EMA Announces GIS Industry News

EMA, Inc. announces recent additions to its staff of GIS experts and new GIS projects.

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA-- EMA, Inc. is pleased to announce recent additions to its staff of GIS experts: Chuck Cmeyla joins EMA as a principal consultant (Tempe, AZ) from PlanGraphics, Inc., where he worked extensively with municipalities to address their GIS needs; John Schiebold comes to EMA as a senior consultant (St. Paul, MN) most recently from a project manager role at Miner & Miner, Inc; A.J. Romanelli joins EMA from VantagePoint Network as a senior consultant (Fort Collins, CO); and Keith Croteau, senior consultant (Fort Collins, CO), comes to EMA after having implemented Web solutions with ESRI, Inc.

Developing a business-driven design and implementation approach specific to GIS projects that achieves excellent return-on-investment, EMA announces the following new GIS projects:
·   The Honolulu Board of Water Supply (HI) for GIS implementation and program management assistance
·   Ocean County Utilities Authority (NJ) for GIS implementation assistance
·   The City of Kissimmee Department of Water Resources (FL) implementation and program management assistance
·   The City of Tucson Water Department (AZ) for GIS implementation assistance
·   The City of Albuquerque Water Department (NM) for GIS implementation assistance
·   EPCOR of Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) for GIS strategic planning assistance
·   Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board (NY) for GIS Web-based application development assistance.

A leader in delivering successful GIS projects, EMA is active in GIS associations and in developing new standards. EMAs GIS Practice Officer, Dave DiSera, is the current Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) president. GITA is the premier educational association for geospatial information and technology specialists in telecommunications, infrastructure, and utility industries.

As an innovative management and technology consulting firm, EMA develops solutions in anticipation of changing market needs and bring new business concepts to its clients, which include water/wastewater utilities, public works and municipalities, electric and gas utilities, and manufacturers. With offices throughout the U.S. and Canada, EMA is headquartered in St. Paul, MN, and has served over 450 clients since 1975.          

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