Many in the photogrammetric and GIS communities are familiar with Stewart’s background and body of work. He has M.A., M.S.c.E., and Ph.D. degrees in geography and geomatics from the universities of Glasgow, New Brunswick, and Bristol, an M.B.A. from Heriot-Watt, and has authored approximately 200 technical papers. Stewart is an ASPRS Certified Photogrammetrist and a chartered land surveyor (U.K.). In 1977 he switched from academic life at the University of East London to the private sector, where he has held positions in sales, product management, and business development, for Surveying and General Instrument Company, Kern, Leica, LH Systems, and Leica Geosystems, in England, Switzerland, and the U.S. He became product manager for SOCET SET in 1991, when Leica undertook worldwide distribution, joined BAE Systems in 2004 and is responsible for new directions in the development of SOCET GXP and enterprise software products. Read More