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Wade Larson
Founder and Executive Vice-President, Business Development
UrtheCast
Participates in 1 Session
Wade Larson is a founder,
the Executive Vice President Business Development, and the original
visionary behind Vancouver-based UrtheCast. He served as the company’s
President and COO from 2013-2015
and its CEO from 2015-2018. UrtheCast serves the rapidly evolving
geospatial and geoanalytics markets with a wide range of
information-rich products and services and is developing advanced new
offerings in multispectral optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar
(SAR) imaging. The company recently announced the acquisition of
GeoSys, a market leader in agriculture analytic services. Wade has 24
years of experience in the space and satellite sectors, and has
extensive, global experience in space-related business
management, strategy development, government relations, international
relations, and policy formulation. Prior to starting UrtheCast, Mr.
Larson worked for 7 years at the Canadian Space Agency and for 10 years
at MDA (now Maxar). He has an MA and an MBA.
Sessions in which Wade Larson participates
miércoles 19 junio, 2019
Zona horaria: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
14:30
14:30 -
15:00 |
30 minutos
UrtheDaily will be a 6-satellite constellation to acquire scientific-grade quality, 9-band multispectral imagery, at 5-meter Ground Sampling Distance (GSD), of 92% the whole Earth’s landmass every day. The cloud-based, scientifically-calibrated processing system will produce Analytics Ready Data (ARD) for geoanalytics—machine learning and AI—to provide evidence-based, actionable insights for sustainable development strategies ranging from but not limited to agriculture, ecology, forestry, dis...