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Mark Fahey Professional Biography:

Mark Fahey has over 12 years of experience in the information services field. He has both public and private sector experience. Mr. Fahey has significant expertise in the development of information systems used for many purposes including: business operations, project tracking, research and planning. He has a particular focus in the delivery and development of geography information systems (GIS).

Mr. Fahey is the principal and founder of the Data Development Group (DDG), having successfully managed the growth of this business since its official creation in August of 2001. Mr. Fahey has worked at various levels in the creation of cadastral mapping systems for the several communities in the metro Boston area. This work entails the conversion of assessing tax maps into vector based digital geography information systems.

Mark Fahey is also the founder, president and CEO of Real Estate Mapping, Inc. He serves on the Board of Directors as the Chairman of this corporation. He oversees business development and administers data acquisition, data maintenance and data development tasks. Mr. Fahey has considerable background working in real estate development and sales.

Mr. Fahey has worked as a technical consultant to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and for a short time served as the acting Data Manager for the MAPC Regional Data Center. He also performed GIS development for the Harvard School of Public Health, inventorying all open space and recreational facilities, within the metropolitan Boston area, for a CDC research project.

Mr. Fahey worked as a Senior GIS Engineer at Trakus, Inc. Trakus is a high-tech company, which develops tracking systems that monitor the speed and position of moving objects during athletic events. At Trakus, Mr. Fahey was responsible for GIS development for all sporting events covered by Trakus technologies. Principally this included the development of 3D terrain models created from aerial surveys of golf courses and auto-race tracks. These models were integrated with telemetry data and used for virtual representations of sporting events.

Mr. Fahey worked as a Senior Systems Analyst at the City of Boston's Department of Neighborhood Development, where he developed tracking systems and physical survey system procedures. Two notable projects included: the New Housing Tracking System, which tracked all new housing units through all stages of development from planning to occupancy, and the City of Boston Abandonment Survey, a physical survey of all abandoned properties within the City of Boston.

Mr. Fahey worked at the City of Boston’s Inspectional Services and Building Department (ISD) as their GIS Development Manager. At ISD, Mr. Fahey developed and managed the City of Boston's Building and Zoning GIS.

Mark Fahey worked at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), Boston’s planning and economic development agency. At the BRA, Mr. Fahey, performed the production and development of all data used in urban development and neighborhood planning as well as the production for publication of all computer generated mapping products.

Mark Fahey has a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Geography and Earth Sciences from the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

Mr. Fahey has technical experience in the following areas:
  • CAD/GIS: AutoCAD, Intergraph MGE, MicroStation, GeoMedia, MapInfo and MapBasic, ESRI Arcview and ArcGIS, ESRI 3D Analyst, ESRI MapObjects, ESRI Avenue.
  • Web Development: HTML, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript.
  • Programming Experience: Visual Basic, Java, COM and Active X
  • Database Development: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, ODBC interfacing.

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