Texas Disaster Information System
Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS)
SPONSOR:
The Texas General Land Office
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TDIS DIRECTOR:
The cornerstone project for the Institute is the Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS). This project is currently in the building phase, but will be an interactive, analytical, and visual web-based spatial data system designed to support more resilient decision making at the state level.
Primary Goals and Objectives:
The planning and building phase will result in a comprehensive plan for the design, development, and creation of TDIS; a dedicated project management team; and a stakeholder engagement strategy.
- collect, create, and provide analytical tools, information and data that support disaster resilience efforts for the state of Texas;
- consolidate data and information spread across a wide array of agencies and systems into one single disaster preparedness resource;
- use and transform data to better prepare Texans for and mitigate against disasters across the state; and
- provide reliable and timely insights for a diverse group of stakeholders to make decisions during different stages of disasters.
Steering Committee
Charles Cook
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Jerry Cotter
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Forth Worth District
Nick Fang
University of Texas – Arlington
Sam Hermitte
Texas Water Development Board
Jasper Cooke
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Jason Johnson
NOAA/National Weather Service; West Gulf River Forecast Center
Patrick Kerr
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District
Leslie Lenser
Texas A&M University – System
David Mass
Texas General Land Office
Steven Mikulencak
Texas A&M University – AgriLife Extension
Ali Mostafavidarani
Texas A&M University
Michael Ouimet
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Hugh Roberts
Water Institute
Richard Wade
Texas Natural Resources Information System
Larry Weber
University of Iowa
Gordon Wells
University of Texas
Reem Zoun
Texas Water Development Board
TDIS Director
Kelli Weatherman
Director of Strategic Services
Implementation Team
Srinivas Dharmadhikari
Project Manager
Robert X Sebastian
Cloud Architect
Gayatri Kesavamurthy
Geospatial Architect
Murli Manickam
Data Officer
Suzanne Pierce
Data Services Lead
Brent Porter
Database Engineer
Jeff Reichman
Consultant
Anto Thomas
Data Platform Engineer
