ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 21, 2013) — Geocove, Inc., a leading provider of scalable GIS consulting solutions for business, industry, and state and local agencies nationwide, recently appointed veteran Florida business leader and State Secretary John P. “Jack” Miles to its advisory board.
Miles is the former Florida Secretary of the Department of Management Services (DMS) whose 30-year professional career includes top ranking posts with leading North American firms including CIGNA, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), American International Group (AIG), Computer Associates, Travelers, Ames Department Stores and Prentice-Hall.
“We are delighted to have Jack join our team. He possesses exceptional government and commercial experience and expertise that will prove critical in assisting us to accelerate our business growth,” Karyn Tareen, chief executive officer of Geocove, said.
“I am delighted to be joining the Geocove advisory board as it is very exciting time in the firm’s growth. Geocove’s damage assessment tool is leading edge technology and the need for this capability has never been greater. Government officials in cities, towns, municipalities, counties and states as well as and business leaders in utilities and firms in the property casualty business can all benefit from the Geocove tools which are easily implemented and deployed.” said Miles
Geocove is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.
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For more information contact:
Karyn Tareen, President/CEO, Geocove, Inc., 407-210-3925 Ext 1, ktareen@geocove.com
Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubator-Central Fla. Research Park, 407-207-7426, carolann.dykes@ucf.edu
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc 407-644 4142 lvershelco@aol.com
About Geocove
Geocove, Inc. provides scalable assessment solutions built using the power of GIS across a multitude of industries. The Geocove team has extensive experience in providing assessment, reporting and mapping tools for emergency management, building officials, public health and other government agencies as well as utilities and other private industries. Geocove, Inc., a privately held corporation located in central Florida, is an authorized partner of Esri, the world’s leading GIS software provider. Please visit www.geocove.com or www.facebook.com/geocove.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 300 emerging companies (including more than 134 current clients) create over $363 million in annual total economic output and more than 3,120 new jobs (taking direct and indirect and induced impact into account) with an average salary of $60,000. With ten facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development among the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Apopka, the City of Winter Springs, the City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information about the Program and its clients and graduates, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu and UCFBIP on Facebook, on www.facebook.com/ucf4bip
