Ray O’Connor, president and CEO of Topcon Positioning Systems, was named Geospatial Business Leader of the Year for 2012 by Geospatial World magazine during its annual Geospatial World Forum conference and leadership awards ceremony in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
O’Connor was recognized “as the champion of surveying and positioning technologies in the world, having served in this industry for more than two decades. He has transformed Topcon into an acknowledged market leader in surveying technologies related to civil engineering, agricultural, mapping and measurement applications,” the magazine said.
In addition to receiving the award, O’Connor was a speaker at the conference and Topcon executives also participated in applications and technology workshops.
“To be selected by the leaders and visionaries of the industries we serve is an incredible honor,” O’Connor said. “At Topcon we focus our energies on pursuing products and technologies that truly make a difference in the lives of our customers and potential customers.”
The award certificate presented to O’Connor at the conference, read: “A leader, technocrat and, above all, a man of vision, (O’Connor) is recognized as the champion of surveying and positioning technologies in the world.”
The award certificate further stated, “Topcon Positioning Systems is one of the only companies to offer ‘the complete solution’ from survey to finished grade,” and that the unique corporate culture he created and instilled into his team “has resulted in the innovative integration of technologies under one roof, causing radical changes throughout the construction positioning industries.”
Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore, Calif. Its European head office is in Capelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands. Topcon Positioning Group designs, manufactures and distributes precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets.
