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Jo has a background in sales and accounting. Her role at GBS, is managing the office, ensuring the team is looked after, and to take the administrative load off Harley and Tony so that they can concentrate on client needs. Jo is an effective multi-tasker who knows how to get things sorted and keep them [...]

With a wealth of local government experience in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom and over 15 years in the Geospatial industry, Michael brings his valued and varied skills to his role as Solutions Manager. A keen fisherman and hockey player, Michael is also a family man with two young children .

Mark is the CEO of GBS USA and a Senior Esri Technical Consultant. Mark’s passion is focused on leveraging Esri and GIS technologies to strategically add value and operational benefits to businesses and organizations.  His vast range of experience across multiple industries and business acumen makes him an excellent platform to look beyond the obvious [...]

Sean is the new CEO of GBS Korea which is now into it's 5th year of operation. Sean has 22+ years of experience in the mobile, GIS, and IT industries, as well as extensive business development, management, and lead experience.  As a Senior Account Executive of HERE Technologies, he led a comprehensive GTM strategy and [...]

Shane’s role as GIS Architect and CTO revolves around being technical lead and resident applications expert; he’s also highly proficient with .NET, ArcGIS Enterprise and Mobile GIS.  Shane is responsible for much of the solutions architecture work for our clients. His outside interests take him outdoors, where he runs trails, snowboards, swims and hikes (with [...]

One half of GBS’ owners and directors, Tony is one of the co-founders of GBS which started in 2002. Carrying on from his consultancy work back in the 1990’s, Tony was pretty hands-on when it came to technology, and also in terms of being very client/people facing. The latter part hasn’t changed but Tony’s days [...]

From a study foundation of physical geography, Harley has mastered all aspects of GIS software design and development. Before establishing GBS with Tony Elson, he worked in GIS-related roles at Environment Waikato, Genasys and Geographic Technologies Ltd. Harley enjoys the process of understanding client challenges, then developing innovative GIS solutions that save time, money and [...]