Bruce Buxton
Locana

I understand your spatial integration challenges and how you can overcome them. I can help you if you are you a leader who feels that integration of your spatial and your other business data could help you really succeed and lead your organization to a better place but you are just a bit unsure of the best path.

I’m a Location Value Specialist, and I’m an old hand at helping enterprises of all types succeed with spatial integration.

As a therapeutic horseshoer in my spare time, I’ve witnessed many accomplished riders struggling with “too much” horse. I think many folks tasked with spatial integration have felt much the same.

Similarly in my GIS business I've seen GIS professionals struggling with their integration programs and needing a guide to help them a integration program that is "too much." Many of my GIS clients work together with me to effectively apply their spatial data to challenging business problems. I help them to "harness" the power of their spatial data for better management and decision-making.

Presenting at: Geospatial Connections Live Show

Bonny McClain
Global Impact Assessment and the AAE Speakers Bureau

Let’s meet in conversation about infrastructure with the understanding that we don’t float above buildings, bridges, and highways — we walk, drive, and navigate through and on them.

Using the city as an operational unit I use open source solutions to tell stories about urban form and morphometrics and what we learn from the social demographic layers located within and the vulnerabilities encountered with climate risk and change. I believe the stories are in those spaces and I use informal settlements (emergent growth) like favelas, formal settlements (cities built by systematic formal intention) to identify the common phenotype.

Geospatial analysis answers the question of “where” something is happening or happened. There are a wide variety of both proprietary (ArcGIS) and nonproprietary open source solutions (QGIS) that display layers of detail for us to process and visualize to inform our decision making or to help formulate a data question. These skills and tools can help readers to determine the “why”--what geographic or temporal trends influence phenomena that can guide appropriate policies or interventions.

Professionally I apply advanced data analytics including data engineering and geoenrichment to discussions of poverty, race, and gender. My research targets judgements about social determinants, racial equity, and elements of intersectionality to illuminate the confluence of metrics contributing to poverty. Moving beyond zipcodes to explore apportioned socioeconomic data based on underlying population data leads to discovering novel variables based on location to build more context to complex data questions.

Let’s redefine how we measure these attributes and how we can more accurately identify factors amenable to intervention. Spatial data hosts a variety of physical and cultural features to reveal distribution patterns helping analysts and data professionals understand underlying causes of these patterns. The ability to query these relationships can inform policy and identify solutions.

Presenting at: Geospatial Connections Live Show

Juliana McMillan-Wilhoit
Flourish and Thrive Labs

Juliana McMillan-Wilhoit is the President and COO of Flourish and Thrive Labs, a business transformation organization that delivers innovative, data-driven solutions to empower clients and drive positive change. As an accomplished geospatial leader, she has made significant contributions to the industry, earning her the Geospatial Rising Star award in 2022. With a strong background in data analytics, geospatial data, and urban planning, Juliana is well-versed in a range of GIS software, including QGIS and Esri products. Her expertise in automation, product management, and training has positioned her as a leading authority in the geospatial community. As a passionate advocate for the field, Juliana uses her infectious personality to inspire and engage others, and she enjoys working closely with individuals through her proprietary coaching and career development program, "Map Your Future." Outside of her professional life, Juliana is a new mom and proud wife, embracing the joys and challenges of balancing her career and family life.

Presenting at: Lunch with Keynote

Tim Nolan
Modus Institute

Technologist with executive and hands-on experience in managing Information Technology (IT), Records Management and GIS/Rural Addressing services for Collin County. Successful record in creating robust IT services and developing/maintaining departmental relationships. Accomplished speaker and communicator. Over twenty five (25) years of government IT experience in software design and development that includes award-winning, public-facing applications. Provide tactical direction to management and staff on Collin County’s Strategic Objectives.

• Visual Management
• Software Development
• Technology Integrations
• Agile/Scrum Initiation
• Strategic Planning and Analysis
• GIS
• Enterprise Content Management
• Staff Management and Development
• Creator of Change

Energetic management career with proven government IT leadership, problem solving, consensus building, team-building and project management skills. Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain diverse, motivated staff that respond favorably to a high-demand, high-result work environment.

Presenting at: Geospatial Connections Live Show