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<P><B>Castle Consulting</B></P>
<P>In January 1997 Castle Consulting celebrated its fifth
anniversary. The founder and chief executive officer of Castle
Consulting is <A HREF="Gil_Castle.html">Gil Castle</A>. Mr. Castle has been a GIS consultant for
more than 18 years. Previously, he was a Regional Director of the
Roulac Group of Deloitte & Touche - the real estate consulting
division of the Big Six accounting firm. Mr. Castle is a Past
President of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
(URISA), North America's largest (approximately 3,700 members) and
oldest (35 years) professional society for GIS practitioners. Mr.
Castle has more than 150 publications and conference presentations to
his credit, mainly on applied computer technology in land use
decisions. For example, he is the overall editor for the 400 page
book <I>Profiting from a Geographic Information System</I>, the
seminal text on GIS applications in the private sector; Mr. Castle
has another 400 page book forthcoming in early 1997, entitled <I>GIS
in Real Estate</I>, to be jointly published by the Appraisal
Institute and GIS World, Inc. He also writes the real estate column
for <I>Business Geographics</I> magazine. Mr. Castle has lectured at
numerous universities on applied GIS technology, including the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of
Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and the University of California
at Berkeley. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, Cum
Laude, from Harvard University, and a Master of City Planning degree
from the University of Pennsylvania.</P>
<P>Among its varied consulting activities, Castle Consulting is
frequently asked to conduct educational and strategic workshops for
corporations and professional societies. Past clients include:</P>
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<LI>Teleres, Dayton, Ohio
<LI>CB Commercial, Torrance, California
<LI>MetLife Realty Group, White Plains, New York
<LI>Edward S. Gordon Company, Inc., New York, New York
<LI>Staubach Retail Services, Dallas, Texas
<LI>The Gap, San Bruno, California
<LI>The Swearingen Company, Dallas, Texas
<LI>Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, British
Columbia
<LI>City of Mobile, Alabama
<LI>American Society of Real Estate Counsellors (ASREC)
<LI>International Development Research Counsel (IDRC)
<LI>International Association for Corporate and Office Real Estate
(NACORE)
<LI>National Association of Realtors® (NAR)
<LI>International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)
<LI>Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
<LI>The Appraisal Institute
</UL>
<P>Descriptions of other Castle Consulting engagements will be
forthcoming with the completion of the web site.</P>
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