Eastern Oceanography Center as a Forecaster, Command Duty Officer and Ship Routing Officer. From 1991 to 1993 he served as the Executive Officer of Oceanographic Unit Five, embarked in USNS Harkness (TAGS-32) conducting hydrographic surveys in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea for 14 months.

In 1996, he was assigned as the Flag Aide/Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. In 2001 he completed a tour as the OA Division Officer/Oceanographer in USS George Washington (CVN 73), where he deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf.
He spent two tours in Washington, D.C., first as the Branch Head for Manpower and Training on the staff of the Oceanographer of the Navy (CNO N096) and then as the Deputy, Branch Head for Integrated Undersea Surveillance Systems for the Director, Submarine Warfare (CNO N77).

In 2005, Capt. Oosterling reported to Commander, Third Fleet as the staff oceanographer and member of the Anti-Submarine Warfare, Mine Warfare, and Homeland Defense syndicates. In July 2007, he reported as the Executive Officer of the Naval Oceanography Operations Command, and in October 2007, he was named the first Commanding Officer of the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center stationed at Stennis Space Center, Miss.

In October 2009, he returned to the Naval Oceanography Operations Command as Director, Oceanographic Operations for Undersea Warfare. Capt. Oosterling then served as Chief of Staff, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command in August 2010. He assumed the position as Commanding Officer of the Naval Oceanographic Office in July 2011.
His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with four gold stars, Navy Commendation Medal with two gold stars, Navy Achievement Medal with two gold stars and various unit and service awards.

Robert Ward was born in England and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1983 after 13 years service in the British Royal Navy. He has served both afloat and ashore in various appointments associated with nautical chart making and surveying, including in command of ships.

He has undertaken hydrographic and oceanographic surveys around the world; including the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Mediterranean, and in the Arctic and Antarctic. In addition he has conducted many detailed coastal and harbour surveys around UK, Australia and islands of the South West Pacific. Over the last two decades he has also been involved in the technical developments of digital charting and ECDIS.

In September 2007 he was elected to his position on the Directing Committee at the International Hydrographic Bureau, in Monaco. One of his responsibilities is the oversight of the technical program of the International Hydrographic Organization. He has recently been elected to assume the Presidency of the Directing Committee effective from September.

Robert Ward was the Deputy Hydrographer of Australia prior to his retirement from the Navy, where he held the rank of Captain.

Evert Flier has served as a naval officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy for 21 years. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1989, he has had a wide variety of both operational sea duties and shore jobs. Operational positions included executive officer and commanding officer on frigates, on the navy instruction vessel and on a three mast full rigged sailing ship. To widen his horizon he engaged in personal exchange programs with the German, US and Norwegian Navy. Shore duties included project manager for the navigation equipment of the Netherlands Navy, teaching navigation at the Naval Academy and Staff officer at the ministry of Defence. In 2008 he left for Stavanger, Norway with his family to head the internal training department of the NATO Joint Warfare Centre and train NATO maritime headquarters. In 2010 he became director for the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. Evert Flier has degrees from the Technical university of Eindhoven and the Netherlands Defence College on IT, business and public administration, international politics and crisis response operations.

Mr. Wiley is a member of the United States federal civil service. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, he attended the University of Maryland, where he earned degrees in Biological Sciences and Ancient History and Classical Languages.

He served in the United States Navy from 1983 through 2003, initially as a Surface Line Officer and, latterly, as an Intelligence Officer. During his naval career, Mr. Wiley served operational tours in USS BRISCOE (DD 977), USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) and USS AMERICA (CV 66). Additionally, he served as a tactics instructor, Senior Intelligence Officer for a National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) Operations Team, and Operations Officer for the USEUCOM Joint Analysis Center. Mr. Wiley’s last assignment in uniform was as US Liaison Officer to the United Kingdom’s Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) from 2000 through 2003 and, in 2004, was created an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service during this posting.

