Who said “GIS is Key to California’s Future”?

Government Technology did in the title of an article highlighting the Conference on California’s Future focused on GIS use. Leaders from the public and private sector gathered and brought up the need for an enterprise GIS, need not to complicate the user experience (both for citizens and government users), and citizen’s increased interest in information.

Among familiar names from ESRI and Northrop Grumman were other players including Toby Ewing, director of the California Research Bureau and Larry Orman, executive director of the GreenInfo Network, a nonprofit advisory organization that aids government agencies in their GIS decision-making.

Michael Byrne, the state GIO sounds sold on enterprise GIS; he said paraphrased in the article, “adopting an enterprise GIS strategy will allow California to get out from IT’s well worn ruts.”