Geoawesomeness is delighted to announce Holli Howard, Geospatial Industry Lead at Google Maps joins us as an expert on the panel for the 2023 Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies.

Holli Howard is the Geospatial Industry Lead at Google Maps where she works to advance geospatial data interoperability through public and private partnerships.  Before Google, Holli represented the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on climate and national security issues including Obama’s presidential memo in 2016 and worked as a Senior Analyst at the USAID’s GeoCenter.  Early in her career, Holli was the GIS Director at Casey Trees in Washington, DC, where she managed several citywide tree inventories and was awarded ESRI’s Special Achievement in GIS for showcasing urban environmental and economic benefits of using green infrastructure in the nation’s capital.

An advocate for lifelong learning, Holli recently completed the Executive LEAD Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business to complement two graduate degrees in Natural Resources and Spatial Analysis from the University of Tasmania and the University of Vermont and a certificate from University of Maryland in Advanced GEOINT.  She welcomes connection with geo-enthusiasts at linkedin.com/in/hollilex

About Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies 

Since 2016, Geoawesomeness has been publishing this annual list to enable the community to identify companies across the world working on geospatial topics and to foster collaboration.

(2016) List of Top 100 Geospatial Startups and companies in the world

2019 Top 100 Geospatial Companies and Startups List

Top 100 Geospatial Companies and Ecosystem Map – 2021

Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies – 2022 Edition

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