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As the GEOINT community continues to grow, USGIF believes it is important to increase the involvement of young people as they will become future GEOINT leaders of industry, government and academia. As such, in 2009, the USGIF Young Professionals Group (YPG) was formed to unite junior GEOINT professionals within the Defense and Intelligence communities. This group offers events and programs that parallel USGIF’s mission of advancing the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. Today, we are speaking with one professional who has played a pivotal role in the YPG, Ms. Julie Baer who is a Government Affairs Associate at GeoEye.

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Each year, USGIF brings on a new board member who represents the foundation’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) and serves as the YPG working group’s chair during his or her one-year term. This YPG board member has full voting power within the board and exemplifies all the qualities of a future leader and represents GEOINT Young Professionals as a whole. Last year, Mr. Alex Martinez, Staff Engineer at Lockheed Martin, served in this role. And, now he is passing the baton the newest YPG board member Mr. Eric Zitz, who is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. Following is an exclusive podcast with both Alex and Eric, who discuss the role of young people in the GEOINT community and much more.

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On August 19, the USGIF Young Professionals Group (YPG) is hosting its first GEO HUNT educational exploration event on National Mall in Washington, DC. YPG volunteers will guide and lead teams of children from the Greater Washington Boys and Girls Club through the exploration event, provide answers to clues, as well as give an overview of maps and geospatial intelligence. Today, we are speaking with John Fenwick, Vice President of Government Programs at SkyBox Imaging, and Carrie Drake, Event Operations & Community Relations Manager at USGIF, about this event.

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Last month at the USGIF Technology Day, the Foundation hosted a Student Science & Technology Showcase that featured award-winning projects from high school participants of the Science Fair and Technology Student Association competitions. We had the unique pleasure of speaking with a group of students from Joppatowne High School who participated in this event. Following is our podcast with Joppatowne HS students Sintel Paige, Seaver Shunk, Andrea Rogers and Lavale Banks, as well as Eve Bour – their GIS Teacher. Be sure to check this one out. It is always energizing listening to spend time with a bright group of students like these — the future of GEOINT.

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As the younger generation plays a major role in shaping the future of the GEOINT community, the USGIF board of directors decided to create a USGIF Young Professionals seat on the Board of Directors, which is a one-year position. This Young Professionals board member has full voting power within the board and exemplifies all the qualities of a future leader and represents GEOINT Young Professionals as a whole. USGIF is excited to announce that Alexander Martinez, a staff engineer at Lockheed Martin will be the very first Young Professionals board member. Mr. Martinez joined Lockheed Martin in 2002 after graduating from Duke University and has spent the majority of his career working on programs supporting the Intelligence Community around Washington, DC. Here’s an exclusive podcast with Mr. Martinez

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post on got geoint? We hope everyone had a restful and fun Halloween weekend. Now that Halloween is officially over and the pre-Christmas marketing blitz is starting, perhaps it is a good time to focus on news that impacts us on a day-to-day perspective. This week’s MMNKO post, offers a wide range of stories, including the DNI announcing fiscal year 2009 budget figure for the National Intelligence Program (NIP), NGA being named one of 50 Great Places to Work by Washingtonian magazine, and much more.

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As part of an ongoing got geoint? podcast series, we are interviewing the USGIF staff who work tirelessly to promote and advance the GEOINT community and tradecraft. This installment is with Bill Allder III, Membership Services Coordinator, USGIF. Bill is a young GEOINTer who has a long family history in the GEOINT world. USGIF hosts its annual Allder Golf Classic at GEOINT that honors the memory of Bill’s father, William R. Allder Jr. All proceed from the tournament go towards USGIF’s scholarship program. Listen to Bill’s insights into what it is like to work in a community that provides much meaning for him.

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Following is an exclusive podcast with MIT students Oliver Yeh and Justin Lee. For a mere $148.00, these enterprising students launched a camera to the edge of space and took some amazing photos of earth. It is the ultimate tale of D.I.Y. GEOINT. We are also excited to announce that both Oliver and Justin will be attending GEOINT 2009 as VIPs and they look forward to the incredible opportunity of meeting leaders from the industry, defense and intelligence sector. Stay tuned for more news from GEOINT 2009 from these two rising stars in the GEOINT community.

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Let’s face it. Most GEOINT technologies are very sophisticated and costly. And, rightly so…they protect our troops and our nation. You can’t put a price tag on that. But, what if we told you that for a mere $148.00, a couple of MIT students launched a camera to the edge of space and took some amazing photos of earth. It is the ultimate tale of D.I.Y. GEOINT. Hey, did we coin a new term here? Is this the next trend in GEOINT? Enterprising and creative people devising ways of launching items into space. You all may recall that for $8,000, you can launch your own personal spy satellite. But, this is taking it to the next level — a grassroots, everyman-on-the-streets approach to GEOINT.

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Following is an exclusive podcast with Jim Blowitski who works in Business Development for Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Services (IS&GS) Intelligence Group. Jim is what we would call a young GEOINTER and he provides great insight into why working in GEOINT is exciting for young people. We recommend you check out this podcast and hear, first hand from a young professional in our community, why GEOINT is exciting and cool.

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