Brooks shannon - VP - GIS, rapiddeploy
Brooks has spent 14 years in public safety, driven by a passion in leveraging Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Before joining RapidDeploy, he served in many leading market facing roles including Lead Software Engineer, Director of Software Development, Senior Product Manager, Vice President of Next-Gen Core Services Product Development for organizations including BullBerry Systems, GeoComm and INdigital. Brooks is involved with industry groups such as the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO), the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) and other organizations to develop technical standards for NG9-1-1 and the future or emergency response. He is the co-chair of both NENA’s Location Validation Function Consistency working group and the Data Structures Committee Regularly presents at state, national and international conferences on industry trends, best practices and lessons learned related to NG9-1-1 and GIS.