Jim Bower
Industry Specialist/Software Engineer

Jim has over five years experience developing applications for the utility industry, as well as experience providing training and software customization. Additionally, Jim has ten years experience in distribution design at Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC). Prior to joining NOVEC Jim served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corp.

He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Strayer University.

As a software engineer for Gentry Systems and Autodesk, he contributed to the development of the Autodesk Utility Design product. Jim’s contributions to this product were both as a programmer and as an invaluable subject matter expert, due to his vast experience in electric utility design and operations. This double specialization makes Jim uniquely qualified for solution development within the electric utility industry.

In his off hours, he enjoys softball and golf. With his recent relocation to Minnesota, Jim has also taken up the sport of fishing.

Brek Graham
GIS Analyst/Software Engineer

Brek has been involved in data conversion, user education and software development activities on utility based geographic information systems since 1990 while employed by industry leaders such as Gentry Systems and Autodesk.

He has designed and constructed several application training classes including a specialized 40 hour course for an international group of fifteen technicians in the Asia-Pacific region and has conducted over 100 training sessions in 26 states and four foreign countries. He possesses extensive experience in data conversion between various CAD and Autodesk Map based GIS/Mapping systems and has converted from CAD into ArcGIS, which included: the design and implementation of a personal geodatabase with applicable rules and domains.

Although his formal education is in the area of commercial photography, Brek is a life-long learner and has successfully completed course work related to software development; instructional design for conventional, CBT and web based training courses; and various GIS and operating system platforms including UNIX, Autodesk’s GIS Design Server and ArcInfo 8.1.

Brek is a United States Navy veteran who possesses strong customer and team orientation skills and is regarded by his peers as being honest, respectful and responsible.

When Brek is not involved with work related activities he enjoys wildflower gardening, backpacking, blues music and photography.

Linda Veit
QA Lead/Technical Support Specialist

Linda has tremendous knowledge of mapping software used by electric utilities.

She joined Gentry systems as their fourth employee in 1987. While at Gentry, Linda wore many hats, working in services, product support, training, documentation and product development. She worked on every Gentry release and every Gentry product.

After Gentry, Linda was an Engineering Manager at Autodesk. There she continued to work on the Gentry product line, as well as Autodesk Map.

She graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems.

At Spatial Network Solutions, Linda’s work includes technical support and quality assurance. She combines a keen attention to detail with a delightfully personable demeanor. This allows her to lead the development team through the rigorous analysis of complex issues, which are essential for the development of a high quality product.

When not at work, Linda likes spending time with her family and working on their farm.

Chuck Wilbur
Vice President/Lead Software Architect

Chuck is the lead architect and developer for our first product, NuMap.

Chuck brings six years of experience in C++ software development to SNS, including over a year with the original GenMap and three years at Autodesk. He has written code for GenMap, AUD, GenTCA, and Autodesk Map itself. While at Autodesk, he was exposed to the intricacies of writing ARX applications for AutoCAD to a degree not available to most third-party developers. This experience has shaped some of the advanced features available in NuMap.

Chuck earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and completed some post-graduate work at Northern Illinois University before being hired by Gentry Systems in early 1998.

Currently, Chuck is writing the code for NuMap. In the future, Chuck hopes to form a programming team at SNS that will surpass any he has worked with before in terms of skill, efficiency and excellence of code output.

Chuck and his wife enjoy dining out, tennis, long walks, and the occasional movie.

Chuck and his wife are boring people who have combined through marriage to form one extremely boring person. They enjoy dining out, tennis, long walks, and the occasional movie, but don’t get to do any of those things as often as they’d like.

John Yetter
President

John brings diverse software engineering management experience to Spatial Network Solutions. He has directly managed resources from every functional area of software development; product designers, software engineers, quality assurance engineers and technical publication specialists.

He graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics and a Master’s of Science in Applied Physics.

As a senior software engineer for Gentry Systems, John contributed to the GenMap and AUD products for three years. He then worked for Autodesk where he managed a software engineering team, and finally the Autodesk Map product design team.

He believes that product and service quality derived from strong customer focus is the most certain path to success for any business. As such, he is committed to following the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming, the founder of the modern, continuous, quality improvement movement.

Away from work, John and his wife, Tonya, are foster and adoptive parents. They have helped twenty-one children over the last three years, and currently have two boys (Theo age five and Shane age six).