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Alan R. Townsend joined Trimble in 1991 as the manager of Trimble Navigation New Zealand Ltd. In 1995, he was appointed general manager of Mapping and GIS. In January 2001, he was promoted to vice president and general manager of the Mapping and GIS Division. In November 2001, Townsend was appointed to lead the Field Solutions Division which combines Agriculture and Mapping and GIS business segments. He is also serving as the managing Director of Trimble Navigation New Zealand Ltd.
Prior to Trimble, Townsend served in a variety of roles within the Datacom group of companies in New Zealand including managing director of Datacom Software Research Ltd from 1986 to 1991.. In addition, Townsend is a director of IT Capital Ltd, a venture capital company based in Auckland, New Zealand; and a director of Pulse Data Ltd, an electronics company that produces aids for the visually impaired in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is also a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a past president of the New Zealand Software Exporters Association. | 