Tag Archives: GIS
Matthew Forrest – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: Wherobots Current position: Director of Customer Engineering and Product-Led GrowthAge: 36 Education: BA geography and sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Forrest is a passionate leader in modern GIS, dedicated to empowering others to adopt cutting-edge tools and methodologies in geospatial workflows. With more than 13 years of industry experience, Forrest has established himself as a thought...
Catherine DuBreck – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: TRC Companies Current position: GIS Change Management ConsultantAge: 31 Education: MS Geography, University of Western Ontario; BA Geography, the State University of New York at Geneseo; Certificate, Microcredential, AAS GIS Technology from Monroe Community College DuBreck is a dedicated geospatial professional working full-time as a GIS change management consultant. In this role, she guides clients in...
Chris Lyons – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: Kentucky Energy and Environment CabinetCurrent position: Geoprocessing Specialist IIIAge: 30Education: MS Environmental Studies, Kentucky State University; BS Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Kentucky State University Lyons is a geoprocessing specialist at the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, where he has spearheaded initiatives across the GIS spectrum, from geospatial data management and enterprise geodatabase maintenance to...
Goodwill Mapping
As GISCorps celebrates two decades of voluntary map-making missions, we learn from their volunteers how sharing one’s GIS skills where they are needed can be a force for good.
Olamiposi Fagunloye – 2025 Young Geospatial Professional
Company: Georgia State University Current position: Graduate Research and Teaching AssistantAge: 26 Education: BS geoscience information system and remoting sensing, Federal University of Technology Akure; MS geological and earth sciences/geosciences, Georgia State University Fagunloye is a graduate research and teaching assistant at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He also worked as an ESG/sustainability intern at the Wylde...
Founders of Atlas – 2025 Young Geospatial Professionals
Harald Rieber, Fredrik Moger, Marius Hofgaard, and Vegard J. Løwe Company: AtlasCurrent position: FoundersAge: 20-something Education: All three graduated from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology GIS can now be considered a legacy product, but these guys are trying to make it cool again by promoting browser-based map-making with their Atlas platform. This is a...