Mr. Wiley entered the Department of the Army civil service at the Joint Analysis Center in 2003 as the Maritime Intelligence Branch Chief and, subsequently, as the Warfare Support Division Chief. He assumed his present appointment as Deputy Director of Intelligence in 2006.

Mr. Wiley is married to the former Alison Michelli, a writer. They reside in Northamptonshire with their son, Matthew, the occasional horse, some fish, and two black Labradors, Ptolemy and Hannibal.

John Erik Hagen is Regional Director for the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s Region Western Norway, a region with about 200 employees. He pursued a career in the Norwegian Navy, serving nearly ten years as a naval officer. In addition to naval training he attended the prestigious Norwegian Defence College. He also holds a University Degree in Law, Social Science, Economics and Business Administration.

After his naval career he spent several years in managing positions in the offshore industry and transportation services. Over a period John Erik Hagen functioned as acting Director General for the Norwegian Coastal Administration on behalf of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.

Today he serves in many national and international boards and advisory boards. He is also Coordinator of the IMO Correspondence Group on e-navigation and Chairman of IMO Working Groups (NAV, COMSAR and STW) on e-navigation, as well as the Norwegian delegation’s Chairman of the Working Group established by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation for the cooperation between the Russian Federation and Norway on maritime safety in the Barents area.

David has been Programme Manager for the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) since November 2005. MEDIN is a cooperative and open initiative, welcoming participation across the whole marine sector, working to improve management of, and access to, marine environmental data. MEDIN is tasked by its parent body, the Marine Science Coordination Committee, to deliver the UK Marine Data and Information Strategy.
Prior to his appointment as MEDIN Programme Manager David has worked in the private and public sector, primarily in the area of developing oceanographic applications of satellite data.

John C. Osler was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1964. He studied geophysics, receiving a B. Sc. with Honors from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec in 1986, and geological oceanography, receiving a Ph.D. from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1993.

In 1993, he joined Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (now Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada and spent one year as a term Defence Scientist and two years as a visiting fellow. He was a scientist at the NATO Undersea Research Centre in La Spezia, Italy from 1996 to 1999. He returned to Defence R & D Canada – Atlantic as a Defence Scientist in 1999 and led the Maritime Environmental Awareness Group from 2004 to 2010. He is presently the manager of the Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness Program of Work at the NATO Undersea Research Centre. His research interests include seabed-interacting acoustics and techniques for the rapid environmental assessment of oceanographic and seabed conditions.

Dr. Osler is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, and a member of the Canadian Acoustical Association, the American Geophysical Union, and the Canadian Geophysical Union. In 1994 and 1995, he was awarded the Edgar and Millicent Shaw Postdoctoral Prize by the Canadian Acoustical Association. In 1997, he received the Canadian Acoustical Association Director’s Award for best paper by a professional over 30.

Responsibilities: Survey and Team management in Advanced Mapping Services. As part of the INFOMAR management team, I contribute in the day to day running of this programme and its ancillaries. My role involves coordination of equipment, personnel, and technical support for survey operations on Marine Institute and 3rd party vessels.

I currently project manage INFOMAR contributions to INTERREG funded cross border/ pan European programs (MESH Atlantic and INIS Hydro). Responsibilities for the day to day running of these projects include budgetary control, project costings, national and international liaison, survey preparation, operations and reporting. There is a large element of outreach involved as the project is publically funded.

Together with my team, we are responsible for promotion of research and product development within the mapping services division, and 3rd level institutions. We also endeavour to expand cross services operations, and marine survey knowledge transfer, both within the Marine Institute, and with external partners.

David is a principal scientist at Dstl. After gaining his PhD, David worked as a post doctorial research assistant for four years before moving to Dstl. He has fulfilled a number of technical roles, including acting as a technical partner to MOD sponsored geospatial research. He has also sent some time support the development of Dstl Corporate Strategy. For the last three years he has been developing MOD’s understand of its Spatial Data Infrastructure, working with partners from across the MOD and is now co-chair of MOD’s SDI Technical Authority.

