Robert Hanson

Bob is the CEO and owner of Geoventive, LLC a geospatial consultancy established in 2023.  He provides advisory services primarily focused on large programs and executive management in the geospatial industry. Bob has decades of leadership experience as a geospatial division leader and company president. Bob is currently on the board of directors and is the past president for MAPPS (Management Association of Private Photogrammetric Surveyors). Bob has recently led large geospatial operations for construction projects such as the successful multi-billion-dollar Brightline program in Florida. He led projects conducting topographic and hydrographic surveys for Water Management Districts to acquire current hydrological and adjacent ground of various canals and control structures and the development of geographic information system (GIS) databases for accurate water-level monitoring, beach erosion surveys and flood damage reduction planning for various local cities. His executive experience includes geospatial efforts for transportation agencies, counties and cities, and land development projects. Bob possesses a background in national intelligence analysis and products, senior leadership roles for the delivery of very large federal geospatial programs for the missions of DoD, USACE, USGS, DOI – Census Bureau and NITA, FEMA, FCC, NOAA, PHSMA, and numerous state and municipal departments and agencies across the USA. Private clients include major telecommunications and broadband providers. Bob has led significant engineering and infrastructure-related geospatial programs throughout his career. He has significant international experience working in Egypt, Panama, and Russia for USAID, USACE and DoE sponsored programs. Bob has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of South Florida and is a GISP Certified Professional. Geoventive, LLC offers advisory and professional technical services related to advanced technologies in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), airborne Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) and terrestrial/mobile lidar, aerial imagery and remote sensing and laser crack measuring (LCMS) systems for pavement condition analysis for spatial data collection and data analytics.