Staff

The OGC is a virtual organisation. To ensure the best support for our global membership, our staff live and work in many different locations throughout the world.

OGC Executive Team

Ingo Simonis, Ph.D

Chief Technology Innovation Officer
Germany, Europe

Scott Simmons

Chief Standards Officer
Colorado, USA

Mitzi Osterhout

Operational Chief Financial Officer
Virginia, USA

Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program

Martin Klopfer

Director of Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program and Business Processes
Germany, Europe

Piotr Zaborowski

Senior Director, Innovation Program
Warsaw, Poland

Marie-Francoise Voidrot

Director, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
France, Europe

Sara Saeedi, Ph.D

Project Director, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Calgary, Canada

Francesca Noardo, Ph.D

Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Italy, Europe

Nils Hempelmann, Ph.D

Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Germany, Europe

Sina Taghavikish

Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Calgary, Canada

Alejandro Villar Fernandez

Semantic Web Developer, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Spain

Rachel Opitz

Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
New Jersey, USA

Rob Atkinson

Senior Research Engineer
Wollongong, Australia

Marketing and Promotions

Simon Chester

Communication Manager
England, UK

Tavia S Cummings

Event Manager
Washington D.C., USA

Member Success and Development Team

Trevor Taylor

Senior Director, Member Success, and Development, Global
Ontario, Canada

Rosie Chen

Community Manager, Member Success and Development
Quebec, Canada

Harsha Vardhan Madiraju

Associate Director, Member Success and Development

Standards Program

Gobe Hobona, Ph.D

Director of Product Management, Standards
England, UK

Greg Buehler

Director, Infrastructure Support
Indiana, USA

Joana Simoes, Ph.D

Developer Relations
Spain, Europe

Micah Brachman

Community Manager, Standards
California, USA

Business Office Team

Samantha Chapman

Senior Accountant
Massachusetts, USA

Stephanie Tinker

Senior Accounting Manager
South Carolina, USA

Our partners

We represent over 500 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities united with a desire to make location information FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.