Geo Empower: Path to Leadership Event Scholarship is now open!

February 16-18, 2026  |  Colorado Convention Center   |  Denver, CO, USA

Advisory Board

SAM LLC

Andrew Brenner

Dr. Brenner has been working in natural resource management for 38 years, he has spent the last 23 years working in the geospatial industry matching

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Dr. Derek Lichti

Derek Lichti is Professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary, which he joined in 2008. He served as Head of

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Danielle O’Connell

Danielle O’Connell serves as Senior Director for the emerging technology team at Skanska USA Building, a leading construction firm in the U.S. She focuses on

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Aaron Addison

Aaron Addison is the incoming Executive Director and current Deputy Director for the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) Secretariat where his focus is geospatial industry

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Dr. Jason Stoker

Dr. Jason Stoker is a U.S. Geological Survey Physical Scientist and is the Elevation Science and Application Lead for the National Geospatial Program. Jason oversees

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Scott Simmons

Mr. Simmons is OGC’s Chief Standards Officer. In this role, he provides oversight and direction to the Consortium’s technical and program operations and deliverables. Mr.

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Kourosh Langari

Kourosh Langari has 35 years of experience in A&E infrastructure Planning, Design & Construction Management with focus on integration of engineering/survey/GIS software applications (i.e. Autodesk,

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Thomas Haun

Thomas Haun is the President of Turner Staffing Group.  Experienced in new business creation, Thomas has held leadership roles across human capital, operations, sales, marketing,

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Martin Flood

Mr. Flood is Vice President, Special Projects for GeoCue Group, a company dedicated to creating hardware and software tools for improving geospatial data production.  In

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Dr. Qassim Abdullah

Dr. Qassim Abdullah is an achieved scientist with more than 45 years of combined industrial, research and development (R&D), and academic experience in analytical photogrammetry,

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