MPS is a Rhode Island woman-owned and operated business enterprise headed by Mary F. Hutchinson, GISP, Principal.

MPS provides GIS management, planning and specialized mapping services to the public, education, non-profit and private sectors. MPS understands how to use GIS technology and spatial data to support decision-making and improve the operations and processes of government and planning. Founded in the early 1990's we are based in Jamestown, 1.5 miles from historic Newport, RI, the Yachting Capital of the World.

MPS is a small business as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). MPS is also certified as a woman-owned business enterprise and a disadvantaged business enterprise (RI WBE/DBE and SOWMBA) in the following states:

 

• Rhode Island (RI)
• Massachusetts (MA)

Most federal agencies and many states have incentives to include woman and disadvantaged businesses in large contracts. MPS is available for direct GIS contracting.  MPS is available for opportunities with any government agency, and for subcontracting opportunities through prime contractors. 

MPS has been approved to provide GIS-related IT services and solutions to Massachusetts' government agencies, cities and towns through the Massachusetts ITS33 contract as part of a sub-contract with Applied Geographics, Inc.  ITS33 streamlines the process of hiring technology professionals under pre-approved conditions without the time and expense of the RFP process. ITS33 replaces the former ITS23 contract under which MPS has provided many GIS-related information technology services in Massachusetts.

Mary Hutchinson,directs all aspects of GIS project management, spatial analyses, training and technical support. She has over 25 years of professional experience in the GIS, planning and mapping industries, both in the United States and Australia.  She is certified as a GIS Professional (GISP) by the GIS Certification Institute.

Ms. Hutchinson earned a Masters in Community Planning and Area Development from the University of Rhode Island and received the American Institute of Certified Planner’s (AICP) Outstanding Student Award. She completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia and earned the Bachelor of Applied Science (Cartography).

Ms. Hutchinson is a current member of the RIGIS Executive Committee, American Planning Association (APA), Mapping Sciences Institute of Australia (MSIA), the North East ARC Users Group (NEARC), and serves as the Interim Treasurer of the NorthEast Chapter of URISA (NEURISA) and on various committees with the Conanicut Yacht Club.  Over the last 15 plus years as a Planner and GIS Professional Mary Hutchinson has been an active supporter of land preservation efforts in Newport County and Rhode Island.  She has served as past President of the Conanicut Island Land Trust, former Director of the Aquidneck Land Trust, the Rhode Island Land Trust Council, and Vice-Chairman, Jamestown Conservation Commission.

Her planning work has received awards from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and American Planning Association (APA). Many of her maps have also received awards, been published as limited editions or in award-winning publications, both in the United States and in Australia.