Redlands, CA-based Esri announced on May 15 that its St. Louis office intends to triple its current professional services staff to support a growing user base. The expanded office will serve as a central hub for Esri to support users in the St. Louis area and across the US.
The decision to create expanded capabilities in St. Louis emerged from
the area’s recent growth and transformation into a strong center of
professional excellence and innovation in the GIS sector. While the Esri team
already includes a mix of leading geospatial technologists across many
disciplines, growth in demand for consultation, geospatial strategy, and
implementation support across the GIS user base has made it necessary to
increase staff to serve those needs. The central US location also makes it
easier for Esri to support customers across the country.
“When we looked at the best location to support our rapidly
expanding user community, St. Louis was the obvious choice,” said Brian
Cross, director of Esri Professional Services. “We are happy to serve the
vibrant geospatial community in this area and continue our mission to drive
impact by supporting our users throughout the region and the US.”
The new staff
will join a thriving team of leading geospatial professionals, located in two
offices in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The team is part of the Esri
Professional Services group of over 700 experts working across the US. In
particular, these new hires will address the growing needs of local government,
commercial, agriculture, utilities, and defense and intelligence. They will
support Esri’s entire customer base, including one of the company’s biggest
federal customers, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA),
whose future campus will be only a five-minute drive from the Esri office.
“We
are excited to significantly grow our team in St. Louis,” said
Matthew Harman, head of the Esri Professional Services team in the Midwest,
based in St. Louis. “The area is a global center for geospatial
technology, and by combining new staff with the
incredible professionals who already work on the team, we will be able to
support our users at an entirely new scale.”
Esri intends to partner closely with local universities to create opportunities to help students access the latest technology and cutting-edge applications, and to create employment opportunities with the market leader in GIS software and services.
Source: Esri
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