Spirit-Led Technology and GIS

We are all taught that modern tools empower us to manage with insight and innovation in our efforts to make the world a better place, and for faith-based initiatives to produce great outcomes for God’s Kingdom. Yet… we also believe Jesus is Lord over all. Pete will review how that conflict came to a head for him (a high-end numbers guy), how that has worked out in the past, present, and practical examples of how you can move toward a future of radically God-driven perspective in your own work. We’ll leave plenty of time for Q&A in this workshop.

Pete Holzmann
ICTA Executive Director // Spirit-Led Technologist and Global Mission Influencer.

Pete’s been an executive strategy and info/tech consultant for many decades. Working from a tech background as a Silicon Valley consultant, he helped pioneer a number of technologies, from GIS to database, email to hard drives. Among other things, the “10/40 Window” emerged from his work to create the first desktop GIS. Perhaps most unusual: together with Cecilia Mikolajczak he helps the body of Christ learn how to nurture our intimate trust relationship both with God and one another, all in the practical context of modern high tech. Pete and his wife Leslie live in Colorado. They have two adult daughters and three young granddaughters.