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Christopher K. Tucker is a businessman and social entrepreneur active in the geospatial industry and the US national security community, and as Principal of Yale House Ventures, manages a portfolio of technology startups and social ventures.〔http://usgif.org/about/board/6-christopher-k-tucker〕 He was the founding chief strategic officer of In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital fund, charged with developing In-Q-Tel's overall strategy for tackling the priority information technologies problems of the agency. Tucker worked with the original CIA team, which later became known as the In-Q-Tel Interface Center, to define and set up the original organization (first known as In-Q-It). Before joining In-Q-Tel, Tucker served as special adviser to the executive vice provost of Columbia University. While at Columbia, Tucker co-founded the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes〔http://www.cspo.org/about/〕 (now at Arizona State University) and the Columbia Public Policy Consortium,〔http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss21/record2221.15.html〕 and co-taught courses at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. Tucker stepped down as senior vice president for the Americas and national programs at ERDAS〔http://www.erdas.com/〕 in November 2008; about the same time his name was being floated in back channel conversations for a position at CIA.〔http://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/11/14/obamas-intel-possibilities/〕 He joined ERDAS by way of its acquisition of IONIC Enterprise,〔http://www.ionicsoft.com/templates/home.php〕 where Tucker had served as president and CEO〔http://www.erdas.com/Company/NewsReleases/tabid/96/currentid/1760/default.aspx〕 since leaving In-Q-Tel. ==Board Activities== Tucker serves on the board of directors of the Open Geospatial Consortium and the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. Tucker serves, or has served on Federal Advisory Committees such as the Defense Science Board's Intelligence Task Force and the United States Department of Interior's (National Geospatial Advisory Committee ).Tucker has served on the United States National Research Council Committee on NGA’s GEOINT Research Priorities.〔http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11601〕 Tucker serves on various other corporate and non-profit boards in his Yale House Ventures capacity. In 2013, he was elected to the American Geographical Society Council. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher K. Tucker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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