Session 2-Public Safety

Name: Gary G. Adkins
Entity: ORBIMAGE, Inc.
Title: Vice President, Federal and National Security Programs
Topic: Public Safety

Gary currently serves as Vice President, Federal and National Security Programs, where he is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of ORBIMAGE's marketing and sales initiatives to the U.S. Government. He is an established 34-year veteran in the area of geospatial information technology and remote sensing with experience in sales and business development.

He has had a distinguished career with the U.S. Air Force where he held technical and management positions in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, U.S./NATO Air Operations, and DOD Major Command. In these positions, he supported worldwide photogrammetric/cartographic map compilation, target intelligence, air-crew training, targeting and mission planning. He took key roles in the design, development, and implementation of digital production systems, DOD resource management including contract management and programming and budgeting. In private industry, he has held positions ranging from systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) to senior executive management with defense contracting and software development firms. He has directly supported the Office of Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communication, Computers, and Intelligence, the Joint Defense/NASA Landsat Program Office, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, among others. He has an expertise in integrated geospatial information systems, commercial remote sensing applications and imagery products, and technical and value-added support services.