Former BAE Systems Executive To Lead Map Conflation Company
Written by Geosemble Technologies
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Andre Doumitt Named Geosemble President and COO
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., October 10, 2007 – Robert Landes, CEO of geospatial data integration company Geosemble, today announces the appointment of Andre Doumitt as company President and Chief Operating Officer, effective October 8, 2007. Geosemble provides technology to automatically and accurately fuse satellite, aerial and road network maps with virtually any online data repository to create decision-ready knowledge.
Doumitt previously served in a variety of executive management positions at BAE Systems, the $25 billion dollar defense and electronics company that, among other capabilities, provides integrated digital and terrain profile map products and integrated GPS/inertial navigation for military aircraft. At BAE Systems, Doumitt was credited with a number of strategic and growth initiatives that expanded the company’s business and span of influence, including rebranding BAE’s navigation product line and channeling R&D funding into new MEMS technology for its navigation systems. Mr. Doumitt also identified new integrated product opportunities from among BAE’s various business units to expand its work with US Navy, US Army and key international customers in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
“Andre’s multi-disciplinary experience in technology management and new business development makes him ideally qualified to bring our map conflation technologies to market,” says Geosemble CEO Robert Landes. “I am confident in Andre’s leadership in both identifying new markets and guiding our technology teams to address the needs of those markets.”
Prior to his work for BAE systems, Doumitt held management positions with the Italian/US Joint Venture Bell Agusta Aerospace, where he managed the introduction a new class of civil tilt rotor aircraft into the commercial marketplace and The Boeing Company, where he developed industrial relationships with international suppliers for the company’s helicopter programs.
“Geosemble’s ability to automatically align map imagery with virtually any data repository has far reaching applications in the private as well as government sector,” says Geosemble’s new President and COO, Andre Doumitt. “From highly targeted sales leads to up to the minute, multi-layered market intelligence, I look forward to working with our talented technical team in expanding our market opportunities and technology partnerships in the months and years ahead.”
About Geosemble Technologies
Based in El Segundo, CA, Geosemble Technologies provides technology for automatically and accurately extracting intelligence from a range of map and satellite image sources. By combining fusion technologies for image feature extraction, image to map alignment and online data extraction, Geosemble Technologies brings a unique capability for quickly delivering intelligence to business and government customers. For further information please visit www.geosemble.com
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