GIS Chat Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Hey guys!  I am launching my new website, the GIS Chat. Here you can listen to episodes, get a link to the new YouTube channel coming soon, and send in a request to book me for any speaking or facilitating roles at your next event. It could be speaking at a college, presenting at an event, facilitating other GIS professionals, or moderating at your next big conference.  Listen in...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re joined by Michelle Williams, also known as the Survey123 Jedi. Michelle is a huge Star Wars fan behind the scenes (hence the name).  Michelle holds an MSGIS from the University of Redlands and has built solutions across industries, including utilities, archaeology, pharmaceuticals, and emergency response. After a 2022 car accident, Michelle had to relearn GI...

Send us Fan Mail Guest alumni, Arnold Kedia is back!  One of the first guests' of the show, Arnold updates us on his promotion at Cox Communications from designer to HFC (Hyrbid Fiber Coaxial) Engineer. Along with a promotion he also created a rock scale grid nationwide for Cox Communications to help cost analysis on where to dig equipment and how his background in geosciences helped him spea...

Send us Fan Mail Mary Susan (Suzie) Knauss has been pioneering the GIS industry through developing programs, engineering, network management, and making waves in the communication industry. Starting from analog to digital, the prounounced girl geek has defied societal standards by entering the STEM field in the early 80's and successfully creating developments to better enhance our communicat...

Send us Fan Mail GIS Supervisor for the City of Mesa, Paul leads a team in the energy resources department. Mainly gas and electric, however, Paul has done it all from IT, to developing, to designing, and more. Paul taught himself different skills so well that positions were created just for him.  On this episode we learn what drove Paul to be self-taught in many expertise in the tech field and ho...

Send us Fan Mail Director of Customer Led Growth and Product Engineering at Whereabouts, Matt Forest knows first-hand how to deliver GIS products in the hands of customers in a digestible way. Matt has always had a knack for teaching, and he does this through his podcast and through his educational GIS community Spatial Labs. Check out this episode as we talk about what his job entails, advice for...

Send us Fan Mail Dany Bouchard is the CEO of the GIS consulting business, CartoVista. He saw there was an opportunity to help markets reach their fullest potential by showing them their own data and producing high end results so that they can make better business decisions. CartoVista believes in the user experience and thrives to make the Graphical interface and ease of use manageable for their c...

Send us Fan Mail Dentist now reformed GIS programmer/entrepenuer. Khaled's life changed when he decided to minor in GIS while pursuing is MBA. His pursuits helped him his passion towards helping companies become more eco-friendly by using solar and renewable energy. This prompted him to create his own company, Geoscope Analytics that has been recognized as a startup partner by Esri. Listen ho...

Send us Fan Mail Grant West from, Hampton, Virginia, pushes the envelope and wants to help others broaden their knowledge within the GIS field. Mainly involved in telecommunications, Grant uses his expertise in data analytics and surveying to help best analyze poles maintained out in field and the building of newly constructed poles for Timmons Group.  Grant also gives us an in depth look at what...

Send us Fan Mail Evan Applegate, the man and maker of all things maps. Owner of the map consultancy and podcast host of VeryExpensiveMaps, Evan goes through how him working for Bloomberg to National Geographic lead him to now being a freelance mapper. Maps on blankets, neon maps, and any other map you need through his websites. We also touch on the struggles cartographers face and what makes a goo...

Send us Fan Mail *Sorry for my audio in this episode. However, Michael sounds great, and you will be able to pick up what we are putting down  (Recorded May 4th, 2024) Michael Ivison is joining us from Japan. He is a jack of all trades, but he mainly works freelance, and content creates GIS tutorials on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@MikeIvisonGIS   .  In this episode we talk about h...

Send us Fan Mail Owners and founders of North Arrow, Charles and Olivia strive to help the underprivileged community and expose environmental injustices through visualization and storytelling. With the combined backgrounds of marketing/business and activism, North arrow was born. They not only feel like they need to expose injustices and shed light to NGO's that are working to dissolve them,...

