Mr ESRI: Jack Dangermond

Interesante artículo sobre el Sr ESRI, Jack Dangermond -ahora uno de los 400 hombres más ricos de USA-, en huffingtonpost:

"On September 24th, Dr. Jane Goodall bestowed the 2011 Global Leadership Awards, named in her honor, to those that have most impacted the field of conservation science including The Walt Disney Company, musician Dave Matthews, U.S. Rep. George Miller (CA-7) and Jack Dangermond.For those active in the field of conservation science, many of the awardees might be household names, with the possible exception of Dangermond, who tends to keep a low profile. But Dangermond's quiet background belies his impact on the environment. In 2009, he entered the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans. But wealth didn't earn him this award, instead he earned it from decades of involvement in preserving and protecting the environment using technology he developed at Esri, a company he founded with his wife Laura of 40 years. The son of immigrants, Dangermond's passion for environmental stewardship started when he was 16 years old in his family's landscaping business."

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"Given the impact of GIS technology on humankind, and Esri's important role in promoting its use, could an even bigger validation for Dangermond's work be that far off like a Nobel Prize? This remains to be seen, but in announcing a project partnership with Goodall this past August, Dangermond described his and Goodall's mutual "deep belief in the interconnectedness of all things, which obligates humankind to protect and conserve the environment." Technology and especially, social media, continues to make the world a smaller place but important pioneers in the field of GIS technology, like Dangermond, may in fact make the world a more sustainable place to live."

El artículo de huffingtonpost es este. La lista de los 400 más ricos es de Forbes