Locus Technologies founder Neno Duplan’s background as entrepreneur, environmental information management pioneer, and senior executive in environmental business, provides a well-rounded foundation for leadership. Dr. Duplan brings more than 25 years of experience as a senior executive in the application of computer science to the environmental industry. As founder, president, and CEO of San Francisco area based Locus Technologies, he developed extensive expertise in the application of advanced Internet technologies and wireless sensing to environmental information management. Dr. Duplan pioneered the application of an Internet based on-demand computing model for data management in the environmental industry. Dr. Duplan is the author of more than 30 technical papers on the use of technologies in the environmental industry. As a research associate at Carnegie Mellon in the early eighties, he developed the first prototype system for environmental data management and display using microcomputers. This early work led to the development of numerous database management systems at some of the nation’s largest contaminated sites, and ultimately to the formation of Locus Technologies in 1997. Locus Technologies is now the world leader in managing on-demand environmental information.
