About | U.S. GEO | Washington, DC

Our Vision

U.S. GEO focuses on things that have proven to work: networking and relationships among and between like-minded, high-ranking firm executives; advocacy, public policy, and a presence in Washington, DC and across the nation to grow the geospatial market; act as a safeguard against the unfair government and university competition, and promote as well as defend quality as the foundation of professional services procurement.

Our Team

John Palatiello

Founder

John is a leading authority of public policy issues affecting the geospatial community. He was named one of the “ten most influential people in the geospatial community” by Directions magazine and is listed in Who’s Who in Professional Design Practice. A recent executive management activity is as CEO of U.S. GEO, a coalition of geospatial firm executives. In 2020, he formed an exploratory group, the Geospatial Equipment and Technology Institute (GETI), to serve as a collaboration and voice for hardware, software, and equipment firms serving the surveying, mapping, GIS, GPS and geospatial market.

Email: John@jmpa.us | Tel: (703) 787-6665

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Participation

U.S. GEO is by invitation only, limited to 100 C-level executives who are principals, owners, or partners of the leading firms in the geospatial market. Participants enjoy summit conferences per year with no registration fee for policy sessions, networking exchanges, and roundtable discussions; monthly web-based sessions that provide briefings with news, information, and updates on issues and programs that provide market intelligence, leading-edge insights; and advocacy before Congress and Federal agencies.