New Offices Will Also House a Training Center for Geographic Information System Software Users

Redlands, California — January 22, 2009 — ESRI, the world’s leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) technology, continues to grow with the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, satellite office’s recent move into a larger building.

The new offices at 1407 Eisenhower Boulevard, Suite 200, in Johnstown are home to a team of 14 ESRI project managers and software developers who use current and emerging geospatial tools and technologies to work on a diverse range of challenging, defense-related projects. The larger building will give ESRI the ability to increase the team’s size in the future and open a new training center for GIS software users.

“We knew the first office we were in was just temporary,” says Dan Slavick, technical manager for the Johnstown office. “The new office is much larger, which is a necessity, as we are looking to grow our staff.”

The training center, scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2009, will offer introductory and advanced courses in how to use ESRI’s ArcGIS software including ArcGIS Server. “Our new expanded Johnstown facility will allow us to better support users in western Pennsylvania and our neighboring states,” says Jim Higgins, regional manager for ESRI’s Philadelphia office. "Software users have often had to go to ESRI’s offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Columbus, Ohio, to take classes. This will reduce the travel time and overall cost to attend training for many of our users and provide better access to ESRI instructor-led training.” For course offerings, visit www.esri.com/training.

The Johnstown satellite office has been added to the list of work locations on ESRI’s Careers Web site at www.esri.com/careers. This will streamline the job search process for candidates who wish to apply for positions in Johnstown, located about an hour east of Pittsburgh.

To reach the Johnstown office, call 814-536-5781, extension 4443, or e-mail Dan Slavick at Email Contact.

About ESRI

Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at www.esri.com.



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Carla Wheeler
ESRI
Tel.: 909-793-2853, extension 1-2448
E-mail: Email Contact