John joined the Merchant Navy on leaving school and served as a deck officer with P&O for 11 years, eventually achieving his Master Mariner certificate. In 1987 he did a BSc in Nautical Studies at Plymouth. After a spell commanding a training ship based in SE England he joined the PLA as a field surveyor in 1989, becoming Port Hydrographer in 2000.

During this time he has been involved in the commissioning of 4 survey vessels, digitisation of the chart production process, the move to MBES and the transition from Hifix6, through Microfix to full GPS positioning. Under John’s leadership, the PLA has taken on all the tidal analysis for the 12 Thames gauges, GIS for the organisation and extensive commercial work for engineers and environmentalists, as well the above-mentioned digital chart production and move to ENC’s.

John is a Chartered Surveyor, Fellow of the IMarEST, Master Mariner, Member of the Nautical Institute and the Hydrographic Society. He sits on the UK Committee on Shipping Hydrography and maintains close links with the UKHO, MCA and Trinity House.

Caroline Texier is at the French navy hydrographic office (SHOM). She is in charge of the project which aims at procuring an interoperable DBMS capable of proving better access to optimised georeferenced hydrographic databases (bathymetry, navigational aids and tide) and improved information processing, in the respect of INSPIRE requirements.
She started her career in 2001 at SHOM as a military engineer and quickly focused on GIS projects by customising a photogrammetric database and making it evolve a few years later. She has been at the head of the teledetection cell (remonte sensing and photogrammetry) during four years. She is also in charge of the archives digitization project.

Dermot Grimson joined The Crown Estate as head of external relations, policy and planning in the marine estate, in 2008. An urban planner by training, Dermot worked for 12 years in Royal Dutch Shell in their exploration and production business and in corporate roles.

Dermot supports colleagues in managing relationships with the UK Government and the devolved administrations and is a member of the Edinburgh Corporate Leadership Team and business leadership team. Dermot Grimson joined The Crown Estate as head of external relations, policy and planning in the marine estate, in 2008. An urban planner by training, Dermot worked for 12 years in Royal Dutch Shell in their exploration and production business and in corporate roles.

Dermot supports colleagues in managing relationships with the UK Government and the devolved administrations and is a member of the Edinburgh Corporate Leadership Team and business leadership team.

Leif started his military career in 1984 by military service onboard a Fast Patrol Boat as Weapons Technician. Following completion of his conscription Leif began Navy Officer College in 1985. The training included subjects such as leadership, psychology, tactics and seamanship. When Leif was appointed Ensign he continued his service as a telecommunication officer in the FPB-system. 1990 began Leif Naval War College which lasted until the winter 1991. After graduating from the college Leif continued service in the FPB-system.

In autumn 1992 Leif served onboard HSwMS Carlskrona as technical engineer faced with the prospect of a training cruise. Early in 1993 the ship left Karlskrona to come back six months later. During the trip countries such as Brazil, Singapore, Australia, Bulgaria and Ireland were visited. After homecoming Leif began his service as Telecommunications Officer on board the Corvette HMS Stockholm. In December 1993 Leif was appointed to Lieutenant. 1995 Leif left the duty onboard and became Squadron Engineer. In 1997 he began Swedish National Defence College Staff Course which lasted for one year. After graduation and appointment as a Lieutenant Commander in summer 1998 Leif was the first technical head of the maintenance unit at third Surface Warfare Flotilla in Karlskrona. Leif served in this position until April 2001 when he became IT director at the Flotilla.

2002 Leif started Swedish National Defence College, Advanced Command Course with Technical Orientation which lasted for two and a half years. After completion of studies Leif served at the Operational Command as Head of IS / IT section, J6 in Uppsala. 2005 Naval Warfare Centre was formed and Leif was selected Head of C4ISR and Electronic Warfare Development Department, which suited him very good. Leif served there for three and a half years.

