GeoCGI

We pride ourselves on not losing our focus. We started out and remain GIS experts (or geeks. . . depending on your perspective). Since 2006, we’ve evolved into a world-class and world-wide service provider of multiple disciplines. We are a talented, hardworking group that share values and characteristics that drive client, professional, and personal success.

we are

Collaborators / Strategists / Globetrotters / Competitive / Loyal / Accountable / Equals / Pet-Friendly / A Somewhat Motley Crew / Honored to Do What We Do / Moving Forward (So Keep Up)

we aren't

Your Average Joes / Generalists / Greedy / Afraid to Speak Up / Hierarchical / Wizards / Mean / Entitled / Going to Waste Your Time / Party Poopers

For over a decade it has been an honor to serve the men and women who risk it all. The clients we serve have a mission that exceeds all others. We aid them through hard work, strategic execution, and a genuine concern for their business and their resources. We are proud to continually expand our service offerings while remaining true to our passion.

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Geospatial information is increasingly being used for data driven decision making, resulting in a reliance on geospatial programs to store, manage, and disseminate relevant and accurate geospatial data to stakeholders. Effective geospatial program management facilitates a geospatially enabled environment.

Our principally GIS-focused service offerings ensure that we remain adept in the latest software and industry trends, resulting in innovative solutions for long term program success and viability.

geocgi supports the United States Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army GIS programs at the Headquarter, Region, and Installation levels – both Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) – leading to proficiency in all aspects of coordination and management of an enterprise geospatial program.

program oversight and stewardship

geocgi personnel specialize in the establishment of strategic plans; the implementation of policies, procedures, and communication strategies; and the achievement of mission objectives. Related geospatial program management experience includes:

Strategic planning and alignment to funding sources
Stakeholder management and communication
Coordination of user requirements with system capabilities
Establishment and implementation of policies, procedures and standards
Data model development
Identification and implementation of program objectives, initiatives, and priorities
Risk analysis and identification
Conceptual system design, architecture, and technology recommendations
Return on investment and cost benefit analysis
Equipment and software portfolio management
Coordination of training activities

Since 2006, geocgi has supported USMC Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S), GEOFidelis Program, with policy and strategic support to ensure that USMC installation geospatial data is complete, accurate, protected, current, and available for USMC and Department of Defense wide utilization. We actively represent USMC interests in the IGI&S Governance Group (previously known as the Defense Installations Spatial Data Infrastructure Group) as well as supported program initiatives mentioned below:

GEOFidelis Data Model development
Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE) development and compliance
Enterprise-wide consolidation
USMC IGI&S Military Installation Map (MIM) generation
IGI&S-NSG Data Model interoperability
Third Party Data Management
Generation of program metrics, evaluations, and dashboard creation
GEOFidelis Data Layer Specifications
NG911 Emergency Management and Routing
Raster Data Management and Imagery Strategy
Real Property Reconciliation in support of Asset Management and Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness
GEOFidelis Portal implementation
GEOFidelis Metadata Guidance

geocgi provides geospatial data services and related support to the United States Army through the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (OACSIM) across the continental United States.We staff the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the United States Air Force (USAF) installations, both for the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS), including: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Our analysts are geospatial data creators, adjudicators, and implementers at the installation and enterprise levels.

Whether you call it “DevOps” or “DevSecOps” the tight integration of security protocols within the application development lifecycle streamlines and expedites the delivery of applications and services to clients. As applicable, we apply the technology across a wide range of projects.

geocgi develops and maintains Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) & Army National Military Cemeteries (ANMC) Website Development Operations & Maintenance (O&M) web presence, including custom web applications using the ASP.NET stack and DNN Content Management System (CMS). We perform rigorous requirements gathering to ensure systems are hardened and STIG compliant throughout the development and release cycles. Custom applications include: Headstone Designer, Events and Ceremonies, Multi-Media Blogs and Responsive Designs.

