Athina Trakas Joins OGC as Director European Services

The Open Geospatial Consortium OGC announced that Athina Trakas has been appointed as Director European Services for the OGC. In her new position, Ms. Trakas will plan and manage OGC outreach and recruitment in Europe, working out of the OGC's Bonn office.

Athina Trakas has worked part time for the OGC since August 2006.

During this time she also served as Director of Business Development and Marketing for WhereGroup GmbH & Co. KG, where she was responsible for activities concerning cooperation with institutions and organizations on a national and international level. In that role, she promoted standardized WebGIS solutions -- including OGC Web Services (OWS) standards -- as well as open source software. Prior to that position, from 1998 to 2006 she served CCGIS (Consulting Center for Geographical Information Systems) in a variety of management roles as the company evolved from start-up to a successful consultancy. In 2007, CCGIS merged with Karta.Go and Geo¬Consortium to form WhereGroup. Athina has also worked for the German Cultural Council.

She holds a degree in Geography from the University of Bonn.

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