Our team
Our team has experience and expertise in managing and executing national and international projects. At present, GeoVille is employing a staff of more than 30 experts and consultants graduated in Earth sciences and Informatics from universities in Austria, Germany and the United States.
The educational background of GeoVille staff lies in geography, forestry, spatial planning, land management, cartography, informatics, economics and law. Key emphasis is on remote sensing and GIS. All of our staff members are holding MSc grade or equivalent, and 30% a PhD title.
We use leading edge GIS and image processing software and provide consultancy, processing and development capabilities for software components from major GIS and remote sensing software vendors.
The company’s shareholders are representatives of international remote sensing, law and tax consulting firms.
- Christian Hoffmann
Christian Hoffmann is the founder of GeoVille and holds as Managing Director 25% of the company shares. He has a PhD from the University of Vienna and long term experience in GIS, remote sensing and cartography applications working for the United Nations, the European Commission and Intergraph.- Stefan Kleeschulte
Stefan Kleeschulte, holds a Masters degree from the University of Trier and has more than 20 years of experience working at European level. He is Managing Director of GeoVille, Luxembourg and acts as Environmental Application Advisor to GeoVille, Austria.- Jürgen Weichselbaum
Jürgen Weichselbaum, a spatial planner with long term experience in remote sensing and GIS is Head of the Technical Department and holds a master degree from the University of Vienna. Under his responsibility are the EO Data Processing, GI Operations and the Consulting Group.- Andreas Walli
Andreas Walli, an environmental resource manager with a PhD from the University of California is GeoVille's Commercial Director. As Chief GI & RS Analyst he led project acquisition and execution at Stanford University for 7 years. Under his responsibility are promotion & marketing, data distribution and proposal management.- Ute Gangkofner
Ute Gangkofner acts as Scientific Advisor and heads the Consulting Group. She has more than 20 years of experience in remote sensing and GI projects and holds a PhD from the University of Munich.- Wilfried Huber
- Wilfried Huber has a masters degree in law from the University of Innsbruck and holds as Legal Director of GeoVille 26% of the company shares. Asides from legal administration he is responsible for international relations.
- Johann Trixl
- Johann Trixl has a masters degree in business and economics from the University of Innsbruck and holds as Financial Director 26% of the company shares. Among his responsibilities are key account management, audit certification and project accounting.
