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Vertical Mapping Resources Expands into Northern California
Bill Swope Named Regional Manger of Sacramento Office

Scottsdale, Arizona, June 23, 2008

Vertical Mapping Resources Inc., a leading integrated aerial mapping and geospatial land information company, is expanding into Northern California. The company, which already has offices in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Dana Point, Calif., recently named Bill Swope regional manager of consulting and development for the firm’s new Sacramento, Calif., office.

In this role, Swope will work with professionals in the civil engineering and surveying industries to develop new business relationships and manage new client accounts. He will also assist with the company’s marketing efforts and reach out to utility companies and federal, county and state municipalities regarding their various land information needs.

“Bill is a tremendous asset because he brings more than a decade of business development and sales experience to our team,” said Kurt Okraski, CEO of Vertical Mapping Resources. “He’s been based out of our Arizona office for the past year and we’re looking forward to having him lead our expansion in the Sacramento area.”

Prior to his position with Vertical Mapping Resources, Swope served as a regional account manager for Auralog Inc., an award-winning developer of language-learning software. He has more than 15 years experience in software sales, including a position as regional account manager for Pearson Digital Learning.

Swope is a member of the Arizona Professional Land Surveyors and the Society for Marketing Professional Services. He also serves on Valley Partnership’s Community Partnership Committee and is a past volunteer with the Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County. He looks forward to continuing his professional development and philanthropic activities in the Sacramento area. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska.

About Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc.
Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc. is a full-service geospatial information firm providing traditional and digital photogrammetric mapping, as well as state-of-the-art geotechnologies, imaging and land information consulting services. We specialize in A/E design scale topographic and planimetric mapping, surface modeling, digital orthophotography, city and county GIS basemapping and updating services. VMR integrates cutting-edge hardware and software systems through each phase of the photogrammetric process to achieve an efficient, seamless production workflow.

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