Jamaican-born businesswoman Valerie Grant takes seriously the opportunities afforded by the facility of free movement of skills in the region to offer what, in the context of the Caribbean, are scarce if important services that are critical to a broad range of developmental sectors.
GeoTechVision Enter-prises Limited, a company specializing in spatial technology and Informa-tion, Communication and Technology (ICT) solutions, which she founded in Jamaica, has found a ‘second home’ here as GeoTechVision Guyana.
The company was first incorporated in November 2008 and has been here since January 2012. It took a while for the University of the West Indies-trained Geologist who also holds a Master in Geographic Information Systems and Environment to get across to the Stabroek Business the relevance of the services which her company offers to the developmental pursuits of the region. In a nutshell, she says, geospatial information/ intelligence is one of the critical elements underpinning decision making in