Golden Ticket Awardees 2026
Each year, USGIF awards Golden Tickets to a select group of emerging leaders across the geospatial intelligence community. These are the 2026 recipients — practitioners, analysts, and innovators who will be in Colorado this May. Come meet them.
Adam Reitz
Image Science Engineer, L3Harris
Alexander Iamartino
Aerospace Data Scientist, GRVTY
Amanda Beatty
Senior Customer Operations and Satellite Planning Specialist, ICEYE
Bryan Ahn
Senior Business Development Manager, Satrec Initiative
Caleb Thompson
Mission Advocacy Specialist, Axiologic Solutions
Danielle Gaynor
Senior Geospatial Applications Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Emme Pitts
Consultant I, Guidehouse
Grace Braver
Advanced GIS & Geospatial Analytics Intern, Global Marketing Insights
Jake Browder
Senior Account Manager, Carahsoft
Katie Weintraub
Senior Solution Engineer, Esri
Kennedi Vaughan
Senior Deployment Specialist, GDIT
Lexa Brenner
Change Management Strategy Consultant, Guidehouse
Madison Quattrochi
Geospatial Specialist; GIS Mapping Analyst, Oceaneering International
Miles Currie
Satellite AI/ML Scientist, MyRadar
Rafael Rubenstein
Radar Payload Engineer, KBR
Raven Moses
GEOINT Test Director,
Immersive Solutions Group
Robert Becker
Sales Engineer, ICEYE
Rosy James
Systems Engineer, KBR
Ryan Connal
Image Scientist, ML Scientist, L3Harris
Sarah Johnson
GEOINT Analyst, USAR
Sharoon Arshad
Full Stack Engineer,
AWS
Tolulope Oladeji
Graduate Research Assistant, Univeristy of Cincinnati
Udit Bhatta
Graduate Research Scientist, Doctoral Student, Mississippi State University
Victor San Gil
Systems Administrator Principal, GDIT