Justin Bakken (2011) is an Associate GIS Consultant with the Natural Resource Group, LLC.
Ben Butzow (2012) has moved to MnDOT's Waters Edge facility and is now a GIS Specialist with the GIS Support Group.
Tom Chambers (2012) is a GIS Consultant with Real Estate Mapping and Data, LLC.
Brian Fischer (2001) was promoted to a Principal and GIS Project Manager at Houston Engineering Inc. in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Mike Foster (2010) now works as a GIS Specialist with URS Corporation in downtown Minneapolis.
Jason Gottfried (2011) is a Multi-Modal Transportation Planner/GIS Specialist with the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization.
Blaine Hackett (2001) along with Paul Wickman (2007) have joined forces and established a GIS consulting company, Flat Rock Geographics, in Minneapolis.
Jacque Hamilton (2007) is now a Geologic Information Specialist at the Minnesota Geological Survey.
Craig Hanson (2012) has moved to Williston, North Dakota where he is working as a GIS Specialist with AE2S.
Mike Kasel (2009) now works as a Senior GIS Analyst with Explore Information Services in Eagan, Minnesota.
Erin Kees (2008) has moved back to the Twin Cities and works for Xcel Energy as a Supervisor for the Ancillary Programs group.
Cole Kelleher (2012) is a Cartographer and Support Coordinator at the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota and makes frequent trips to Antarctica.
Michael Lau (2012) is a 3D Product Engineer with ESRI in Redlands, California.
Matt Lindholm (2011) was recently hired by the Natural Resource Group, LLC as an Associate GIS Consultant.
Jason Menard (2007) has moved back to Minnesota and is now the GIS Instructional Technologist at Saint Olaf College in Northfield.
Tony Monsour (2012) works for Eastview Geospatial as a GIS Developer. More recently, he is the Vice President at Elevated GIS Solutions.
Andres Munoz (2008), after many successful years working for ESRI as a Solutions Engineer, will be returning to Colombia to begin his own consulting company.
Sean O'Brien (2012) is a GIS Technician with Houston Engineering.
Shane Pittman (2003) has been promoted to Supervisor of Spatial Data at Port Metro Vancouver.
Sathyan Srinivasan (2000) now works as the Senior Program Manager at Intel Corporation in Portland, Oregon.
Zach Tagar (2012) was hired as a GIS Research Analyst at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Zeb Thomas (2012) is now a GIS Data Analyst at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Kody Thurnau (2011) is back in the Twin Cities where he is a GIS Specialist at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.
Norine Wilczek (2012) works as a GIS Specialist at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Jack Dangermond, founder and president of ESRI, the world's leading GIS software company, received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota on Wednesday, April 2. Dangermond also delivered the inaugural John Borchert Lecture, in honor of the late John Borchert, University of Minnesota Regents Professor in Geography and member of the U.S. National Academy of Science.