Send us Fan Mail *Disclaimer: I apologize for my audio. I had to cut out most of my parts in this episode for the sake of making sure this week's guest, Sam Hashemi, could shine!  Give it up for the GIS Chat Podcast first solo guest episode! Sam Hashemi, Founder and creator of the GIS Stack software, Felt, is passionate about design and innovation. Previously worked for NASA and founded the c...

Send us Fan Mail Mihir is a recent graduate of ASU majored in Urban Planning. His love of buildings and architecture steered him towards a career that he felt would help the public. Coming from India to pursue a degree in Arizona was not a tough transition for Mihir as he easily adjusted.  Along with how transitioning from an internship to a full-time job at Aecom, we also talk about why public tr...

Send us Fan Mail Jason is the drone guy, or more professionally known as, a drone architect. His passion for drones has led him to podcasting, starting a nonprofit, a YouTube channel and working for Cognizant as a drone architect. Funny enough, the object that almost killed him in flight is the very object he dedicated his life learning and teaching others about.  Listen in on this rambunctious co...

Send us Fan Mail CEO of RomoGIS, Frank Romo's GIS background and upbringing inspired him to focus mainly on helping underrepresented communities across the nation. Frank saw the communities that were most vulnerable to injustices, and created RomoGIS to help train young adults in coding, mapping, consulting, etc. to help those particular groups in various ways. Along those lines, we talk abou...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Mirobelli is an enterprise architect and IT strategist for Esri.  His role carries many hats to ensure his clients have a business structure that will help grow their business in many facets. The vision is the foundation that Michael then branches to create a business design (architect) that helps it come to fruition.  Come along and listen to how Michael started working f...

Send us Fan Mail Andries Heyns is an advocate for advancing accessibility data for people who endure limited travel and healthcare resources. How he does this is through his work with NGOs like Doctors without Borders. A global organization utilizing GIS to help underprivileged civilians gain access to healthcare, education, accessibility, and much more through the use of GIS data. Andries has als...

Send us Fan Mail Bad Elf Geospatial Lead, David Grafton, geeks out on GPS and GNSS. We discuss what products and solutions Bad Elf provides their customers. Along, with a new product released by Bad Elf recently. Dabbling into the good and bad of GPS with a suggestion of what product people should consider when going out on their next GPS adventure.  Support the show Supporters - Michael Mascetti

Send us Fan Mail GIS Specialist, Anthony Saylor, works for Southern Company Gas in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with working within the utility industry, Anthony also helps young adults find mentors within the GIS industry through his organization, GIS mentors of Atlanta. Reason being, he wanted to help his younger self who struggled finding a job post university. Hence, why he created his organization...

Send us Fan Mail GIS developer, Jonathan Robinson, loves GIS and is super excited to talk to us about how it has changed his life. Growing up on the streets as a teen, and then enlisting in the marines where he found GIS, Jonathan owes GIS to helping him find a career he is passionate about. Along, with his excitement for GIS, it is unmatched towards his patriotism for America. It is where his hea...

Send us Fan Mail Peter Flint, state land surveying director for Alaska, does a deep dive into how being a land surveyor in Alaska really is. He absolutely loves it, and it shows in today's episode.  Topics we touch on is life as a land surveyor in Alaska and being the state representative for the NSPS, achievements in implementing Alaska's continuously operating reference network referen...

Send us Fan Mail Jami Dennis, owner of the Geodetic Analysis LLC, a geospatial consulting company, gets really nerdy about data.  Any opportunity to show her enthusiasm about data, she jumps on it!  From extracting data to present in front of a boardroom to creating visualizations like story maps and infographics, Jami loves how data can visually enhance our GIS experience through creative means. ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we feature Forbes 30under30 alumni, Milan Janosov, as he talks about his transition from biophysics to data science. Venturing into his work for the European Commission and other freelance work. Briefly touching on his own entrepreneurial spirit with authoring his own book "DATA", and starting his consulting company, Geospatial Data Consulting. Lastly, w...

Send us Fan Mail Chief Public Health Officer for HSR.health (Health Solutions Research), Jean Felipe, is passionate about using GIS in the public health sector. Born in Brazil, Jean studied medicine and worked with health focused geospatial analytics using A.I. to help map diseases, hospital deserts, mortality rates and so on.  In this episode, we talk about Jean's experience as a primary car...