During Christmas break in 2008 Leif was asked to become a Head of Logistic for the Swedish contribution to Operation ATALANTA. After some time of reflection, he assumed to the position and started immediately planning for the operation. As part of planning and effort Leif was Head of deployment of the entire contingent. Sweden gave OPCON May 15 and the operation lasted until September 15. As an additional task during the operation Leif also managed the Lessons Learned Process for the Swedish contingent. After homecoming, and leave, Leif returned to Naval Warfare Centre and was responsible for the technical elements of both SUCBAS (sea Surveillance Cooperation Baltic Sea) and MARSUR (Maritime Surveillance System). During the spring 2010 Leif participated in the SEL2 validation of Visby Corvette.

From August 2010 Leif is appointed as a Staff Officer for OCC E&F (Operational Capability Concept Evaluation and Feedback) at HQ MC Northwood. Furthermore, he is also the chairman for the MSA (Maritime Situation Awareness) Transitional Working Group responsible for merging the two Maritime Commands MSA capabilities into the new single MARCOM.

Leif is married to Mia since 1990 and have two children, Christian (1988) and Victor (1992). In his spare time Leif and his family plays golf. Moreover, Leif is involved in both governance and the Elite and Junior Committee of the Club. Among other positions of trust which Leif had includes football coach for girls and boys team, president of the Parents Association at an independent schools and boards of Association in the area where he has lived. During holidays and vacations family goes on trips to major cities where they like to go sight-seeing and experiencing urban pulse. In wintertime, skiing is a recurrent activity.

Finally can be mentioned that cooking is one of the great passions that Leif has, this is shared by his wife, Mia.

Harm Greidanus received a Ph.D. degree in astrophysics from Leiden University in The Netherlands in 1989. Following that, he has worked in remote sensing at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). In 2003 he joined the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. He has worked mostly on maritime remote sensing and surveillance applications (vessel detection, bathymetry, surface waves and currents), using observation systems such as imaging radar (ground based, airborne, and satellite) but also optical and infrared sensors. Presently he works on maritime surveillance concepts and systems, and data fusion.

Dr Mike Osborne trained as a physical oceanographer and has since acquired a broad set of skills comprising environmental, engineering support, marine data management and GIS. Mike has worked across a range of marine industries, managing numerous high profile projects globally. First as Technical Director of Metoc, then as founder and MD of SeaZone and latterly as MD of OceanWise, Mike has been pioneering the use of GIS in the marine and maritime sectors for over 15 years, resulting in the design and development of marine geographic information products, such as OceanWise ‘Marine Themes’. He specialises in the creation of marine reference data in support of marine management and spatial planning. Mike is a Fellow of IMarEST and chair of the AGI IMarEST Marine and Coastal Mapping and Planning Special Interest Group. He is a member of the MEDIN Executive Team and an invited expert on the IHO Marine SDI Working Group, which he helped instigate.

After obtaining his B.Sc. in Mapping Science in 1997 from the University of Bedforsdshire, he began his career in geomatics as a cartographer and hydrographer with an international survey company. Andy spent the next 7 years conducting high resolution multibeam surveys all over the world frequently using the CARIS suite of software. In 2003 he moved to Canada to take up the position of Customer Services Manager at CARIS. In September 2006, he became the manager of Marketing & Sales responsible for the companies global business development.

After gaining a B.Sc in Physical Geography and Mapping Science, Trish worked within the Offshore Survey Industry as a Data Processor and Cartographer for 5 years with an international survey company. After working on a variety of projects worldwide, both onshore and offshore, Trish completed a year’s contract at the UKHO as part of a team dedicated to updating small scale charts. In 2004, Trish joined the CARIS office in the Netherlands to provide Technical Support and Training predominantly for the hydrographic and bathymetric products. In the summer of 2007, Trish moved over to the Marketing & Sales team as Account Manager for UK and Ireland.

Commander Simon Wynn commenced his current appointment as the Officer in Command, Joint Meteorology and Oceanographic Centre and Cdr Fleet Operations (Hydrography and Meteorology) in September 2010.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1992, completed the Meteorology and Oceanography course in 1994 with an MSc in Applied Meteorology. Appointments to RNAS CULDROSE, HMS LONDON, HMS BEAVER and HMS BRAVE followed before being appointed to The Fleet Weather and Oceanography Centre, Northwood in 1998. Appointments followed in the Maritime Warfare School as o/c the Tactical HM Section and to HMS INVINCIBLE as the SMETOC in 2002.

