About me
Richard provides direction and management for all Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO) activities and programs and serves as the Geographic Information Officer for Texas. Richard is also the current president of the National States Geographic Information Council, an organization committed to fostering efficient and effective government through the adoption of geospatial information technologies. He has more than 35 years of experience in Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and computer mapping. Richard started his career as an intern with TxGIO (formally TNRIS) in 1986 and helped establish the first modern GIS program at the TWDB. He later co-founded the Windrose Data Corporation, which provided GIS data and services to environmental and energy firms across the country before returning to the TWDB in 2005.
