OGC Appoints European Business Development Director

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) has announced that it has acquired the services of Ms. Athina Trakas to manage its European business development activities. Ms. Trakas will work on behalf of the Consortium to further expand European involvement in OGC programs, and to enhance the Consortium's capacity to address regional interoperability requirements. Ms. Trakas' appointment was formalised through a business agreement between the OGC and the Consulting Center for Geographic Information (CCGIS).

Ms Trakas brings to her new task a long experience with OGC technology. From CCGIS' founding in 1998 she served in various business development roles working with European clients to promote adoption of OGC standards, more recently extending her work to support the adoption of OGC standards throughout the global Open Source community.

In her OGC role, Ms. Trakas will conduct business in Europe on behalf of the OGC's mission, goals and objectives, with a focus on market education, membership recruitment and consultancy services. Ms. Trakas will work closely with the Consortium's European Forum, a group open to all European members of the OGC. The Forum serves to coordinate outreach in the region as well as input into the OGC's international consensus process. She will also support OGC European interoperability services projects administered by OGC Europe, Ltd.