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Faculty

David CakeDavid Cake

Title: GIS Faculty
Location: Nanaimo Campus, Building 100, Room 106
Phone: 250-740-6153
FAX: 250-740-6452
E-mail: caked@viu.ca

David Cake has nearly twenty years of applied GIS experience in the public and private spheres in Canada and abroad. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a M.Sc. in Geography from the University of Victoria. For the past ten years, David has been employed as a GIS Specialist with AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd. in Victoria. He has been responsible for providing senior technical leadership on complex and challenging GIS applications projects in planning and environmental management. As a former instructor in the Computer Technology program at Northwest Community College, David brings to the program a unique combination of educational and applied experience in the field of GIS applications.

Michael GovorovMichael Govorov

Title: GIS Faculty
Location: Nanaimo Campus, Building 100, Room 107
Phone: 250-753-3245 ext. 2729
FAX: 250-740-6452
E-mail: govorovm@viu.ca

Dr. Michael Govorov holds a PhD in Technical Science from the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy, as well as a Post-doctoral Research Certificate in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping. Dr. Govorov has extensive international teaching, research, and consulting experience in GIS, digital cartography, and remote sensing. He was a Senior Lecturer and Director of the GIS Unit at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands, between 2001-04. For the past year, Dr. Govorov has provided GIS instruction and technical support to faculty and staff at the University of Guelph. Dr. Govorov has worked in the fields of geomatics (surveying, cartography, GIS, remote sensing), spatial statistics, and computing science for over twenty years as an educator, engineer, and consultant. Dr. Michael Govorov can be contacted by email at govorovm@viu.ca.

Brad MaguireBrad Maguire

Title: GIS Faculty
Location: Nanaimo Campus, Building 100, Room 105
Phone: 250-753-3245 ext. 2727
FAX: 250-740-6452
E-mail: maguireb@viu.ca
Web: web.viu.ca/maguireb

Brad Maguire will provide technical and instructional support to the program. He holds a B.Sc. in Geography (Honours) from the University of Victoria and a M.Sc. in Geography from the University of British Columbia, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Geographic Information Systems from the Nova Scotia College of Geographic Sciences. Brad has 15 years' experience with GIS, have worked in Industry, Government, and Academia. Besides his GIS background, Brad has a strong background in spatial statistics, artificial intelligence, 3D modeling, and decision support systems.