Ed Simnett, Former Microsoft and Nokia Technology Executive, Joins Geospatial Corporation as Senior Advisor
PITTSBURGH, PA--(Marketwired - March 24, 2015) - Geospatial Corporation (OTC PINK: GSPH) announced today that Ed Simnett has agreed to join the Company to assist management in the launch of GeoUnderground and the rollout of Geospatial's national partnership development program. Simnett is a global technology executive with experience as the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Nokia as well as the Head of Product Strategy, Mobile Search with Microsoft. Simnett graduated from the University of Oxford and received his MBA at Harvard Business School.
Mark Smith, Geospatial's CEO, stated, "We are all very excited to be working with Ed. In addition to a wealth of industry experience, Ed brings a global view to Geospatial and an incredible knowledge of all things maps and mobile."
Simnett stated, "I am looking forward to providing direction to management in the launch of Geospatial's unique 'go to market' strategy. It will be exciting to work with the Company to market GeoUnderground combined with our cutting edge underground pipeline mapping technologies."
Simnett added, "Combining Geospatial's technologies with the implementation of the Company's national Partner Program should allow us to scale rapidly and establish the Geospatial Solution™ as the gold standard for underground infrastructure mapping and management."
About Geospatial Corporation
Geospatial Corporation utilizes integrated technologies to determine the accurate location and position of underground pipelines, conduits and other underground infrastructure data allowing Geospatial to create accurate (3D) three-dimensional digital maps and models of underground infrastructure. Our website is www.GeospatialCorporation.com. The Company manages this critical infrastructure data on its Cloud-Based GIS Portal called GeoUnderground, our proprietary GIS platform custom designed around the Google Maps API. (www.GeoUnderground.com).
GeoUnderground is the company's powerful Cloud-Based (GIS) geographic information system database that enables users to view and utilize this 3D pipeline mapping information securely from any desktop or mobile device. GeoUnderground seamlessly integrates with Geospatial's technologies gathering underground, underwater or aboveground geo-referenced digital information of all types of infrastructure.
Licensed users, for the first time, have available to them a suite of technologies allowing them to collect data and create highly accurate 3D maps and models of both above-ground and below-ground infrastructure and view and share this invaluable information in a secure manner with their peers and associates anywhere in the world through a conventional browser via the Cloud.
Geospatial provides integrated data acquisition technologies that accurately locate and map underground and above ground infrastructure assets such as pipelines and surface features via its GeoUnderground Cloud-Based Portal.
GeoUnderground, designed around the Google Maps API, is Geospatial's cloud-based GIS platform that provides clients with a total solution to their underground asset management needs.
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