Kurt Menke, GISP, a former Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA-based archaeologist, holds a masters in geography from the University of New Mexico. He is founded Bird's Eye View. He also focuses on public health and education. He is an avid GIS proponent since he began writing MapServer applications and has authored Discover QGIS. In 2015, Kurt was voted as an OSGeo Charter Member. He is a FOSS4G educator and co-authors the GeoAcademy. In 2015, he was awarded the Global Educator of the Year by GeoForAll as part of the GeoAcademy team. He authors an award-winning blog on FOSS4G technologies and their use in community health mapping.