Company Bios

Allen Carroll

Executive Vice President and Chief Cartographer

Allen Carroll is chief cartographer and executive vice president of National Geographic Maps. As chief cartographer, Carroll presides over the editorial and creative efforts of the Society’s map division, including its renowned reference and wall maps, globes, and atlases. He was instrumental in launching the National Geographic MapMachine, its first interactive atlas on the Web. Carroll has presided over the creation of the Seventh and Eighth editions of the World Atlas. He has spearheaded the creation of many new maps, ranging from decorative wall maps and supplement maps for National Geographic magazine to special projects featuring global biodiversity, environment, and international development. From 1991 to 1995 Carroll was art director of National Geographic, producing historical, scientific, and informational artwork, and leading an effort to establish a corporate identity program for the Society. Carroll depicted subjects ranging from the Big Bang to the evolution of planet Earth to the workings of the immune system. He served as art director of the Society’s Historical Atlas of the United States, a richly illustrated history of America in maps, pictures and text produced for the Society’s centennial in 1988. Prior to joining the Society in 1983, Carroll was a free-lance illustrator and designer in Washington, serving clients such as The Washington Post, Smithsonian Institution, Readers Digest, The New Republic, the American Film Institute, and Johns Hopkins University.

Dan Ortiz

Vice President of Consumer Products

Ortiz oversees the product management of National Geographic’s retail maps and map software products. Prior to his current role, he managed the company’s print products and served as General Manager of its Evergreen, Colorado operation. Ortiz has been employed with National Geographic for twenty-three years, splitting his tenure between the headquarters office in Washington, D.C. and his current location on Colorado. He began his career as a cartographic researcher and after several years, joined the production group, focusing on the development of digital production techniques for desktop platforms. Since 1992 he has held a variety of management positions in the areas of project management, business development, operations, and product management. Dan has been actively involved with the International Map Trade Association (IMTA) since 1995. He served on the Board of Directors from 1997 - 2001 and was International President from 2000 - 2001. Ortiz has a Bachelor’s degree in the double major of Environmental, Organismic, Population Biology and Environmental Conservation from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He resides in Evergreen, Colorado and enjoys hiking, skiing, fly fishing, and mountain biking in his spare time.

Paul Glauthier

Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Research and Development

A pioneer of interactive maps, Paul has been designing and authoring mapping software since 1994, when he first created TOPO!. Paul joined National Geographic Maps in 2000, when the company he founded, Wildflower Productions, was acquired to propel the National Geographic Society to the forefront of providing next-generation maps: individually customized products that harness digital technologies, including the internet, GPS, on-demand printing, and hand-held devices. In addition to evolving the TOPO! product line, Paul is now focused on innovations that will help bring the world-renowned cartography of National Geographic to new audiences in new ways. Digital versions of our Trails Illustrated maps, first introduced in 2006, are one example of this type of innovation; printed trail maps are now enhanced with trip-planning features only possible on a computer – features such as elevation profiling, 3D route fly-overs, and direct transfer of waypoints and routes to GPS. More innovation is sure to come…

Eric Riback

Vice President of Sales and Marketing

During a brief career in radio advertising, Eric sold some ads to a fledgling map company in Maine. He evidently impressed the owner enough that he was offered the lone sales and marketing position at DeLorme Mapping in 1980. During his fifteen years there, DeLorme grew from five to more than two hundred employees. Eric was instrumental in developing national distribution for the Atlas & Gazetteer series. Eric then worked for GeoSystems (later MapQuest) and helped forge an alliance with National Geographic that brought its wall maps into the retail marketplace for the first time, and saw creation of National Geographic road atlases and travel maps. Eric has been with National Geographic Maps since 2001 and oversees international and domestic sales, customer service, tech support and channel marketing for consumer products.

Carol Randolph

Vice President of Finance and Administration

Prior to joining NG, Carol spent over 10 years in Dallas, TX, as the CFO of Siplast, Inc. and eventually moved to Denver to serve as Senior Manager in Arthur Andersen’s Business Process Outsourcing consulting practice. Carol is a former board member of Court Appointed Special Advocates for the 1st Judicial District Court of Colorado and has volunteered or consulted with Big Brother/Big Sisters, Children’s Hospital, Junior Achievement, and the University of Colorado Foundation. A resident of Evergreen, CO, Carol is an active member of the Colorado Mountain club and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. She successfully completed an extended Outward Bound Wilderness course and dreams one day of completing her hike along the entire length of the Appalachian Trail.

An avid sports fan, Carol can often be found attending local sporting events and cheering on her beloved Dallas Stars hockey club or West Virginia University football team (Let's go, Mountaineers!). Three rescue pets - Darby, Blitz, and Alleycat - call all the shots outside of the office.