Our People
Our staff include:
- Piers Higgs - Director
- Andrew Dennison - GIS Solutions Architect
- Akeal Hayek - Spatial Analyst
- Mel McVee - Spatial Analyst
- Corinne Barnes - Office Administrator
- Anthony Jones - Senior Developer
- Tom Brownlie - Senior Consultant
- Charlotte Plug - GIS Operator (Casual)
- Ben Zeeb - GIS Operator (Casual)
- Matt Aravidis - GIS Operator (Casual)
Piers Higgs (email)
Piers Higgs is the director and founder of Gaia Resources. He has worked with the environmental industry for most of his career, and has a range of experience in GIS, ecology and data management.
Piers is a Research Associate of the Western Australian Museum.
Piers is seen here (when he had some hair left) at Channar, near Paraburdoo in Western Australia.
Andrew Dennison (email)
Andrew is our GIS Solutions Architect.
Andrew has a range of experience in GIS technologies, including MapInfo and ArcGIS. Andrew also has experience in a range of other packages and applications that are GIS related.
Akeal Hayek (email)
Akeal is with us as a Spatial Analyst.
Akeal's prior experience is in cadastral and engineering surveying; that was before he made the leap into GIS, completing the degree at Curtin University in 2007. He finds the surveying experience has strongly enhanced his professional GIS knowledge in many related areas.
He still has hair, and hopes to keep it that way for as long as he can.
Mel McVee (email)
Mel is with us as a Spatial Analyst.
Mel comes from a background of oil and gas projects and has only recently joined the ranks of GIS. She will be completing her Post Grad Diploma in 2009 from Curtin University. Mel also has hair, much longer than Akeals and the envy of the office.
Corinne Barnes (email)
Corinne is our Office Administrator
Corinne joins us to help with the ever growing adminstration of Gaia Resources. She is the friendly voice you hear when you call us now. She handles a lot of different tasks around the office, and helps keep the rest of the team in line!
Anthony Jones (email)
Anthony (or AJ) joined Gaia Resources as our Senior Developer.
Anthony recently worked in the defence industries, specialising in simulation software. At Gaia Resources, he does a lot of development work, runs our network, and brings us excellent biscuits.
Tom Brownlie (email)
Tom is a Senior Consultant at Gaia Resources, working on a very diverse range of projects, including Earth 2.0 and our PDA solutions.
Tom previously worked in the GIS industry in the UK, and has a wealth of experience in helping customers to solve their problems.
Charlotte Plug (email)
Charlotte is working with us as a casual GIS operator
Charlotte is the Gaia Resources Scholarship winner from 2007 and joined us as a GIS Operator. She is a student from Curtin University, studying a double degree in Economics and Geographic Information Science.
That's Charlotte on the left, receiving the scholarship from Piers in 2007.
Ben Zeeb (email)
Ben is the Gaia Resources Scholarship winner from 2008 and joined us as a GIS Operator. He is a student from Curtin University, studying a Geographic Information Science degree.
Matt Aravidis (email)
Matt is another of the Gaia Resources Scholarship winners. Matt is studying a double degree in Geology and GIS, at Curtin University.