In 2004 he became part of the newly formed Environmental Fusion Capability Implementation Team in Defence Intelligence, part of the drive towards greater collaboration within the broader Defence GeoInt community. In 2006 he moved to the HQ Intelligence Collection Group in Feltham supporting the intelligence fusion effort for Operations. Appointed to the Defence ISTAR capability development area he led the team on promotion in 2009 until his departure to become OC JOMOC.

Married with 4 children, much of his spare time is spent managing the family’s chickens, ducks, goats, pigs and dogs. Commander Wynn is a keen weight trainer and relaxes by renovating property and his collection of classic vehicles.

David Parker is the Civil Hydrography Manager at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. He is responsible for managing the UKHO’s involvement in the UK’s Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), in particular planning survey areas and defining technical requirements. Whenever possible, he endeavours to provide direct oversight of the CHP survey contractors in the field (and therefore avoid the office).

He has worked predominantly in the near shore and port hydrography sector for 16 years in commercial survey companies, civil engineering consultants and latterly in government agencies. As well as his primary role at the UKHO, he also provides training and consultancy on current survey technologies and practices worldwide.

He has a BSc in Hydrography and Ocean Science, is Chairman of the Hydrographic Society (UK), and is a Chartered Marine Scientist. He considers himself lucky to be able to say that he has worked in hydrography on every continent – including Antarctica.

William R. Cairns is the Principal Navigation Engineer at USCG Headquarters in the Office of Navigation Systems. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and an M.S. in Electronics Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served 20 years as a Commissioned Officer in the USCG in various engineering positions, including shipboard chief engineer. Following 5 years in the private sector, he returned to USCG HQ as a Federal civilian employee. He has been a member of U.S. delegations to the International Maritime Organization Maritime Safety Committee and NAV and COMSAR Sub-Committees. Since its inception, he has been the Chairman of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) e-Navigation Committee. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a Life Member of the Society of White House Military Aides.

André is the Principal behind the UK’s national seabed charting survey – the UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) – and is the Director for European seabed mapping project, INIS Hydro.

André has worked professionally in marine geoscience for the past 10 years. Before joining the MCA in 2008 he was the Marine Resources Manager with Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd and prior to that worked as a Marine Geophysicist with Gardline Geosurvey Ltd.

Since taking over the CHP in 2010, André has successfully led and refocussed the Programme to secure additional investment and participate in new collaborative ventures. Through his championing of a standardised approach to Government hydrography, André has forged close working ties across both the public and private sectors and sits on a number of special interest and Government/project working groups, where he represents the interests of data gatherers and nautical hydrography.

André holds a BEng (Hons) degree in Industrial Geology from the University of Exeter (1998) and an MSc in Oceanography from the University of Southampton (2001). He is a member of both The Hydrographic Society UK and the Society for Underwater Technology and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.

André’s principal interests include seabed survey and mapping, wreck investigation and data visualisation. He is a keen technology and new media enthusiast and regularly contributes to professional publications.

• Acquisition/interpretation marine geophysics & geotechnics
• High resolution bathymetric (MBES) survey & mapping
• GIS & data visualisation
• Survey planning & management
• Survey services procurement
• Project & programme management
• Programme fundraising
• Collaborative working
• Team leadership

Mr Pepper has over 30 years experience in the geospatial information industry, specialising in data collection and management, policy and strategy, new business development and marketing in the UK and overseas. He spent 25 years with Ordnance Survey initially as a land surveyor in the provision of geodetic surveys, photogrammetric and satellite imagery analysis as well as cartographic development. He has held several senior management positions in the public sector including Head of GI Strategy and Policy at UKHO with responsibility for developing and delivering a strategic approach to data capture, management and dissemination.

