GIS Development Manager at IAG
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- GIS Development Manager at IAG
- Past
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- Product Manager at MapData Sciences
- Product Planner at Intergraph
- Senior Consultant at Intergraph
- Education
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- University of New South Wales
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Hugh Saalmans’s Summary
Specialise in matching complex requirements with innovative geospatial solutions.
Over 15 years of expertise in Pre-sales, Consulting, R&D and Product Management in the areas of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Location Based Services (LBS) and Mobile Resource Management (MRM) software and services.
Hugh Saalmans’s Specialties:
* Geocoding and address validation * Natural hazards risk ratings * Geo-demographic analysis * High volume, high performance web based mapping systems * Microsoft Bing Maps (previously Virtual Earth) * Mobile and wireless mapping technologies * Route optimisation and vehicle tracking (GPS)
Hugh Saalmans’s Experience
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GIS Development Manager
IAG
(Public Company; IAG; Insurance industry)
October 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Product Manager
MapData Sciences
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — October 2009 (3 years 4 months)
Responsible for technical pre-sales and product management across 7 product lines. Key objective was to increase revenue by enabling the sales team to sell high value solutions that were relevant to the markets they serve.
Key products managed included geocoding and address validation tools as well as natural hazards risk rating products. -
Product Planner
Intergraph
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
December 2000 — July 2006 (5 years 8 months)
Responsible for requirements gathering and global technical pre-sales for a variety of GIS, LBS and MRM products.
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Senior Consultant
Intergraph
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — December 2000 (2 years )
Responsible for pre-sales support to the medium to large business market in the Australian government, utilities and transportation industry sectors.
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Systems Engineer
MapInfo
(Public Company; MAPS; Computer Software industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Contracted to manage a significant data conversion project for a major client.
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GIS Manager
RP Data
(Public Company; rpx; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year )
Responsible for running the Sydney office of RP Mapping (a subsidiary of RP Data), as well as major projects.
Key achievement was successfully managing the project to validate every address in NSW against property sales information.
Hugh Saalmans’s Education
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University of New South Wales
Engineering , Bachelor of Surveying , 1989 — 1992
Graduated with Honours (Class II, Division I)
Additional Information
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Hugh Saalmans’s Interests:
Web based mapping technologies, bushwalking and skiing.
Hugh Saalmans’s Groups:
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GIS and Geo Technology Professionals - Now 4,000+ strong! -
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Australian Geospatial GIS Professional Network
Hugh Saalmans’s Honors:
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Virtual Earth
Advanced GeoMedia Web Map Certification
Certified GeoMedia Developer
Certified MapInfo Professional Trainer
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