Jack Dangermond

President

Jack Dangermond is the founder and president of Esri, a privately held company in Redlands, California that makes geographic information system software. He founded it with his wife Laura, and its flagship ArcGIS line traces back to his work on ARC/INFO. Trained as a landscape architect, he is regarded as one of the most influential figures in GIS. He has received 13 honorary doctorates, and he and his wife made a major gift to The Nature Conservancy to establish a preserve on the Pacific coast.