Our Team

We have grown from the 'one man show' of several years ago to a dedicated group of professionals. Our main office is located in Chico, California. Please read more about our core staff members below.  

Patrick Way

President and Lead Developer
     Patrick began his career with the Glenn County Air Pollution Control District as an Air Quality Inspector in 1999, after obtaining a B.S. in Environmental Science and a minor in Chemistry from California State University, Chico. Because of his educational background, he saw the potential for utilizing computer modeling and GIS to aid in environmental management.

     The combination of Pat's captivation with the capabilities of GIS, participation in environmental monitoring and proficiency with information technologies, lead him into developing tools to aid environmental regulators and managers in Glen County, California. 

     In 2001 Pat founded Patrick Way Consulting Inc. and began putting great effort into the AgGIS project. During the early years of his company, Pat also worked with Type 1 Incident Management Teams operated by the U.S. Forest Service as a contractor and as an employee of North Tree Fire. This work included producing incident management maps, collecting spatial data from field commanders and performing spatial analysis for fire behavior analysts. Pat's cartography and GIS work were an integral part of the management of several large emergency incidents, including the Oregon Wildfires of 2002, the Cedar fire in Southern California, and the Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery project in Corsicana, Texas.

     In 2004 Pat was contracted by the Glenn County Department of Agriculture through a grant obtained by the State Water Resources Control Board. This work incorporated spatial analysis features into Pat's existing AgGIS version 2 application. Since that time, all of his efforts have been focused on continuing development of the AgGIS system for Glen County and the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA).

Kenneth Polson

Information Technology Manager, Database Administrator

    Ken Polson began working on the AgGIS project in 2006 with the Glenn County Department of Agriculture. He provided Information Technology support and his principal tasks included researching and developing server hardware specifications; determining and documenting server and user software configurations and providing all types of technical support for the AgGIS system.

    Ken's intricate knowledge of the AgGIS project extends to the AgGIS v3 and Permit6 applications, the Linux kernel, Java and Perl programming languages, the Java Runtime Environment, Apache web server, PostgreSQL database and Post- GIS spatial extensions, HTML, server administration, and computer networking.

     Mr. Polson has a background as an insurance adjuster specializing in residential and commercial catastrophe losses. This included traveling on short notice, often for months, to natural disaster sites across the country.

Mr. Polson's academic background includes the study of Mechanical Engineering at CSU Fresno.

Carrie Hubbard

Training and Technical Support Lead

     Carrie has taken the lead role in support and training for the AgGIS project. She conducts on-site and remote trainings during the implementation phase of an AgGIS roll out. Carrie also provides technical support for users via telephone and remote desktop applications. She contributes heavily to technical project documents such as the user help files. Miss Hubbard has become a valuable information conduit between AgGIS users and Pat's application development team by tracking and documenting bugs and key functionality issues.

Pablo Silveira

Planning and Documentation

     Pablo has been informally involved with Patrick Way Consulting for many years. He became a more official member of the team in early 2009. He creates internal company documents and public materials such as our web site and informational handouts on our products. Pablo has a background in GIS, IT Management, Project/Program Management, Group Facilitation and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science.