Andrew Dearing

President

2019 - Current

Providing strategic consulting for organizations to enable and grow location-based technology and services. Supporting and promoting the emergence of the geospatial industry in the St. Louis area.

General Partner

2019

General partner for the Geospatial Tech Fund.

Board Member

2021

GeoSLU Advisory Board Member

2018

Currently serving on the advisory board for the GeoSLU Big Idea, an initiative to enhance geospatial research, training, and innovation at St. Louis University.

Board Member

2019 - 2022

Board member supporting executive team through growth to acquisition by Munetrix.

Interim President

2019 - 2019

Interim President for the Federal subsidiary to Planet Labs. Engaging with the Planet Labs team for the transition and integration of Boundless Spatial into the Federal subsidiary to support US Government customers and business. Supported the transition and integration of the Boundless Spatial team into the larger Planet Labs organization. Worked with key stakeholders and clients to transition accounts for longer-term support.

Chief Executive Officer

2015 - 2019

- Developed high quality business strategies to expand software sales growth and product expansion, ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives, leading to over 200% growth in Sales in 2 year span. - Built and grew executive leadership functions (Marketing, Sales, Professional Services, Engineering), leading and motivating subordinates to advance employee engagement, developed a high performing managerial team who oversaw over 100 team members. - Oversaw all operations and business activities to ensure they produced the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission. - Served as Chairman of the Board for Boundless Spatial, coordinating regular communications and strategic planning meetings with Board Members and Observers. - Successfully led to company to exit, transitioning operations to Planet Labs, Inc. through the formation of Planet Labs Federal, Inc.

Vice President Of Professional Services

2015 - 2015

- Led a team of over 40 program managers and engineers for the implementation and integration of open source geospatial technologies into government and commercial clients. - Oversaw a portfolio of 40+ engagements, totaling more than $5M of revenue. - Created Project Management Office and associated processes to ensure quality and efficient delivery of consulting and implementation services to our clients. - Aligned closely with Sales team to create GTM packaged offerings to generate upsell opportunities and decrease product churn rates. - Coordinated with Engineering / Product leadership team on customer feedback, generating new product capabilities and offerings to expand portfolio of SKUs for the Sales team.

Manager: Database Services - St. Louis

2006 - 2015

- Served as lead for Esri Professional Services in the Midwest, responsible for delivery of GIS solutions to Federal, Defense/Intel, Commercial and other regional clients throughout the Midwest. - Led team of 60+ engineers, analysts, project managers, and consultants supporting customers. - Supported Sales team in engagement and winning of new deals with commercial and Federal clientele. - Led large multi-million dollar proposal engagements, serving as capture manager. Coordinated color team reviews and submission for several Federal procurements.

Sr. Project Manager

2005 - 2006

- Project manager for the Aeronautical Chart Production contract, for both Enroute and Flight Information Publication Text product lines. - Led the proposal development of outsourcing FLIP aeronautical text products from the Federal government. - Supported transition of production team members through acquisition of IMAPS.

Project Manager

2003 - 2006