Ellen West Nodwell, GISP, is the CEO of IntegraShare Dimensions, Inc.

In 1981, Ellen entered the energy business, after having spent nearly a decade in state government in the State of Georgia. Today, she solves problems related to a range of issues that often have the common thread of demographics, geography, mapping, data integration, analysis, business intelligence, and governance. Over the years, her experience has ranged across a broad spectrum of organizations, having held roles as an analyst (HR, systems, and business operations), a project manager, a systems advisor, a data modeler, a spatial data coordinator/administrator, a global GIS manager, a business strategy consultant, a subject matter expert, and a writer. She is also a research partner along with her business-partner, Gus Nodwell, with Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas in the area of understanding requirements and better preparing students and graduates for entering the workforce within the GIS-related technology professions in the Petroleum and Pipelines Industry.

She published two articles in 2015: for Esri Press and for URISA, on topics related to managing GIS. She is also a frequent presenter at conferences. She writes insights on www.integrashare.com, integrashare-dimensions.com, and OGSpace –http://www.ogspace.com– an online news service.

She is a member of URISA, GISCorps, GITA, APSG, AAPG, SPE, PPDM, the Texas Womens Chamber of Commerce, The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce, and the National Federation of Press Women. Ellen presently works with her business-partner-husband, Gus Nodwell, in their businesses, a WOSB, IntegraShare Dimensions Incorporated, and IntegraShare Solutioneering, Inc., both positioned to enable organizations to develop better use of geospatial data and technology by focusing on business strategies and governance, as well as implementing solutions and systems for leveraging location intelligence.

She enjoys distance running, fishing, travel, writing, art, genealogical research and family time.