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

Peter Rabley

Chief Executive Officer
Maryland, USA

Christy Monaco

Chief Operating Officer
Virginia, USA

Scott Simmons

Chief Standards Officer
Colorado, USA

Ingo Simonis, Ph.D

Chief Technology Innovation Officer
Germany, Europe

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, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Poland, Europe

Marie-Francoise Voidrot

Director, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
France, Europe

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, Ph.D

Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Calgary, Canada

Alejandro Villar Fernandez

Semantic Web Developer, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program
Spain

Rob Atkinson

Senior Research Engineer
Wollongong, Australia

Mayte Toscano

Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program, Europe

Marketing and Communications Team

Simon Chester

Director of Marketing and Communications
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

Nigel Edmead

Senior Director of Learning
England, UK

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 Services
Indiana, USA

Joana Simoes, Ph.D

Developer Relations
Spain, Europe

Micah Brachman, Ph.D

Community Manager, Standards
California, USA

Business Office Team

Samantha Chapman

Senior Accountant
Massachusetts, USA

Stephanie Binkley

Senior Accounting Manager
South Carolina, USA

Principal and Strategic members

We represent over 450 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities united with a desire to make location information FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.