25th Anniversary - Distribution Design Studio

25 Years, 25 Solutions for utility and design and engineering.

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Teamwork. Integrity. Excellence.

Our company was built on these foundations 25 years ago, and they remain strong within our team today. It’s the gold standard for all our employees when conducting business and providing customer service.

Our team of expert problem solvers is dedicated to finding the best solutions for you, your business and the unique problems you face.

Challenge us with your hardest design and engineering problems

We’ve provided countless companies with software solutions to solve their toughest challenges, and can’t wait to help you solve yours!

25 Years of Experience

1999

Opening our doors

Carl Livingood provides consulting services to electric distribution utilities in the United States as a sole proprietorship DBA GeoSpatial Innovations (GSI).

2001

First Software Product: Pocket Designer

GSI develops its first software product, Pocket Designer, for capturing electric powerline design data in the field using mobile and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies.

2003

2nd Software Solution: Pocket Collector

GSI develops its second software, Pocket Collector, playing a pivotal role in assisting utility companies during their inspections and inventory management of utility assets in the field.

2004

3rd Software Solution

GSI continues to promote and sell software solutions in the Utility Industry. GSI launches their third software product, Pocket Scout, for assessing storm damage.

2005

Integration with DDS

GSI and Itron come to an agreement to allow GSI’s Pocket Designer to fully integrate with Itron’s Distribution Design Studio (DDS) software.

2007

Product Consolidation: GSI AssetManager

GSI consolidates and rebrands three of their products. Pocket Designer, Pocket Collector, and Pocket Scout are now a new product called GSI AssetManager.

2008 & 2009

4th Product Solution: GSI Forester

GSI develops and launches its fourth software product, GSI Forester, our Utility Vegetation Management software solution to get a foothold in the UVM market.

2012

GSI Asset Manager moves to the cloud

GSI is hard at work embarking on a major software initiative to migrate GSI Asset Manager from On-Premises to Microsoft’s Azure (cloud based hosting).

2013

Partnership with Austin Energy

Austin Energy (electric utility in Austin, TX) contracts with GSI to enhance and extend GSI AssetManager Forester vegetation management software.

2014 & 2015

GSI purchases Distribution Design Studio (DDS)

GSI makes a game changing purchase in 2015 by purchasing Distribution Design Studio (DDS) from Itron, Inc. including employees, several software products and customer contracts.

2016

GSI acquires the Trimble Energy Transmission Solutions

GSI acquires the Trimble Energy Transmission Solutions (TETS) business from Trimble Navigation Limited including employees, several software products, and customer contracts.

2017