A landscape architect by training, Jack Dangermond founded Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) in 1969 with a vision that computer mapping and analysis could help us design a better future. Under Dangermond's leadership, that vision has continued to guide Esri in creating cutting-edge GIS and Geodesign technologies used in every industry to make a difference worldwide.

Javier is the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CARTO. One of the pioneers of location intelligence, Javier founded the company in 2012 with a vision to democratize data analysis and visualization. Under his leadership, CartoDB has grown from a groundbreaking idea into one of the fastest-growing geospatial companies in the world.

Sina is Co-Founder & CEO of Unfolded, a geospatial visualization and analytics startup. While he has worked across sectors at organizations like Uber, DataKind and NYU, his entire career has focused on applying data science to the geospatial industry.

Aarthi leads a Verisk Financial team focused on developing marketing effectiveness solutions using aggregated, anonymous payment data. She led consulting engagements focused on optimizing credit risk and marketing strategies for major credit card issuers in the US and UK. Aarthi was the head of the credit risk analytics team for Barclaycard’s European portfolio and holds a master’s degree in computer science from Bingham and an MBA from Columbia.

Jerry is co-founder and CEO of Loveland Technologies, makers of landgrid.com, your go-to source for all things parcel data. Jerry co-founded Loveland in Detroit, Michigan in 2009. Jerry and the Loveland team think about land use and put parcel data to work across a wide range of urban, rural, business, political, and community environments.

Yao joined JLL in April 2020 as Chief Data Officer. Yao is leading global data strategy and end-to-end management of JLL's data product roadmap and delivery. She is working to refine and accelerate JLL's approach to gathering, extracting, storing and leveraging data assets across all JLL businesses to create new value for investors, occupiers and the broader JLL organization.

Mainak is a data science executive with 22 years of experience in data and technology businesses. As a leader in both tech start-up and publicly trade firms, Mainak has developed world-class teams, drive innovation for growth, and continue to lead digital transformation through Machine Learning and AI. As the Chief Research Officer with the Nielsen Company, Mainak leads a team of 1000+ Data Scientists focused on driving innovation.

L.D. has extensive experience founding, advising, and investing in leading private technology companies. Prior to founding Cherre, L.D. served as Executive Director of Oppenheimer’s Private Shares Group, after Oppenheimer acquired Greencrest Capital, a firm he co-founded to enable pre-IPO transactions in some of the largest private technology companies in the world, including Facebook, Twitter, and Uber.

Isaac is a co-founder of Unfolded, and lead of the H3 project. Prior to Unfolded, Isaac was an engineer on Uber’s Marketplace Dynamics team.

Robert is Senior Director of Engineering at Tripadvisor. His most recent project is Reco (helloreco.com), Tripadvisor’s first direct to consumer travel design service, which he oversees in his role as New Ventures engineering lead. Bob also led a team of volunteers and industry sponsors to release Crowdfree (crowdfree.me), a website and app designed to help travelers avoid crowds in the pandemic era.

Auren is CEO of SafeGraph: the place for data about physical places. Auren is the former cofounder and CEO of LiveRamp -- the largest middleware company that connects marketing applications. LiveRamp was acquired by Acxiom in 2014 for $310 million. LiveRamp was formerly named Rapleaf. LiveRamp now is public company (NYSE:RAMP).

Anthony provides GIS technical support in the development, presentation, and maintenance of geographic data applications for Belmount County. Manages GIS metadata for all geographic data and projects. Anthony inputs, updates, and maintains tabular data according to specifications and quality control guidelines and participates in the design, development and creation of databases, maps and other related projects.

Jason brings over twenty years of experience in public safety with ten years as an executive leader in 9-1-1 centers. He has overseen the acquisition and implementation of multi-million-dollar mission critical public safety technical solutions, operations, finance, and technical services divisions. Jason applies his talents in leading public safety organizations in the transition to NG9-1-1 and has organized regional GIS efforts.

Robert’s spent 23 years in public safety in various roles from NG9-1-1 subject matter expert, Communications Chief, Coordinator, Firefighter/EMT, Public Safety Instructor, and TERT Team Leader. Robert is the Director of Business Development for DATAMARK, the public safety division of Michael Baker International. Prior to joining DATAMARK, Robert was the 9-1-1 Communications Chief in Okaloosa County (FL).

Nick has been the Chief Marketing Officer of Commerce Signals since 2017. He has a broad range of marketing and product experience in both B2C and B2B companies. He has marketing leadership experience from Procter & Gamble, Newell Rubbermaid, Ingersoll Rand and TTI Floorcare. He earned his MBA from Cornell University and his bachelor’s from Boston College. In between, he consulted for Accenture and started a consulting company.

Sanjay is the Founder and CEO of Geospatial Media & Communications, and Editor-in-Chief of Geospatial World. A social entrepreneur and geospatial evangelist, Sanjay has been working towards advancing the role of geospatial knowledge and value in world economy and society. He lends his time and experience to many organizations to help them further their societal goals.

Jeff is a GIS, public safety, addressing and GIS technology subject matter expert with nearly two decades in GIS. His unique skill as a "translator" helps both technical and non-technical people understand public safety, addressing and GIS concepts and the technology that supports them. Since 2009 Mr. Ledbetter has been supporting GIS technology in 9-1-1, Police, Fire/EMS operations as well as Emergency Operations Centers.

Eva is the Deputy Chief Data Officer for the City of Los Angeles. She manages the City's open data program which provides over 1,500 datasets to the research and data science community. In addition to that, she leads the Data Angels program which connects volunteer data scientists with analytics projects at the City. Prior to joining the City she worked in data roles at Teach for America and Knight Foundation.

Ashley has 20 years of experience in the GIS and software industries providing analytical, technical, and research services for all levels of government. At DATAMARK, she is responsible for overall product strategy, product growth, and customer success. She is seasoned in utilizing geospatial products to achieve cost-effective, efficient, and relevant outcomes, and has extensive experience with multi-jurisdictional coordination and data sharing.

Ryan is a Product Data Scientist at SafeGraph, the source of truth about physical places. After leaving an unfinished Ph.D. in neuroscience at Stanford, Ryan worked at multiple companies in strategy, product, and data science roles before joining SafeGraph in 2016.