technical capabilities

Web, Desktop, and Mobile Application Development - .NET, PHP, SharePoint, JavaScript frameworks (jQuery & AngularJS), Objective C, and Python
Cloud and OnPrem Computing – IaaS, SaaS
Database Design and Administration - MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle
Open Source Solutions – Drupal, WordPress, Leaflet, and Linux

ANC Explorer is the cemeteries interactive map and grave finder. Developing in HTML 5 and AngularJS, while incorporating technology from Leaflet, MapBox, and ESRI, we provided a seamless and secure mapping and visualization experience for visitors on the web, mobile, and kiosk platforms.

geocgi stood up a cluster of secure cloud-based Esri application servers to quickly and securely analyze drone imagery collected for the Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S) Common Installation Picture (CIP) Data Collection and Standardization for Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) effort that we have headed for nearly three years.

geocgi built a secure cloud-based application development environment, utilizing IaaS technology for Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) IGI&S application development efforts. Through this environment, the client and our developers access, build, test and push hardened STIG compliant applications all siloed in a safe environment.

Utilizing ASP.NET framework and an MVC (model-view-controller) architecture, geocgi implemented creative and secure solutions for data visualization inside desktop and web-based applications within the USMC Critical Asset Management System (CAMS) for the USMC Mission Assurance Development Lab (MADL). Additionally, using GEOFidelis assets, geocgi integrated a GIS module into the system using Esri software developers kit (SDK).

geocgi has designed, developed and implemented ArcGIS Enterprise utilizing industry standards and best practices. The system is a multi-tiered and highly available enterprise, providing geospatial data services for the Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) region serving data for six installations across Japan, Korea, and Hawaii. The MCIPAC Enterprise Architecture uses a three-tier application approach encompassing the production, presentation and application tiers.

Production Tier is a series of virtualized environments spread across three physical host machines providing the ability to store, produce and serve data across the entire enterprise for a large user community. Data is made available for both the application and presentation tiers through MS SQL Server and ArcGIS Datastore.

Application Tier utilizes Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to provide ArcGIS Desktop to MCIPAC analysts and grants the ability to maintain the authoritative geodatabases as well as produce cartographic products on demand.

Presentation Tier includes both ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Portal allowing geospatial information from within the enterprise and out to be discoverable, shareable and visualized through web applications and maps.

geocgi’s Owners, Executives, and Program Management Team possess decades of GIS programmatic knowledge establishing them as experts in identifying the right qualifications and skills to augment client resources. Our Corporate Management staff have operational, human resource, and security experience in direct support of DoD GIS programs. Staff can effectively screen personnel who may or may not be suited for the client side environment. One of our biggest lessons learned in staffing is that it is best to take the time to find the right person for the long term than to settle on the wrong person short term.

geocgi’s success in recruiting and retaining quality GIS personnel is rooted in our company’s principal GIS technology focus; our small business size and leadership accessibility at all levels of our organization; the GIS skills and backgrounds of our owners/executives; our aggressiveness in actively researching and continually improving employee benefits that will attract and retain top talent in the GIS/IT field(s). We also regularly gauge employee satisfaction and are committed to offering employee recognition and a challenging work environment.

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) have changed the characteristics of imagery workflows within organizations. Pairing GIS with sUAS allows us to deliver accurate, timely, and meaningful high-resolution data to organizations at a lower cost point when compared to traditional aircraft and satellite systems.

geocgi streamlines the delivery of sUAS and Enterprise GIS capabilities to organizations. We provide clients flexibility and agility with rapid mapping in the field, traditional orthomosaics, 3D webscenes, point clouds, and meshes. We monitor and record inspections of complex projects through sUAS and GIS technology. Resulting products are integrated into existing raster catalogs using Esri’s Mosaic Dataset and other enterprise geospatial solutions – providing end-users with near-immediate access to sUAS products.

capabilities

geocgi’s team of geospatial professionals are Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensed through Part 107 as certified sUAS pilots and are experienced in:

sUAS flight operations, mission planning, and automation development
Pre and post flight checklist development
Aircraft maintenance procedures
Obtaining FAA restricted airspace requests and waivers

geocgi is proficient in a variety of sUAS technologies and products, specializing in:

