Joel has more than 18 years of experience in GIS data management, web applications, cartography and analysis. He has experience in water, local government, energy, transportation, and federal government industries. He has experience in the design and implementation and integration of ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online. Has been the team lead and subject matter expert for permitting, utility management and field data collection for major infrastructure projects. He is a proven communicator and instructor in GIS design and task management in desktop, web, and mobile applications. He has been published for his cartographic work and GIS implementations. Joel has successfully managed several large collaborative Federal and Water Utility projects leading many cross-discipline team members. Joel and is an industry innovator in adopting new technologies in the GIS field having implemented the first utility network in production for a water utility. He was one of the first to implement the UN District Heating and Cooling data model and has been a leader in BIM to GIS workflow for a large-scale transportation development project.

Serving as Director of HNTB's Technology Solutions Center, Jeff leads the firm's center of excellence for delivering digital innovation and data management solutions for smart government, smart infrastructure programs and smart corridors. Jeff's responsibilities include business unit management and leadership, staff mentorship, business development, strategic planning, operations management and project management of a wide variety of information technology projects. Specifically, providing superior service and innovation around program delivery solutions (web-based program management systems for capital improvement programs), infrastructure management systems (enterprise asset management solutions, enterprise GIS and operations solutions); spatial data acquisition, processing and management (Lidar and other remote sensing technologies); and virtual design and construction.