Raquel Charrois

Bio: Ms. Charrois has over 25 years of experience in the geospatial industry. As Executive Vice President, she is responsible for overall corporate management including oversight of the executive team. Raquel grew up surrounded by photogrammetrists and began her career in the field as a summer job working in the photogrammetry department of a forestry company. These experiences were key factors in her pathway into a successful GIS career, and eventually to Continental Mapping. She holds a PMP certification and loves a good process workflow.

The Value of PMP Certification for Geospatial Professional

GIS impacts personnel in all aspects of an organization including senior executives, middle managers, and technicians as well as across disciplines including engineering, planning, social services, environmental management or IT. Throughout it all, the geospatial profession is project-centric, because of that, the need for rigorous, formal and scalable project management skills are paramount to successfully leverage geospatial investments. Continental Mapping will make the case for all geospatial organizations to be focused on obtaining PMP certifications within their staff compliment as well as discuss the approach and options for obtaining such a certification.

Project Management, PMP, Geospatial, Management, Business, Program Management, Certification