Fixed Wing sUAS imagery collection
Rotary sUAS imagery collection
Mosaic datasets
Drone2Map and Pix 4D products

We use sUAS services to provide quick and comprehensive data collection for a multitude of functional use cases and mission requirements including:

Terrain analysis
3D visualization
Near Infrared (NIR)
Thermal
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
Video for construction monitoring and inspection

Through the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (OACSIM), geocgi has performed sUAS data collection on behalf of the US Army at multiple Army installations including; Letterkenny Army Depot, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Watervliet Army Arsenal, and Picatinny Arsenal. Additionally, we performed a feasibility study on behalf of Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) for sUAS services to the region. Commercially, we have performed sUAS data collection for a variety of sites including James Madison’s Montpelier, the Pavilion at Rancho Mission Viejo, Mojave Desert Land Trust, GHA Racing, Lorton Arts Foundation, and PA Bowen Farmstead.

By 2025 cloud-native platforms will serve as the foundation for more than 95% of new digital workloads. Access to mission critical data will no longer be bound by traditional on-premises datacenters as applications, websites, and systems become more reliant on cloud infrastructure. Cloud infrastructure is highly configurable to meet the organization's exact needs, scale, and business capabilities. Traditional investments in IT hardware and on-premises data centers require constant maintenance, facility space, and detailed disaster recovery and failover procedures. With cloud infrastructure, the overhead to manage your system is a fraction of the effort and cost while saving your organization space and providing peace of mind that your data and systems are secure and redundant.

Geocgi can assist your organization build and secure a new cloud environment or with a modernization and migration transition, leveraging a scalable infrastructure to pay only for what you need. Our certified engineers have experience with hybrid and full cloud implementations, including:

cloud services

FedRAMP+ and GovCloud IL2, IL4, IL5 & IL6 implementations
Risk Mitigation
Infrastructure and Security Policy as Code
Virtual Private Cloud Configuration
High Availability Configuration
COOP and Disaster Recovery
Application Rehosting, Replatforming, Repurchasing, or Refactoring
ArcGIS Enterprise Deployment
Enterprise GIS System Design
Kubernetes and Docker Containerization
Hybrid Environment Integration

The transition of the Arlington National Cemetery’s (ANC) public website from the Army Analytics Group (AAG) data center to the AWS GovCloud environment, modernizing the way ANC manages business system data and engages with the public.
The deployment of the Army’s Office of the Surgeon General’s multi-tier ArcGIS Enterprise system in AWS GovCloud, transforming Defense Health Agency (DHA) business data, removing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and leveraging an AWS Relational Data Store to power COVID-19 analysis and visualization in dashboards.
Design and integration of a hybrid cloud environment in AWS to capture geospatial data and streamline SME engagement in Portal for ArcGIS for our Army IGI&S Common Installation Picture data collection team.
Microsoft Azure cloud configuration and administration support to the NATO Joint Warfare Center (JWC) with an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and a secure file transfer solution.
Develop a Cloud First Strategy, to support the United States Coast Guard (USCG) cloud adoption efforts, where our engineers provide cloud architecture guidance in a distributed cloud environment, develop and implement cloud governance, policies, and frameworks, to streamline USCG cloud efforts and ensure a secure zero-trust architecture fully compliant with DHS and DoD regulations at all FedRAMP Impact Levels (IL).

Geocgi is an ArcGIS Cloud Specialty preferred Esri partner with ArcGIS Enterprise in cloud environments. We are an AWS Select Consulting Partner and can meet client objectives with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and hybrid-cloud environments. We staff AWS Cloud Practitioners, AWS Solutions Architects, AWS Developers, and Esri Enterprise Administration Associates.

