Vice President of Business Development Appointment

According to GeoEye's senior vice president of Sales, Chris Tully, Edmundson is a hands-on business development leader with a proven track record of successfully increasing sales through strategic alliances.

"I am pleased to join GeoEye's executive team. And I look forward to helping our customers extend their investments in the Company by aligning our industry-leading geospatial imagery, products and services with value-added solutions from our alliance and channel partners," Edmundson said.

As senior director of Global Business Development for Oracle's Primavera Global Business Unit, Edmundson was responsible for driving top-line revenue growth through their global alliance partners. Prior to joining Oracle, he spent four years leading Global Business Development and Alliances for Primavera Systems, where he developed a key alliance with Oracle resulting in Primavera's acquisition. For the five years prior to that, Edmundson managed Global Product Marketing for Primavera, where he led a team responsible for the go-to-market strategies for the engineering and construction; oil, gas and utilities; and chemical vertical markets. Edmundson also served in the United States Air Force and led civil engineering functions.