Brandon is a software engineer at Reinventing Geospatial, Inc. (RGi), providing data integrity solutions for large holdings of client data, as well as performing customer facing and backend duties on an enterprise level high-compute data science environment for the customer. He has experience with designing relational databases, spatial statistics and models, and has really enjoyed diving into cloud-based architecture and working on big data solutions that truly make an impact.

Brandon also serves as University Relations liaison for the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, by organizing student involvement efforts, coordinating and attending UMD career fairs, and interacting with student and veteran organizations.

Prior to joining RGI, Brandon served as a Cryptologic Linguist in the United States Air Force for 10 years, and was stationed in both Hawaii and Maryland.

Outside of work, Brandon enjoys:

• Ultramarathons, hiking, and physical endurance events in general
• Homebrewing beer (especially stouts and porters!)
• Gardening
• Playing video games
• Going to concerts

Brandon graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in the fall of 2021 with BS degrees in Data Science (with Latin Honors) and Geographic Information Sciences (GIS).

Erica Schermerhorn is a software engineer and Agile Scrum Master at Reinventing Geospatial, Inc. (RGi), helping to lead her team through agile software development processes to deliver a critical system used by Army combat engineers around the globe.

In addition to these roles, Erica also serves as the University Relations liaison for Virginia Tech by organizing student involvement efforts, coordinating and attending VT career fairs, and interacting with student organizations.

She also works closely with the interns once they are on board here at RGi, serving as a mentor, providing feedback, and ensuring they have a wonderful experience.

Outside of work, Erica enjoys:

• Playing video and/or board games
• Hanging out with her cat
• Horticulture
• Knitting hats
• Finding new trails to explore
• Cooking and baking

Erica graduated from Virginia Tech in 2020 with a B.S. in Environmental Informatics and minors in Computer Science and GIS.

Jim serves as a Senior Software Engineer/Architect for Reinventing Geospatial, Inc. (RGi), with nearly 20 years of experience supporting various DoD agencies. He has extensive expertise in Cloud development and has worked on multiple domains across the government and commercial sectors.

Jim is also a People Manager at RGi, and prides himself on building company culture and mentoring early-career developers.

Earlier in his career, Jim served as a tech lead at Evans and Chambers Technology and worked on research prototypes with IC leadership at Booz Allen Hamilton.

In Jim’s spare time he enjoys:

• Playing softball and helping run a charity softball league in the DC area
• Showing no mercy at board games
• Watching local sports (when they aren’t awful)
• Relaxing at home with his wife and pets

Jim is an NC State alum with Bachelors’ degrees in Computer and Electrical Engineering.

Timothy is head of Reinventing Geospatial’s St. Louis operations, where he oversees RGi’s data science, AI/ML, and computer vision efforts that deliver technical solutions to our Defense and Intelligence customers in the St. Louis area and beyond. He also leads several of RGi’s professional services programs, with responsibility for maintaining customer and partner satisfaction by ensuring quality execution and timely delivery of RGi services.

Timothy brings a wealth of experience to RGi, serving in various leadership positions with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and Parsons (OGSystems), where he managed an R&D laboratory, implemented transformation strategies, and deployed major software acquisition systems.

Outside of work, Timothy enjoys:

• Traveling to new places
• Snow skiing
• Playing on his boat
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Kayaking
• Staying involved in his Church and Community

Timothy received a Master of Information Management from Washington University, and Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Michelle supports Reinventing Geospatial, Inc.’s (RGi’s) Business Operations team in developing streamlined processes and tools. She ensures that all areas of our operations, accounting, finance, HR, IT, and security, are compliant with government regulations and that our team has the tools and support they need to be successful. She is also a member of RGi’s Board of Directors.

Previously in her career, Michelle was a Workforce Analytics Specialist for Northrop Grumman. Her love of analysis helped shape her original role of HR Generalist into one that used recruitment, retention, and employee population data to guide the senior leadership team in decision making.

When she’s not looking for a better way to do things, Michelle enjoys:

• Spending time with her husband and 3 kids
• Walking, hiking, and biking
• Trying to master gluten-free baking
• Playing (winning!) board games
• Relaxing on the beach

Michelle holds a BS degree in Accounting from George Mason University.