The Application of Satellite Imagery to Land Use, Land Change and Oceanography
Mr. Robert Winokur, Senior Technical Advisor
Earth Satellite Corporation

Robert S. Winokur
Robert S. Winokur has over 40 years of experience in the federal and private sectors working in naval undersea warfare and technology, satellite remote sensing, meteorology and public policy. He is currently a senior technical advisor for the Earth Satellite Corporation having stepped down from the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he held for over two years. He was responsible for the operation of EarthSat's remote sensing, weather, environmental, GIS and image processing business areas. Before moving to EarthSat in 2000, Mr. Winokur was Vice President of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE), where he was responsible for fostering and guiding oceanographic programs involving academic, federal and industrial activities, managing the program support office for the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, guiding the Secretariat for the Census of Marine Life, and leading educational outreach programs in the oceanographic sciences, such as the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Prior to these positions, Mr. Winokur retired from federal service in 1999 after 38 years working for the Department of the Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) culminating in various senior executive positions. From November 1993 to April 1999, Mr. Winokur served as the Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, NOAA. As Assistant Administrator, Mr. Winokur directed an integrated program for the development and use of all operational civilian satellite-based environmental remote sensing systems and NOAA's national climatic, oceanographic and geophysical data centers. He was responsible for the acquisition, processing, dissemination, and exchange of national and international environmental data.