As part of our mission, USGIF has created a community resource consisting of experienced members within the geospatial intelligence community. The USGIF Speakers Bureau comprises a pool of knowledgeable members able to speak--to groups or media--on particular topics or aspects of the tradecraft.

If you or someone within your organization is interested in being considered as a subject matter expert for the USGIF Speakers Bureau, please download and complete this form.

USGIF Speakers Bureau:

Mr. Mark Brender, VP of Communication & Marketing, GeoEye
Area Expertise: Journalism, commercial satellite imagery, history of the commercial satellite imagery industry

Ms. Jill Bruning, Chief Operating Officer, NJVC
Area Expertise: Information Technology's role in supporting GEOINT & Network Convergence

Mr. Joel Campbell, Senior Director, Product Management, ITT
Area Expertise: GIS, remote sensing, satellite imaging, aerial photography, web mapping, feature extraction/change detection

Mr. Paul Davis, Chief Technical Officer, NJVC
Area Expertise: ODNI's Analytic Transformation program

Mr. Gary Gernhardt, VP of Space Systems Division, ITT
Space based imagery systems

Maj. Gen. Robert H. Latiff, USAF (Ret), VP, Chief Engineer & Technology Officer, Space & Geospatial Intelligence Business Unit, SAIC
Area Expertise: Air Force & NRO acquisition, systems engineering, science & engineering education

Mr. Thomas D. Lash, VP, Deputy Operation Manager, GEOINT Engineering & Development Operation, SAIC
Area Expertise: Data management, maintenance, visualization, dissemination & collection through geospatial technologies, deployable & embedded systems, high-performance computing, open standards, data models, schemas, ontologies, future market trends & technologies

Mr. Xavier Lopez, Director, Spatial and Semantic Technologies, Oracle USA, Inc.
Area Expertise: 3D & Spatial Databases, Enterprise Geospatial Solutions, Semantic Technologies/Knowledge Management

Dr. Walter Scott, Chief Technical Officer, DigitalGlobe
Area Expertise: Satellite & commercial imagery, current systems, products, & applications, ground infrastructure, internet mapping

Mr. Scott Simmons, VP of R&D/CTO, TechniGraphics, Inc.
Geospatial data collection, aggregation, & conflation, automated feature, extraction, GIS, 3D CAD integration, Advanced 3D structural modeling, & 3D data & ergonomic simulation

Mr. Todd Smith, Business Development, New Markets, AGI
Area Expertise: Enterprise GIS, source-oriented architecture

Mr. Bruce A. Wald, VP & Director, Image Information Solutions, ITT
GIS, software systems & hardware, space & airborne systems, ground processing, roles in government & industry within the tradecraft

Mr. Stephen Wood, VP, U.S. Defense Sales, DigitalGlobe
Area Expertise: Satellite & commercial Imagery, current & future collection systems, products, & applications, imagery analysis & intelligence