We’re a team with diverse interests and unique personalities that shares a love of GIS and a passion for entrepreneurship. And while we’re made up of more than our management team, these are the guys and gals that get paid to take your calls, so feel free to reach out.

management + administration team

Julie Christie

President

Questions the necessity of any meeting that isn’t a “lunch meeting”.

jchristie@geocgi.com
571-289-0267

Andy Hanes

Vice President/OCONUS Programs Lead

Saving the world. . . one rescue animal at a time.

andy.hanes@geocgi.com
571-243-8202

Adam Campbell

Director of Operations/Federal Programs Lead

Makes maps for weekend bar crawls.

adam.m.campbell@geocgi.com
317-417-8821

P.G. Katsourakis

Director of Programs/Marine Corps Programs Lead

Photios George Katsourakis. DNA kit not required.

pg.katsourakis@geocgi.com
540-207-9647

Ally McDonald

Director of Administration and Human Resources

More interested in what your dog did over the weekend.

ally.r.mcdonald@geocgi.com
571-278-7997

Nathan Russell

Director of IT/IT Programs Lead

Fountain of useless knowledge.

nathan.k.russell@geocgi.com
571-488-7427

Jason Thacker

Director of Business Development

Not sure if Burning Man is right for you? Ask Jason.

jason.t.thacker@geocgi.com
760-207-3671

Jesse Parker

Solutions Manager

I’m not oblivious, I just don’t care.

jesse.w.parker@geocgi.com
864-884-5783

Devon Thomas

Program Manager/Navy and Environmental Programs Lead

Big picture problem identifier. . .looking for volunteer solution identifiers.

devon.h.thomas@geocgi.com
(760)-492-4597

Brent Patenge

sUAS Lead

brent.t.patenge@geocgi.com

+81 090 3796 1402

Knows the exact height at which grass becomes a terrorist threat.

Brendan Wesdock

Program and Operations Manager

brendan.j.wesdock@geocgi.com

(757)-342-7464

Colin Johnson

Program Manager

colin.r.johnson@geocgi.com

434-989-2091

I don’t need approval for my dad jokes; the eyerolls are all the validation I need.

Megan Massey

Operations Analyst

megan.r.massey@geocgi.com

(214)-235-9596

Will argue that a workday nap is a strategic recharge.

working with us

Our goal is to bring talented people together and create something that makes us all proud. We are friends and we are family. We look out for each other and our company culture and benefits are designed to reflect that.

We’ve got you covered

We want you happy and healthy - we cover 100% of employee medical, vision, and dental plan premiums. We also think it's never too early or too late to help you reach your long term financial goals, so we contribute 3% on top of your salary into your 401k - regardless of your contribution.

We’re Flexible

We want you to be motivated and engaged so we offer flexible hours along with opportunities to work remotely. Take time off when you need it and then come back refreshed and ready to crush it with your team.

We’re all about location

We are situated in one of the coolest, family friendly neighborhoods in the DC Metro area. Our office is accessible and walkable to public transportation, restaurants, and parks.

We’re Chill

We don't take ourselves too seriously and our office space reflects that. It is unique, comfortable, and a relaxing environment. Cook lunch in our full kitchen or on the grill out back. Bring your dog. Kick off your shoes - we've got slippers!

We’re into challenge and opportunity

We think it's important to never stop learning and growing. Take advantage of our tuition and continuing education reimbursements. Step outside of your box and take on a research and development project. Participate in our mentorship program. Attend a conference. Go and do!

We’re together

When we need a break, we throw darts or put together a spontaneous bbq. We have regular team lunches and happy hours too. In short, we love hanging out together and having a good time.

we've got openings

Think you’d be a good fit? Drop us a line!

we are

we aren't

esri partnership

geospatial program management

geospatial data services

DevSecOps

geospatial enterprise and web GIS

on-site support

sUAS

clients and partnerships

news

Off-Base Evacuation Sites at MCAS Iwakuni

ANC Education Program

Airfield Condition Assessment at MCAS Iwakuni

sUAS Imagery Collection and Post-Processing

OSIsoft and Esri Integration

The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Centennial

Army IGI&S CIP Geospatial Data Collection and Standardization

GEOFidelis Data Model

geocgi Awarded 5-year Army IGI&S Blanket Purchase Agreement

contracting