Ryan Lanclos

About Ryan Lanclos

I am the director of national government and public safety solutions at Esri where I coordinate strategic initiatives across Public Safety & National Security, Defense & Intelligence, Global Development & Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Civilian & Sciences, National Mapping & Geospatial Authorities, and Imagery & Remote Sensing.I am a subject matter expert on geographic information system (GIS) technology for emergency management. I help organizations deploy GIS to improve preparedness and lead Esri\'s global Disaster Response Program, which provides GIS support during disasters. I am a former appointed member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council in the US, and I currently serve on the International Advisory Board of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) for Japan and the XPRIZE Wildfire Advisory Board. I previously served as Missouri’s first geographic information officer (GIO), GIS advisor for the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, and Director of State and Local Government at the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation. I hold a Master of Science in Cartography and GIS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Centenary College of Louisiana.Specialties: Location Intelligence; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Information Management; Organizational Leadership; Strategic Planning; Web GIS; ArcGIS Online; ArcGIS Pro; ArcGIS Enterprise; Spatial Analysis; Government; Needs Analysis; Program Management; Project Management; Emergency Management; Humanitarian Assistance; Disaster Response; Situational Awareness; Geography; Resilience

Experience

1. Xprize Wildfire Advisory Board Member

   XPRIZE

   Jun 2023 — Present · US

   XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, recently launched XPRIZE Wildfire, a 4-year global competition that will award $11 million in prizes to competing teams that will innovate technologies to end destructive wildfires. Learn more & sign up to compete: https://xprize.org/wildfire

Education

• Centenary College of Louisiana

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geology

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Master of Science - MS, Cartography & GIS

Skills

• Data Management
• Gis
• Program Management
• Gps
• Spatial Databases
• Cartography
• Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
• Arcgis Server
• Location Based Services
• Arcgis
• Enterprise Architecture
• Government
• Geography
• Geospatial Data
• Esri
• Strategy
• Technical Writing
• Data Analysis
• Public Safety
• Spatial Analysis
• Geomatics
• Emergency Management
• Policy