Mr. Huyck is a geographer specializing in the integration of advanced geospatial technologies and emergency management. As Executive Vice President of ImageCat, Inc., he oversees a team of engineers, scientists, and programmers developing software tools and data processing algorithms for loss estimation and risk reduction.

At the University of Iowa, Mr. Huyck studied GIS with Professor Marc Armstrong and Environmental Management with Professor Rebecca Roberts, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1993. He has over 15 years of experience in GIS analysis and application development.

He introduced GIS and Remote Sensing to EQE International, where he served as GIS Programmer Analyst on several loss estimation and research projects. At the California Governor's Office of Emergency services, he was responsible for geospatial analysis, database development, and mapping disaster information for the Northridge Earthquake, California winter Storms, and California fire storms.

Mr. Huyck is proficient with several GIS and remote sensing software and has contributed to the development of several online and desktop programs, including: the HAZUS flood module, EPEDAT, J-EPEDAT, EPEDAT-LA, USQuake, InLET, DrillSIM, MetaSIM, RAMP, U-RAMP, REDARS, Bridge Hunter/Bridge Doctor, VRS, VIEWS, CatViewer, PDQ Disclosure, GeoVideo, and BetterDEMS. He has authored over 50 papers, many pertaining to damage detection and inventory development with remotely sensed data.