Project Geospatial

Mike DeLaFleur from TekSynap, with over 34 years in the community, discusses his role in BD, capture, and geospatial solutions. He introduces TekSynap as a mid-size government contractor providing IT services and solutions for the DoD, Fed Civ, and IC, which has grown organically since 2008. TekSynap works with various agencies and is expanding into the geospatial world with R&D investments in...

Bill Conroy discusses his diverse background, which includes serving in the Coast Guard on an Arctic icebreaker, studying GIS, and working for NGA on nautical charts. He introduces his company, Semaphore Maritime Solutions, which he started about a year ago. Conroy explains his primary work involves providing maritime analysis for the US Space Force TAC SRT program, handling unclassified data requ...

This clip features Carter Christopher discussing Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. He highlights ORNL's core mission of doing science for the government. Carter emphasizes that ORNL's work is particularly centered on computing and AI. He suggests that this focus differentiates ORNL within the geospatial community and contributes to advancing the field for everyone....

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial speaks with Billy Sokol and Brent Perry of Progress Federal during the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Brent, with a background in full stack engineering and data analytics for defense and IC customers, highlights geospatial as one of the top ways to visualize intelligence. They introduce Progress Federal, a business unit within Progress Software that includes the capabil...

Luke Kratky from Omni Federal discusses his background as a retired Marine who transitioned into geospatial and now works for Omni Federal, a company specializing in disruptive software and digital modernization for defense and intelligence. He explains how Omni Federal, with over 400 employees, works with NGA, Space Force, and other agencies on software modernization, data mesh, data architecture...

** Note: Forgive us for the Audio Issues. We had unexpected Interference with our mics. ** In this insightful interview recorded at GEOINT 2025 in St. Louis, Project Geospatial talks with Mark Munsell about his extensive career and exciting new ventures. Munsell, who recently retired from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) where he served as Chief Technology Officer, Chief Artificia...

Josh Gaghen from McCarthy Building Companies discusses his background and role in leading the construction of the new NGA headquarters in St. Louis. He introduces McCarthy as a nationwide, oldest privately held construction company specializing in complex, technical projects. Gaghen shares the challenges encountered building the high-security NGA facility, particularly navigating the design phase...

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews Geoffrey King, Vice President of Strategy at Greater St. Louis Inc. (GSL), at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Geoffrey discusses GSL's role in growing and strengthening the geospatial cluster in St. Louis through the GeoFutures Initiative. He explains GSL's various functions, including business attraction, downtown revitalization, and supporting small and d...

In this interview from the 2025 GEOINT Symposium, Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial speaks with Phill Thomas from Innovate. Phill discusses his career path, starting at Accenture and moving into federal government work. He introduces Innovate as a woman-owned small business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with a history primarily in federal civilian and commercial sectors. Innovate is now...

Adam Simmons speaks with Will Clapperton from GDIT at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Will highlights GDIT's focus on supporting tactical missions with advanced technology. He provides an example of their innovative work using VR/AR technology for post-damage assessment scenarios. This allows users to immerse themselves in a virtual landscape containing geospatial data, identify areas needing attention...

Jessica Touchard from GeoSearch shares her 26 years of experience recruiting specifically within the geospatial industry. She introduces GeoSearch as a small, niche recruiting company that works with a wide range of clients, including commercial mapping firms, software companies, consulting groups, and companies outside the traditional geospatial sector like insurance and retail. GeoSearch support...

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews John Berglund about the development of the geospatial ecosystem in St. Louis, particularly in the Downtown North area and its connection to the new NGA facility. John highlights that St. Louis has a long history with NGA, dating back to the 1930s, and is one of only two NGA locations in the US. The new NGA building is discussed, noting its more outward...

Adam Simmons interviews Tim Klawa of Figure Eight Federal at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Tim discusses the critical importance of data validity for training effective AI programs, particularly for users like warfighters and operators. He emphasizes that understanding the attributes and relevance of training data to specific mission needs is essential for building confidence in the resulting AI mode...

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews Nicole Sullivan from Gateway Geospatial Group at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium in St. Louis. Nicole proudly states that Gateway Geospatial Group is St. Louis born and bred. She shares some of the company's capabilities and interests, including their work with low-cost mesh networks for data collection. A key area of focus is performing near real-time AI/ML...

Adam Simmons speaks with John True and Andy Dearing from Cultivation Capital at GEOINT 2025, gaining insights from their perspective as investment professionals in the geospatial sector. They offer advice to startups attending GEOINT, emphasizing the importance of developing dual-use technology applicable to both government and commercial markets rather than focusing solely on federal contracts. T...

At GEOINT 2025, Adam Simmons interviews Ken Dyer, VP for Customer Success at Decision Lens, focusing on intelligence community accounts. Ken shares his background supporting IC agencies and extensive experience in federal financial management and the PPBE process. He introduces Decision Lens as a company founded in 2002 that provides integrated prioritization, planning, and funding software. Ken e...

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews Trent Tinker, who leads the Federal Business Development team at Cesium, during the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Trent shares his extensive background in the geospatial industry, focusing on 3D geospatial for defense and aviation. His career includes experience with Esri, Hexagon, and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), where he developed a passion for int...

Guy De Carufel, CEO of Cognitive Space, shares his background as an aerospace engineer from NASA and Firefly. He introduces Cognitive Space as an AI software company dedicated to making the most effective use of space leveraging assets. De Carufel explains his motivation for starting the company was to apply modern AI to automate space operations, addressing the manual methods previously used. He...

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial speaks with Burt Wagner, a Data Architect at Broadcom, during the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Burt, with 25 years supporting the US intelligence community and federal law enforcement, discusses Broadcom's lesser-known big data solutions. While Broadcom is widely known for semiconductors and acquiring VMware, Burt highlights their significant data products, including G...

Susan Moreira from Axiologic Solutions discusses her company's role as an Intel integrator specializing in system, data, and cyber security engineering for complex intelligence systems. She explains their support for geospatial data across customers like NGA and DIA, including managing the Mars program and improving analytic workflows. Moreira highlights their "mission ready" approach, working dir...

Adam Simmons interviews Yuval Lorig, VP R&D at Asterra, at the GEOINT 2025 conference. Yuval shares his background in physical geography and the geospatial industry. They delve into Asterra's work, which utilizes satellite data, particularly SAR, to monitor critical infrastructure like dams, levies, and canals, in addition to their traditional focus on water leaks. Yuval discusses the company'...

Daniel Dufour from the city of Chattanooga discusses the rapid development of a near real-time map displaying reported flooding and road closures during Hurricane Helen. The project focused on gathering data from human reports via public works, 311, and 911 calls, rather than relying on predictive flood modeling. He highlights the critical balance between human effort and technology, utilizing a m...

Henry Rodman from Development Seed introduces EO API, a cloud-native geospatial technology stack aimed at making geospatial data more accessible and quickly available. He highlights the challenges of getting started with cloud-native geospatial solutions and presents EO API as an easy on-ramp built on sensible defaults and the STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) standard. The presentation details...

This video features the opening remarks and speaker introductions for a session at FedGeoDay 2025 focused on Open Source Geospatial Applications for Resilience. The speaker sets the stage by acknowledging the challenges in the world but emphasizes the power of the community and the open source ethos in adapting and supporting climate resilience efforts. Key themes for the presentations that follow...

Karen Townsend, President of Sea Island Software, presents Hurrvac, a web-browser based application widely used by US government emergency managers in hurricane-prone areas. She explains that Hurrvac, which has been tracking hurricanes for over 30 years, aggregates critical data including National Hurricane Center forecasts, independent storm surge modeling for coastal communities, and evacuation...