Dr. Charles Huyck

Mr. Huyck is a founding partner and has been the Executive Vice President of ImageCat since its inception in 2000, Charles Huyck oversees a diverse team of engineers, scientists, and programmers, fostering the development of cutting-edge software tools and pioneering risk assessment technologies that transcend conventional boundaries. Mr. Huyck's 30-year expertise encompasses a wide spectrum of disaster scenarios, ranging from riverine and coastal flooding to earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, and terrorism. Notably, Charles Huyck has led contributions to groundbreaking research in the application of Earth Observation-based applications for building exposure development, critical infrastructure data, and post-disaster damage assessments. He has authored over seventy-five papers and reports on risk modeling with GIS or remote sensing and overseen or directly contributed to dozens of GIS applications for risk assessment and inventory development. Recent interests include characterization of recovery-time and supply chain impacts from acute disasters.