Elliott Plack is a senior business analyst focusing on configurable geospatial IT implementations in government at the consulting firm KCI Technologies, Inc. in Sparks, Maryland. He has been developing and using geographic information systems (GIS) since 2009. Elliott holds a Master of Science in Applied Information Technology with a focus on Information Systems Management at Towson University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environmental Planning from Towson University as well. Elliott is a champion of the use and provision of open data in government and was appointed to the Maryland Council on Open Data by Governor Martin O’Malley in 2013. He is an honorably discharged, decorated veteran of the United States Army, having served a tour of duty in Iraq in 2010.