Not all commercial satellite companies are the same. On Day Two of GeoIgnite, there was a special lunchtime keynote presentation from Maxar. Executive Vice President and CTO Dr. Walter Scott spoke about Maxar’s work, like WorldView Legion, and how it compares to other companies in terms of capital efficiency and other metrics. To learn more about how upcoming earth intelligence will impact the Canadian geospatial market, watch this video.

Lunch Keynote: “Why it Takes a Legion” MAXAR’s Executive Vice President & CTO Dr. Walter Scott

Dr. Walter S. Scott is DigitalGlobe’s founder and served as its Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. He was responsible for DigitalGlobe’s Platform and Services Business Units, as well as space system acquisition. From 1986 through 1992, Walter held a number of technical, program, and department management positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including serving as the assistant associate director of the Physics Department. Prior to this, Walter served as president of Scott Consulting, a Unix systems, and applications consulting firm.

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