Steven Paplanus
Steve Paplanus leads MVBG on complex technical projects with work spanning agencies, universities, and decision-support environments.
About MVBG
Built around long-horizon work and practical technical judgment.
MVBG's relaunch is based on the stronger parts of the legacy company story: experienced leadership, environmental and geospatial depth, and a commitment to decision support that can be explained, maintained, and used in the real world.
Company story
From consulting roots to specialized decision systems.
Legacy MVBG materials describe the company as founded in 2008 and built around consulting, custom solutions, and practical support for organizations facing complex planning and information challenges. The relaunch keeps that continuity, but narrows the public message toward the areas where MVBG is most distinctive.
That means environmental, geospatial, analytical, and knowledge-driven decision systems, with EMDS as the central platform story.
The EMDS Consortium
Stability through partnership.
MVBG is a core member of the EMDS Consortium, a long-term partnership that ensures the Ecosystem Management Decision Support system remains a stable, evolving, and industry-standard platform.
This consortium model brings together federal agencies, research organizations, and private technical partners to ensure that the logic and decision methods used in EMDS are peer-reviewed and ready for large-scale application.
Ruben Ortiz
Ruben Ortiz is our resident GIS expert in analysis for MVBG projects while providing customer focused reporting solutions.
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David Torres
David Torres is our front-end development and GIS python expert, focused on providing intelligent websites for our customers.
Penny Showalter
Penny Showalter is an expert in the field of business consulting and training.