Open Geospatial Consortium announces Peter Rabley as new CEO
14 Mayo 2024 - 8:56AM
Business Wire
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced the
appointment of Peter Rabley as OGC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The announcement was made last night at the Geospatial World Forum
2024 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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As CEO, Peter Rabley will build on Open
Geospatial Consortium’s 30-year history while responding to the
pressing need for the consortium to be agile at a time of rapid
technological and societal change. (Photo: Business Wire)
Mr. Rabley brings to OGC a wealth of experience from the
private, governmental, and not-for-profit sectors, including in
venture financing, and in developing and implementing scale-up
strategies for international not-for-profits.
“I am excited and honored to be appointed as OGC’s CEO,” said
Peter Rabley. “OGC is well positioned to build on the incredible
30-year legacy by responding to the ever-increasing rate of change
seen in technology and society alike. Opportunities and challenges
have never been more apparent, and I see tremendous potential for
growth in new markets around the globe. This is the time of
geospatial.”
“I am particularly excited to have Peter leading OGC,” commented
Prashant Shukle, Chair of the OGC Board of Directors. “Peter has a
proven track record in the public, private, and not-for-profit
areas of the geospatial industry, and closely aligns with what our
key stakeholders and partners were telling us they wanted in a CEO.
The OGC Board took the time to get this selection right, and we are
very excited about how Peter fits with our plans for a
reinvigorated and repositioned OGC.”
Mr. Rabley’s appointment to CEO is timely, with it coming during
OGC’s 30th anniversary year—a time when OGC is taking stock of its
successes while modernizing to respond to a global economy that
increasingly uses geospatial technologies across so many domains
and applications.
The OGC is one of the world’s largest data and technology
consortia and one of its longest standing. Under Mr. Rabley’s
leadership, OGC will work with new and existing partners and
stakeholders to bring accelerated, practical, and implementable
solutions to our community.
About Peter Rabley
Peter Rabley is a technology executive, investor and geographer.
He has spent the last thirty years creating and operating
geospatial businesses that map the earth to improve lives and
protect the resources of our planet. Prior to OGC, Peter Rabley
co-founded PLACE, a non-profit data trust that makes mapping more
accessible and affordable so that decision makers have the data
they need to improve the places around them. At PLACE, Peter was
responsible for strategy and managing the organization’s investment
portfolio. Before PLACE, Peter was a venture partner at leading
impact investing firm Omidyar Network, where he led the Property
Rights initiative.
Peter has built various businesses including ILS, an enterprise
software firm that provided property taxation, registration and
mapping solutions to governments globally. After its acquisition by
Thomson Reuters, he became Vice President for Global Business
Development and Strategy at Thomson Reuters.
Peter remains on the board of PLACE. He also serves on the board
of the Radiant Earth Foundation, Meridia, and Microbuild. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of
Arts. Peter graduated from the University of Miami with a B.A. in
Geography and Economics and an M.A. in Geography.
About OGC
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is a membership
organization dedicated to solving problems faced by people and
planet through our shared belief in the power of geography. OGC
unlocks innovation and opportunity through geospatial data,
technology, knowledge, education, services, and standards. Our
membership represents a diverse and active global community drawn
from government, industry, academia, international development
agencies, research & scientific organizations, civil society,
and advocates.
The OGC is one of the world’s largest data and technology
consortia and one of its longest standing. OGC works with new and
existing partners and stakeholders to bring accelerated, practical,
and implementable solutions to the world of geospatial.
Visit ogc.org for more information about our work.
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