ArcWatch: Your e-Magazine for GIS News, Views, and Insights
June 2011
Esri Business Summit Features Speakers from Starbucks, Willis Re
Patrick O'Hagan from Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Coffee Company's Patrick O'Hagan, the manager of global marketing planning for the world's largest retail coffee chain, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Esri Business Summit this July in San Diego, California.
The summit draws business executives from all over the world to talk about how using location-based analysis will improve the overall performance, effectiveness, and efficiency of organizations.
"Adding the spatial dimension to my work enables quick comprehension and helps support the story," says O'Hagan, who uses GIS technology at Starbucks.
O'Hagan will be one of five keynote speakers at the Plenary Session, which will start at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 10. The speakers come from different aspects of business, including insurance and risk management, retail, commercial real estate, and logistics. They include the following:
Warner de Gooijer from Cisco Systems
- Warner de Gooijer, strategic analyst and project manager for the global supply chain operations of Cisco Systems. de Gooijer develops new projects that transform the global operations at Cisco, creating "the service supply chain of the future."
- Matthew Felton, director of research, GIS and mapping at MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC. He will talk about how GIS helps his clients make more informed and timely decisions. During his career, Felton has helped an array of government, nonprofit, and private-sector entities successfully put GIS to work within their organizations. While at MacKenzie, Felton has helped many clients apply GIS, including HMSHost, Wegmans, CVS, Planet Fitness, TGI Friday's, ITT Corporation, Saint Agnes Hospital, and Upper Chesapeake Health.
- Nigel Davis, executive director of product development, Willis Analytics at Willis Re, an international reinsurance firm. Davis specializes in geospatial and visualization software solutions for clients and spearheads development of new analytic delivery and exchange platforms for the insurance industry.
- Michelle Ellington, GISP, GIS coordinator for the University of Kentucky's facilities management and physical plant division. Ellington will talk about how she uses GIS to assist in managing asset information during construction of a new $450 million hospital at the university.
Nigel Davis from Willis Re
After lunch on Sunday, business executives can attend either technical workshops or moderated paper sessions. Workshops will include sessions on how GIS can be used to optimize location or marketing analytics. Esri developers will present the workshops, providing a comprehensive view of the tools, data, and capability of solutions for these important business tasks.
Representatives from McDonalds, one of the world's largest restaurant chains; Coop Obs!, Norway's largest hypermarket (superstore) chain; and APOS Systems, a business intelligence provider, are among those who will present papers during the afternoon sessions. They will talk about how GIS has enhanced their business processes and workflows.
"There is no other event quite like this," says Simon Thompson, director of commercial solutions at Esri. "The summit draws a truly global audience that comes together to share knowledge about GIS, which allows us to really see and understand interconnections of business in this world economy."
To learn more and register, visit esri.com/bizsummit.