He now specialises in providing geospatial, business and management consultancy services including new business start-ups, strategy development and change management. He holds professional qualifications in Surveying Science and Geodesy, and a post graduate qualification in Marketing and Strategic Planning. He is a Director of the AGI and a Chartered Marketer with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). He is also a member of the Institute of Leadership and Management (MInstLM).

Pat served in the Royal Navy from 1976 to 2002. He saw service in submarines, the intelligence service, including as the Commandant of the Defence Intelligence and Security School, and in the higher echelons of the Ministry of Defence. He retired as a Commodore in 2002 and set up a small consultancy with a colleague specialising in the field of knowledge exploitation and data integration specifically targeted towards business agility and the application of intelligence techniques to the commercial sector including the emerging imperatives associated with corporate governance.

This has included working with Board level managers to better enable them to understand their responsibilities in a rapidly changing world. Developed the “Effects Based” model for corporate use and is heavily involved in developing the use of native XML technologies and, in particular, the Openkast XML engine for more effective knowledge integration across organisations and to enable managers to leverage latent information within existing data silos. Pat has recently been setting up a US based company dealing with effective data management involving a number of leading US companies and the US Federal sector.

Pat has recently been involved as a member of an international peer review group of senior officers working with the US Institute of Defense Analysis to review general officer training and overall US operational doctrine under the Capstone programme. Pat is a Director and long-standing member of AFCEA. Pat holds a chemistry degree from Oxford during which time he was a member of the Oxford Union and spoke at a debate on euthanasia with the late Leo Abse MP! He also holds a law degree from London and a Diploma of Management Studies.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and a Member of the Institute of Engineers and Technologists. He is regularly invited to speak at conferences and seminars, both in the UK and abroad and has written widely in specialist journals. He is married to Debbie, a former captain in the US Navy. They live in Cornwall in the far South West of England.

Steven Ramage is Executive Director, Marketing and Communications at the Open Geospatial Consortium. Steven is responsible for the planning and execution of a broad range of marketing, communications and education program activities. These are to raise awareness and increase application of OGC standards by technology providers and users worldwide. His activities include encouraging membership participation in OGC programs, as well as joint marketing initiatives and sponsorship. He also works closely with the OGC Global Advisory Council and OGC Board of Directors. Over the last 15 years, Steven has worked in a variety of organizations in the geospatial industry including Oceonics (now part of Fugro), Navteq (now part of Nokia) and most recently the 1Spatial Group.

He has been working on market development for all of these organizations across a number of industry sectors, including business-to-business, business-to-consumer, energy, government, transportation and utilities. His experience includes working in areas, such as precise satellite positioning, digital mapping, location based services, as well as geospatial data management. Steven has presented worldwide on information management topics, notably in the areas of interoperability, geospatial data quality and standards. Steven has a degree in Information Management from Glasgow Caledonian University and an international postgraduate diploma in European Marketing from ECG in Orleans, France and Staffordshire University, England.

He has lived and worked around the world and he speaks French, German and Norwegian.

Barrie Greenslade has been involved in electronic charting (raster and vector) for 22 years. For the last 15 years he has been involved in maintaining and developing standards for the IHO, including chairing the Transfer Standard, Application, Maintenance and Development Working Group (TSMAD) for the last 5 years. Very significantly Barrie led the team which developed S-100.

Paul, from the Netherlands, leads the INSPIRE Action within the SDI Unit.

He has a Ph.D. in electronic engineering and computer science from the University of Genoa, Italy.

Paul has been with the Joint Research Centre since 1998, working on topics related to geospatial data analysis, pattern recognition, data fusion and interoperability.

He is convener of CEN/TC 287 Geographic Information/ Working Group Spatial Data Infrastructures, co-chair of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) - ISO/TC211 Joint Advisory Group (JAG).

In addition to this Paul is a Marie Curie Fellow, and senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

Within the SDI Unit, Paul leads the INSPIRE Action. This work group is an enthusiastic and dedicated group of people within the JRC, responsible for the technical coordination of the Directive on the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe (INSPIRE).