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Expertise, Qualifications and Key
Information
Seasoned executive with broad based
business experience focused on
technology. Expertise includes product
and services development, technology
planning, strategic planning, business
development, software development,
organizational planning, market
development, uses of Geospatial
Information and Location Based
Services.
Excellent leadership skills
coupled with a demonstrated ability to:
1) build highly efficient, results
oriented technology and development
organizations, 2)structure, design and
implement new products, systems and
related policies and procedures on a
cost efficient basis and 3) manage
multiple, complex development tasks
simultaneously.
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A strategic thinker with an outstanding
ability to form strong, cooperative
interpersonal relationships coupled with
excellent oral and written
communications and presentations skills.
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Recognized expert with
over twenty-five years of experience in business,
government and research dealing with
issues and applications of technology
for use in the development of market
leading products, tools and services.
Selected
Professional experience
Chief Technology Officer and Executive
Vice President of Engineering, go2
Systems, Inc.
Served as corporate officer responsible
for engineering, technology, IT and
product development at go2 systems, the
leading provider and distributor of
spatially indexed business directories
and LBS applications designed for the
wireless Internet. go2 provided
location based directory services to MSN
Wireless, AT&T wireless, Sprint, Nextel,
Verizon and other major wireless
carriers in the U.S.
Chief
Technologist, Vice President of New
Business Development and Chief
Cartographer, Rand McNally & Company
Served
as corporate officer responsible for
technology, Geospatial Information and
mapping. Managed
over three hundred team members involved in Product
Development (systems developers,
software developers, GIS specialists and
Geospatial scientists) supporting the
consumer, commercial, educational and
transportation divisions of Rand
McNally. In addition, Dr. Dobson was
responsible for business development
activities including strategic
partnerships and acquisitions.
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