The Next Generation of GEOINTers

USGIF selected 25 up-and-coming GEOINTers for its 2018 Young Professionals Golden Ticket Program. This is an exclusive opportunity for young professionals—individuals 35-years-old and under or with five or less years of experience in the GEOINT Community—to take part in a specially tailored agenda.

In addition to receiving complimentary GEOINT Foreword and GEOINT 2018 Symposium registration, Golden Ticket winners will benefit from activities such as mentoring discussions, luncheons, networking receptions, and an invitation to the USGIF Chairman’s Reception.

Golden Ticket recipients will also participate in the USGIF Young Professionals Group’s outreach project, accompanying high school Junior ROTC cadets from the Tampa area in a data collection activity. In collaboration with the World-Wide Human Geography Data Working Group, students will use a free, open-source mobile app to collect data in Tampa neighborhoods that are susceptible to natural disasters. The information collected will be shared with local first responders.

In addition to receiving complimentary GEOINT Foreword and GEOINT 2018 Symposium registration, Golden Ticket winners will benefit from activities such as mentoring discussions, luncheons, networking receptions, and an invitation to the USGIF Chairman’s Reception.

Golden Ticket recipients will also participate in the USGIF Young Professionals Group’s outreach project, accompanying high school Junior ROTC cadets from the Tampa area in a data collection activity. In collaboration with the World-Wide Human Geography Data Working Group, students will use a free, open-source mobile app to collect data in Tampa neighborhoods that are susceptible to natural disasters. The information collected will be shared with local first responders.

The 2018 Golden Ticket winners are:

• Michael Airosus, NGA
• Michael Aper, Engility
• Robert Chambers, Xcellent Technology Solutions, Inc.
• Armando Drain, Esri
• Stephanie Greer, NGA
• Brandi Gross, S2 Analytical Solutions
• Dan Hausler, DigitalGlobe
• Jeffrey Heuwinkel, Vricon
• Grant Huang, Vencore
• Megan Hughes, Altamira Technologies Corporation
• Kevin Hyers, Williams & Heintz Map Corporation
• Kate McKenzie, NGA
• Cadienne Naquin, Renaissance Strategic Advisors
• Paul Park, Accenture Federal Services
• Melanie Pittaluga, NGA
• Ricky Rios, Planet
• Matthew Rodgers, Harris
• Megan Rohrer, George Washington University
• Katie Salvaggio, Savannah River National Laboratory
• Josh Sisskind, Radiant Solutions
• Joseph Svrcek, Reinventing Geospatial, Inc.
• Allison Tompkins, NGA
• James Urban, Smith/Packett
• Richard Windisch, University of Southern California Spatial Sciences Institute
• Lauren Yoroshko, Vencore

Headline Image: Participants in the GEOINT 2017 Young Professionals Golden Ticket Program network with program alumni.