RapidDeploy hires leading public safety GIS expert

RapidDeploy, a leader in cloud-based Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) technology, announced the hiring of Brooks Shannon as Vice President of Product Management. Shannon is a national subject matter expert in public safety Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and has been involved in numerous efforts to increase and enhance location accuracy for 911 systems.

“Our CAD technology is already well-ahead of the curve in the area of GIS and location accuracy,” said Steve Raucher, co-founder and CEO of RapidDeploy. “We’ve now hired the foremost public safety GIS expert in the U.S., which means we can accelerate innovation and solutions to the people who need it most: dispatchers, first responders and the public.”

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