Coming to GIS Managers Summit – Operationalizing Your Strategy

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We're counting down to the GIS Managers Summit, with previews of the content your peers will be sharing...

 

Strategies - how do you put yours to work?

At the GIS Managers Summit, @GaryMaguire, Manager of Digital Engineering Applications at South Australian Power Networks, will talk about how he has operationalized strategies in his close to twenty years of GIS management experience.

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What to expect:

Gary will talk about how aligning people with strategy through clear purpose, performance, and trust, transforms GIS teams into high-performing, purpose-driven enablers of organizational success.

Gary will share:

  • Why people are the key drivers behind any strategy
  • How to align teams of people to the vision, values, and mission that come from top-level strategies
  • A framework he uses, with examples from his work

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Gary Maguire is the Manager of Digital Engineering Applications at South Australian Power Networks, where he leads a high-performing team using digital design and GIS technologies to support the state's electricity infrastructure for over 1.7 million South Australians.

A recognised expert in geospatial sciences, Gary has driven digital transformation across both public and private sectors, including roles with the Government of South Australia and APA Group. He has led the development of innovative geospatial systems and modernised operations.

Gary has held key leadership roles such as Chair of the SA Government’s Data for Change group and President of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute. His contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including induction into the Esri Australia GIS Hall of Fame and the Special Achievement in GIS Award.

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