Sunday, June 17. 2007

Quote of the Day: Tomlinson on Dangermond

Dr. Roger Tomlinson, the man known as the "father of GIS" has a few choice quips in describing Jack Dangermond while introducing him at the Senior Executive Summit as this year's ESRI UC. Tomlinson's dry humor and wit extolled some of Dangermond's virtues:

"It may surprise you to know that he is a farmer...a 'so so' fisherman and a builder of a company with worldwide reach. I've watched him as a small entrepreneur to a manager of a major corporation. Jack has done it and done it beautifully. Time and time again he has made major decisions in leading the world to using better tools to manage the environment. Jack Dangermond is dedicated to leaving the world as a better place.

Tomlinson was the host of the Senior Executive Summit and his introductions of speakers are remarkable for their weightiness and collegiality. We should all be so lucky to be merely introduced by him.

Posted by Joe Francica in ESRI UC 07 at 20:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

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