Ed Kennedy is a Senior Associate with HAL. Previously he was Managing Director of Canadian GeoProject Centre, an international project development organization in the geospatial information industry, President of the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada and an ADM with the Government of Alberta. He has over 35 years experience in the government, industry and not for profit sectors, and has expertise in strategic planning, program assessment, industry analysis and workshop facilitation. Ed holds an engineering degree from the University of New Brunswick and an MBA from the University of Ottawa.