Alison recently joined Esri after 18 years working with the Australian Department of Defence, predominately in geospatial intelligence. Her last appointment prior to joining Esri was Assistant Secretary Professional Services, leading the implementation of Defence’s digital transformation, as well as human resources and corporate ICT programs. Alison has held a series of executive positions with the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, AGO, covering both support to operations as well as corporate enabling functions. Most recently, she led foundation military mapping, advanced analytics, training and tradecraft, customer services, collection, and data management as Assistant Secretary GEOINT Foundation and Support. She started her career as a geospatial analyst, before moving to Esri Australia to support Defence customers in technical and account management roles.