Mark Lucas is with RadiantBlue Technologies. He has pioneered efforts in OSS development in remote sensing, image processing and GIS. Mark established remotesensing.org and has led several government funded studies and development efforts since 1996. These efforts include OSSIM projects for the National Reconnaissance Office, the Open Source Prototype Research and Open Source Extraordinary Program projects for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. He is currently leading the Open Technology Development effort within the Department of Defense Advanced Systems and Concepts in collaboration with National Information Infrastructure and the Business Transformation Agency. Mark has a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Arizona and a MS in Computer Science from West Coast University. He was commissioned in the Air Force and assigned to the Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects organization. He has experience as both a government and contractor program manager through a number of classified programs. He is on the Board of Directors of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, the Open Source Software Institute, and the National Center for Open Source Policy and Research. Mark is currently a principal scientist at RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.
Scott Bortman is the system architect and primary developer for the OMAR Web processing system. He has been a primary contributor to the OSSIM software baseline over the last decade. He has a BS and MS of Computer Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology and has worked for a number of government contractors including Computer Science Innovations, ImageLinks Inc., Intelligence Data Systems, and L3 Corporation. He is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer for RadiantBlue Technologies Inc. Scott has a strong background in database design, Image Processing, C++ and Java programming. Within the OSSIM development team, Scott is known for his ability to stay current with the latest advances in software development tools, methodologies and approaches.
Scott Bortman is the system architect and primary developer for the OMAR Web processing system. He has been a primary contributor to the OSSIM software baseline over the last decade. He has a BS and MS of Computer Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology and has worked for a number of government contractors including Computer Science Innovations, ImageLinks Inc., Intelligence Data Systems, and L3 Corporation. He is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer for RadiantBlue Technologies Inc. Scott has a strong background in database design, Image Processing, C++ and Java programming. Within the OSSIM development team, Scott is known for his ability to stay current with the latest advances in software development tools, methodologies and approaches.