The following is an agreed statement that was posted earlier today on the Ordnance Survey Intranet,
“Ed Parsons is leaving his post as Chief Technology Officer of Ordnance Survey to pursue new challenges in the increasingly dynamic Geographic Information (GI) Industry.
Since his arrival in June 2001, Ed has developed Ordnance Survey’s IT strategy and has led OS Research labs. Ed has been instrumental in moving the organisation’s focus from mapping to the creation of geographic information.
Ed is keen at this stage of his career to help develop more innovative areas of the GI industry. His decision comes as Ordnance Survey is focusing on a period of a consolidation in its strategic IT development and direction.
Vanessa Lawrence, Ordnance Survey’s Director General and Chief Executive, says “We wish Ed every success for the next stage of his career and offer him sincere thanks for his contribution to the direction of our IT development and research activities.”
For those of you who want to say goodbye to Ed personally his last working day will be Friday 22 December 2006.”
I am not is a position to add any more to this statement, but of course I am sorry to be leaving a great group of very committed GI professionals, the future for me is not completely clear at this point – but whatever it turns out to be, you will read it here as it happens !!
Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.
31 replies on “Time to move on..”
Good luck Ed in whatever the future brings.
Ed, thanks for giving us a window into Ordnance Survey. For selfish reasons, I hope you’ll choose to move out to the innovative edge of the industry. Cheers!
[…] Ed Parsons posts that he has decided to leave the Ordnance Survey. No word yet from where he is headed, but I wish him all the luck. His blog has always been a great read and taught me much about how technology has changed the Ordnance Survey (I could never get Charles Babbage out of my mind). […]
Ed, all the very best for the future … whatever that may hold for you. The GI industry needs your innovation and challenge … Cheers mate.
Good luck with the new role, but please keep posting 🙂
Ed…all the very best with the future. Glad that our paths crossed at OS, although only fleeting. *Note in diary to pop in for a coffee sometime…*
JP.
Ed, All the very best to you. It’s been a pleasure working with you over the years and I hope our paths cross in your next role – whatever that is…
I’ve enjoyed your blog as a window into the OS, I hope your successor is as forward thinking. Best of luck with your future direction…
Hi Ed
Best of luck with your new ventures whatever they may be. You had a lot of extremely pertinent strategic vision for the Ordnance Survey and your insight in the GI world at large is both entertaining and illuminating.
Cheers
Chris
May good luck be a constant companion.