Regie Alam works as a Geomatics Analyst at the Government of Canada. Previous to that he worked as a Senior Data Analyst and as a Field LiDAR System Operator for Terrapoint Canada. He is a voting member of the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee (OFGAC). Regie completed a BSc Biology degree at Carleton University and a Graduate Certificate in GIS at Algonquin College. He is proficient in the use of both close, commercial software (e.g., ESRI ArcGIS, Safe FME, ERDAS IMAGINE, IDRISI, etc.) and open-source software (PostGIS, Quantum GIS, Geoserver, etc.) software. He has expertise in remote sensing, data conversion and processing, GPS data collection and GIS analysis (including 3D visualization). He can be reached at [email protected].