Gavin Fleming

OSGeo Member
Name:	Gavin Fleming
Job Title:	Joint MD
Company:	Kartoza
Address:
City:	Johannesburg
State:
Country:	South Africa
Local Chapter:	Africa Local Chapter
Email:	gavin AT kartoza DOT com
Phone:	+27+878092702
Instant Messaging:
Website:	http://kartoza.com
Language(s):	English; Spanish; Afrikaans
Personal Description :	Gavin is passionate about Open Source Software, Open Data and other Open philosophies that lead to interoperability, empowerment of people and helping maximise returns on government spending. He started his GIS career in 1996 after completing an MSc in genetics. His GIS experience includes thirteen years with the full suite of ESRI software but he started the FOSS GIS habit around 2002. He is a registered GISc Technologist and the GISSA FOSS SIG chair. He worked at GIMS (now ESRI South Africa), CSIR, Mintek and SAEON before starting Afrispatial in 2010 and then Kartoza in 2014, the latter a merger between Afrispatial and Linfiniti (Tim Sutton).
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OSGeo Experience and Roles:

       

Gavin Fleming

Joint MD, Kartoza

Location: Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

Gavin is passionate about Open Source Software, Open Data and other Open philosophies that lead to interoperability, empowerment of people and helping maximise returns on government spending. He started his GIS career in 1996 after completing an MSc in genetics. His GIS experience includes thirteen years with the full suite of ESRI software but he started the FOSS GIS habit around 2002. He is a registered GISc Technologist and the GISSA FOSS SIG chair. He worked at GIMS (now ESRI South Africa), CSIR, Mintek and SAEON before starting Afrispatial in 2010 and then Kartoza in 2014, the latter a merger between Afrispatial and Linfiniti (Tim Sutton).

OSGeo Experience

• OSGeo Charter Member
• FOSS4G 2008 conference chair,
• OSGeo Africa Chapter chair
• OSGeo Conference Committee

Contact

Email: gavin AT kartoza DOT com

Spoken Language(s)

English, Spanish, Afrikaans

Profile last updated

4 Feb 2015