Caris Opens Asia Pacific Office

Caris (Canada) has established a regional office in Australia to maximise support of its rapidly growing Asia Pacific customer base and expand its presence in this market.

Caris, a developer of geomatics software, recently opened its first office in the Asia Pacific region in Adelaide, Australia. Its new office will deliver the company's geomatics software to military agencies, hydrographic survey contractors, ports and harbours, municipalities, land administrators and will enable to better serve its existing clients in the area.

Christian Fellinger is Caris' Asia Pacific Account Manager, and will be based in Adelaide, Australia. Mr. Fellinger joined Caris in 2003 working as a Cartographic Specialist in both the Canadian and Netherlands offices providing training and technical consulting services to clients. Mr. Fellinger also works on projects and represents CARIS at conferences and working group meetings including the NATO Geospatial Maritime Working Group (GWWG) AML meetings. Previously Mr. Fellinger was employed with Offshore Systems Ltd. where he worked in the charting division producing Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs) under contract to the US Coast Guard and NOAA.