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March 2014
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRY
NEWS
PEOPLE
Optech announces the
retirement of Dr. J.
Douglas Houston, Vice
President Corporate
Services. As one of the
first employees of the
company, Dr. Houston
had a personal hand
in many of Optech’s
early advances in lidar
technology, laying
the groundwork for
the advanced systems
Optech delivers today.
While a graduate
student at the University of Western Ontario and
then at York University under Optech founder and
Chairman Dr. Allan Carswell, Doug Houston per-
formed the first lidar measurements ever made in
Canada. Doug joined Optech soon after its founding
in 1974, and was responsible for many of Optech’s
advances and ‘firsts’ in the lidar industry. His
work on airborne profilometers eventually led to
Optech’s ALTM airborne laser terrain mappers, and
he helped design and build the LARSEN 500 lidar
bathymeter, a predecessor to SHOALS and Optech’s
CZMIL Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar.
Doug will continue in a part-time consulting role as
Glenn Farrington, VP of Operations assumes his respon-
sibilities. Glenn has 16 years of experience with Optech,
including seven years as Deputy Director and then
General Manager of the Airborne Business Unit. Glenn
was promoted to his VP role three years ago. With the
solid scientific and engineering foundation established
by pioneers like Dr. Houston, and the management
expertise brought by the new Teledyne synergies,
Optech is remaining true to the legacy of innovation and
is poised to transform the industry once again.
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