Implementing GIS at Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)

Frank: ‘In the past six months since my arrival at MAF-US, we have implemented a wide variety of GIS solutions to MAF’s staff. Given MAF-US non-profit status, we have highly leveraged Esri’s very generous non-profit program software package. This software has included ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, Drone2Map, Collector, and Survey123.’

The talk will cover what has been rolled out over the past six months and describe some of our future plans for GIS at MAF-US.

In the early part of his career Frank was the GIS Manager for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. Frank joined Innovate Inc. in 2011 and coordinated a very talented group of solution architects and geospatial programmers. as IT Director. His team primarily crafts mobile and web-based geospatial solutions for clients throughout the USA. In January 2023, Frank stepped down from his full-time role at Innovate, and has become a part time Sr. Subject Matter Expert in GIS for Innovate.

To fill up his extra time Frank has taken on a job with Mission Aviation Fellowship, where he provides support to MAF’s global fleet of pilots and mechanics as MAF’s Global Data Architect. When Frank isn’t thinking about technology, he fills his time by making music with his wife and taking his children and grandchildren fishing as much as possible.

Frank Roberts sr. (left) Subject Matter Expert in GIS for Innovate / Global Data Architect for Mission Aviation Fellowship