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Pro-West to Sponsor, Present at 2021 WLIA Annual Conference Pro-West is looking forward to joining the 2021 WLIA Annual Conference, running February 15-19, as a sponsor and presenter. Being held virtually, the conference is a cornerstone of the Wisconsin land records and GIS community and one with which Pro-West has been involved for many years. Operating…

Chelsea Utzerath Pro-West would like to recognize one of our own, Chelsea Utzerath. Chelsea was a Senior GIS Technician at Pro-West before leaving to pursue a career in firefighting in 2018. We appreciate Chelsea and her colleagues for their dedication to their communities during the toughest of times. I spent 10 great years with Pro-West.…

As many of us mark two months of “working through COVID” we can reflect on the journey so far – what’s worked, lessons learned, and how we can best navigate our way forward. GIS emerged early as a mission-critical tool, vital to supporting the first pandemic we’ve been able to analyze in real-time using modern location technology.…

Welcome to Pro-West’s Staying Connected During COVID series! Meet the Pro-West team members who continue to collaborate and serve clients remotely, making sure we deliver quality service during a tumultuous time. Meet Steve Long, a Senior GIS Technician at Pro-West, who has led a wide range of GIS data projects over the past 14 years since making…

Kendis Scharenbroich, Pro-West President & CEO As someone who has spent 20 years in a technology market with a rapid pace of change, no amount of change that I have experienced in the past compares to the frequency of change we are all faced with today. And, while the COVID-19 pandemic brings quickly evolving challenges…

Alisha Becker, Pro-West GIS Technician ALISHA BECKER, GIS TECHNICIAN College: Brigham Young University – Idaho Degree: GeoScience Computing I was originally a geology major and I took a GIS class as a requirement. Shortly into that semester I realized I wanted to be doing something in the field of GIS. I really liked that GIS combined a…

COVID-19 GIS tools are providing critical in helping monitor and mitigate the virus in communities across the globe. Governments are using location technology to bring together and share vital data with citizens on the status of local COVID-19 cases, where to find testing facilities, locations that are closed, and much more as we unite to…