THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CRISIS MAPPERS
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Nigel Snoad
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- Brooklyn, NY
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I agree with Patrick on this one - despite the "mapping" in the title, I think we are also critically concerned with data collection strategies and the decision support for operations (which is often quite different from analysis and early warning).…
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- Organization / Affiliation
- Microsoft, ICT4Peace foundation, Institute for State Effectiveness
- Website
- http://bondi-institute.com
- Email
- nigel@bondi-institute.com
- Keywords / Tags (expertise, interests)
- information management
crisis management
emergencies
- Bio
- Currently a Technical Evangelist and Product Manager with the Microsoft Public Safety Initiative (aka Microsoft Vine). Formerly with Microsoft Humanitarian Systems working in Afghanistan and elsewhere on new crisis collaboration concepts.
Nigel is an advisor to the ICT4Peace foundation, the Institute for State Effectiveness and part of the advisory board for Kopernik, a technology NGO startup.
Before joining Microsoft Nigel was with the United Nations, most recently as a global Pandemic contingency planner for the UN System and before that with the UN Joint Logistics Center where he was deployed to Iraq, the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia, the Sudan and elsewhere. At UNJLC Nigel managed the mapping and information management teams and led logistics coordination in the field for major emergencies.
Nigel has a PhD in Complex Adaptive Systems, has worked as a researcher and lobbyist, founded tech startups, and jumped off way too many cliffs over the years.
- Project(s)
- - Vine.net
- microformat for crisis information sharing
- ICT4Peace foundation
- thekopernik.org (coming soon)
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 9:30am on October 22, 2009,
stacey white said… - Nigel, In the end, Sean Lowrie will be coming to NY for the 9 November IRC event we talked about at ICCM ... let's find another way to work together soon. Best, sw
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