Who We Are
Meet Our Team
We’d like to introduce you to Locana, an organization of more than 200 geospatial professionals around the world. With a relentless focus on our customers, we stand ready to serve with integrity and excellence. And our leadership team’s mission is to support our people and customers in this endeavor.
Meet the Leadership Team
Organizational Leaders
Angela Johnson
Vice President of Operations
Ben Dwinal
Vice President of Solution Architecture
Dan Lewis
Vice President of Utilities
Dan Lewis
Dianna Herbst
Vice President of Marketing
Heather Romano
Vice President of People & Culture
Heather Romano
Leading the Locana People and Culture Team, Heather works to elevate employee relations to draw and retain the best long-term talent possible. She has more than 20 years of leadership and human resources experience, has founded a thriving consulting firm, and has consulted with a variety of global companies. She has found that company culture, leadership, recognition, training, and development are cornerstones to retaining outstanding team members, which creates a client experience that cultivates unparalleled loyalty. As a result, her driving passion is creating work environments that foster a positive, team-focused culture. She is dual certified in HR through HRCI and SHRM and holds a Master’s in Human Resources. When she’s not working, she can often be found exploring the great Hawaiian outdoors with her two huskies.
Jeff Haight
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Haight
Kim Kearns
Professional Services Director, Open Data & Development
Kim Kearns
Mike Eggenberger
Vice President of North American Sales
Mike Eggenberger
Mike Housby
Vice President, EMEA
Mike Housby
Todd Slind
Vice President of Technology
Todd Slind
Ty van den Akker
Vice President of Product Strategy
Ty van den Akker
William Griep
Vice President of Product Development
William Griep
Business Leaders
Mike Underwood
Vice President
Matt Bergin
Utilities Sales Director
Bruce Buxton
Transportation, State, Local Sales Director
Tim Dec
Utilities Sales Director
Mike Dierstein
Federal Government Industry Lead
Joe Brentin
System Integration Lead
Terry Martin
Federal Sales Director
Mario Sanvitale
Business Development Principal
Nigel Russell-Smith
Business Unit Director
John Bennett
Business Unit Director
Bo Wilmer
Natural Resources Sales Director
Dawn Abercrombie
GIS Consultant Practice Lead
Clint Cabanero
Solution Architect
Brody Dittemore
Developer Services Manager
Shawna Paradee
Solution Architect
Brandon Raso
Utility Design & Engineering Practice Director
Dan Moore
Transportation, State & Local Portfolio Manager
Joe Wong
Lemur Practice Director
Jenni McCanne
Lemur Practice Manager
Jen Campbell
Vice President
Zac Valchar
Vice President
Tommy Acers
Principal Consultant
Tommy Acers
Tom Turchioe
Vice President
Tom Turchioe
Tom spent past 7 years at SAP in their BTP Global Center of Excellence serving as the Global Spatial Evangelist and thought leader for SAP HANA and Esri ArcGIS integration. He developed prototypes of SAP BTP and ArcGIS Enterprise integration as well as led ArcGIS on HANA Cloud geodatabase certification efforts working with both Esri and SAP engineering. While being heavily involved in the Esri and SAP strategic relationship, he was also a representative on the Esri CTO Council. Tom previously worked for Locana.