Academia and industry leadership for innovation and growth.
Meet the team behind Taylor Geospatial Engine’s vision.
Jennifer Marcus
Executive Director
Jen is thrilled to be the inaugural Director of the Taylor Geospatial Engine. Before starting the Taylor Geospatial Engine, Jen spent six years building and leading the US Federal Government business as a Vice President at Planet Labs. Prior to Planet, she built and grew the US Federal Government practice at an open-source geospatial software company for four years; managed geospatial R&D investments for a large defense contractor for over a decade; and was a technical consultant at esri. Jen loves contributing at the intersection of emerging technology and company strategy and seeing their impact on the industry.
Contact: jen@tgengine.org
BOARD MEMBERS
Robert Cardillo
Chairman
Robert was the sixth Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2014 through 2019. Prior to NGA, he served as the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Robert is currently Chairman of the Board for the United States Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation and Planet Federal. He also serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors for a number of companies in the geospatial industry.
Jason Thein
Treasurer
Jason spent over 25 years in private practice, including 20+ years as a partner at Thompson Coburn LLP. While there, he began working on a project for the St. Louis-based Taylor family to bring a Major League Soccer team to St. Louis. The MLS awarded its 29th team to St. Louis in 2019. Jason left the firm to work full-time for the family and currently spends most of his time as St. Louis CITY SC’s Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He also represents family entities on a variety of matters, including regional economic development.
Aaron Bobick
Secretary
Aaron Bobick became Dean of Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science and the James M. McKelvey Professor in 2015. Previously, a professor and founding chair of the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, his research now includes robot perception for human-robot collaboration. He has served as a senior area chair for numerous international computer vision conferences and as program chair for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. He has also founded a variety of successful startup companies, is a distinguished scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery and was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2014.
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