Full Name
Ryan Lanclos
Job Title
Director of National Government & Public Safety Solutions
Company
Esri
Speaker Bio
Ryan Lanclos is Esri’s Director of National Government and Public Safety Solutions. He helps organizations apply the science of geography and geographic information system (GIS) technology to make a positive impact in the world. Ryan is a subject matter expert on the use of GIS for emergency management. He is an appointed member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council in the U.S. and the Scientific Advisory Board of IRDR ICoE-Coherence for Japan. He also serves on the XPRIZE Wildfire Advisory Board, is a representative member on the United Nations Working Group for Disasters, and a member of the Group on Earth Observations Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group. At Esri, he leads the Disaster Response Program where he has helped thousands of organizations around the world respond to crises of all types and sizes. Ryan previously served as the State of Missouri’s first Geographic Information Officer (GIO) and GIS Advisor for the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, and as the Director of State and Local Government Programs for the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation. Ryan holds a Master of Science in Cartography and GIS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Centenary College of Louisiana.
Ryan Lanclos