- Jonathan Murphy is the Founder and Managing Director of GoGeomatics Canada, the most popular communications hub for the Canadian geomatics sector. Jon was named one of Canada's 2018 Geospatial influencers. He has created Canada’s largest geomatics networking group, with the goal of strengthening and empowering our geospatial community. Jon has had broad range of global experience in marketing and sales for geospatial businesses across a number of sectors and regions globally. He holds a bachelor's degree in Archaeology from the University of Calgary and advanced diplomas in GIS and geomatics from COGS. Jon is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2018 he joined the board of directors of the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS)
Sessions in which Jonathan Murphy participates
Wednesday 14 April, 2021
Join Jonathan Murphy, Chair of GeoIgnite and Canada's Geospatial Career Coach as we welcome our keynote Daniel Schulten, MDA's LaunchPad Director. Keynote: In this discussion, we will look at MDA's past 20 years of success in the Geointelligence and Earth Observation domain and look forward to what the next 20 years holds for us.We will specifically look at Canada's unique Geointelligence requirements and the impact it will have on the industry here in Canada as w...
Jonathan Murphy, serial geospatial entrepreneur and career coach explains what it means to go from employee to an independent contractor providing goods, labor or services in Canada.Independent contractors work as individual entities. You are, however, responsible for managing your own payment and taxes. Jon with 20 years experience as a consultant and business owner in the Canadian geospatial sector will explain what it takes to go solo and the pros and cons of being your own...
Jonathan Murphy the Geospatial career coach and GeoIgnite conference chair will discuss some strategies when apllying for jobs online and share some jobs for participants to consider.