50+ Leaders to Watch

May 1, 2008 By: GPS World Staff GPS World

Facing the Challenges of 2008/2009

Lt. Colonel Traci L. Kueker-Murphy

Commander | 19th Space Operations Squadron

"My goals are to see through the successful development and operational fielding of advanced versions of the GPS control segment (Architecture Evolution Plan and the Launch, Anomaly Resolution and Disposal Operations systems) to enable us to launch and fly the Block IIF satellite and to prepare for enhanced GPS capabilities such as SAASM and over-the-air key distribution and rekeying (OTAD/OTAR). Completion of these goals will provide modernized capabilities and improve our ability to seamlessly transition to future advancements such as OCX and GPS III."

Rod Bryant

Founder & CTO | SigNav Pty Ltd.

"My team at SigNav has developed unique indoor A-GPS receiver technology able to use very weak signals to provide frequency, time and position with no strong signals and minimal or no position assistance. This is ideally suited to embedded use in pico-cells, femto-cells, and other telecommunications equipment deployed at the edge of the network. During 2008 and 2009 we will be working with customers to optimize our micro-module and chip-level products for new and emerging applications, improving the sensitivity of our receivers and developing adaptations for new GNSS signals."

Julie Stamper

GIS Coordinator | Pasquotank County, North Carolina

"I want to continue to improve mapping infrastructure needed to allow GPS/GNSS to achieve their full potential by promoting the U.S. National Grid in North Carolina and surrounding states and the NCOneMap vision of data sharing and NSDI standards." Stamper has educated the GIS community on use of the Grid and demonstrated its application in emergency response and disaster recovery operations following Hurricane Katrina. Such interstate cooperation indicates the utility |of the National Grid as a nationwide spatial resource.

David Tester

CTO | Air Semiconductor

"This year we will make Always-On GPS technology a reality for high-volume battery-powered mobile devices. My background is standard product wireless semiconductor development, and we approach GPS from the performance needs of location-aware applications executing on location-enabled devices. Air has a product architecture able to exploit system optimizations unavailable to alternative solutions, and we're going to become recognized experts in low-power GPS semiconductors in 2009. Don't be shocked when your next generation digital camera supports search-by-location features or your media player knows exactly where it is."

Bill Corwin

LAAS/GBAS Program Manager | Honeywell Aerospace

"By the end of 2008 Honeywell will have completed, with partners around the world including the United States, Australia, Spain, and Germany, the certification activities with a CAT I GBAS. It has been rewarding to be at the heart of a development activity that includes air navigation service providers, airlines, airports, and academicians working hand-in-hand with industry to address the complex technical issues of assuring integrity for the GBAS signal-in-space. The future of commercial airline operations will be safer, more reliable, and will realize the dividend of capacity improvements with the adoption of GBAS."