Christopher Tucker Joins Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging

Christopher Tucker will join the management team of Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging (GA, USA) as Senior Vice President, National Programs, with purview over U.S. Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security and associated Federal Programs.

Tucker is former President and CEO of IONIC Enterprise, which was recently acquired by Leica Geosystems. IONIC is a global provider of products and solutions for interoperable web-mapping, location-based services, imagery management and distributed geo-processing. Tucker will continue to manage IONIC Enterprise during its integration into Leica Geosystems over the next several months.  In his move to Leica Geosystems, Tucker will continue his Board seats with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF).

Prior to joining IONIC, Tucker was the first Chief Strategic Officer of In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital fund, focusing his efforts on developing In-Q-Tel's overall strategy for tackling the Agency's IT problems. Tucker managed a portfolio of technical projects, issues of organizational design and relations with the intelligence community, industry and media. Tucker holds a  B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.