★ 2026 USGIF Golden Ticket Recipient
Senior Geospatial Advisory

Where data
finds its
terrain

Strategic geospatial leadership for organizations that need senior judgment, defense-grade rigor, and direct expert execution — across every sector that uses spatial data.

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Sectors Operated
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USGIF Golden Ticket
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Active Clearance
Federal·Defense·Energy·Tech·Environmental
The Gauntlet
Career Journey

The Gauntlet

Every sector. Every scale. One engineer.

USACE internship
Conservation · Federal
USACE / AmeriCorps / SCA
Wetland fieldwork
Ecology · Environmental
Burns & McDonnell
Apple Women's Leadership
Big Tech
Apple Maps
With Jack Dangermond at Esri UC
Environmental · Energy
Kleinfelder
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Defense · Intelligence
Lockheed Martin
Conservation · Federal · Service
USACE / AmeriCorps / SCA
GIS Intern · AmeriCorps Member · Student Conservation Association
"Three programs, one mission. Where precision became non-negotiable and conservation became personal."
Where it began
Ecology · Environmental
Burns & McDonnell
Assistant Wetland Specialist
"Boots in the mud, rain gear on. Field ecology where the data lives before it ever hits a screen."
In the field
Big Tech
Apple Maps
GIS Technician · Women’s Leadership Program · Austin, TX
"Where scale met pixel-perfect standards. Millions of users depend on every coordinate being right."
Consumer scale
Environmental · Energy · Infrastructure
Kleinfelder
GIS Analyst · ExxonMobil · King Ranch · RRC · TXDOT · Esri UC
"Multi-sector depth across petrochemical compliance, 825K-acre ranch operations, regulatory mapping — and a conversation with Jack Dangermond."
Industry depth
Defense · Intelligence
Lockheed Martin
Sr. Geospatial Applications Engineer · Product Lead, 3D Elevation · NGA Contracts · Active Clearance
"Where the stakes went global. National-scale elevation pipelines, international datasets, standards that matter at the highest level."
Enterprise · Cleared

Now the expertise works for you

GeoPhoenix brings all of it — every sector, every standard, every hard-won lesson — to your project.

2026 USGIF Golden Ticket Recipient — Danielle Gaynor
★ 2026 Recognition

USGIF Golden Ticket Recipient

Selected as one of 24 emerging leaders in the geospatial intelligence community for the 2026 GEOINT Symposium — the largest gathering of geospatial professionals in the United States.

May 3–6, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Gaylord Rockies
What I Do

Strategic depth
Production-grade rigor

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Strategic GIS Advisory

Senior advisory engagements for organizations who need geospatial leadership without the FTE cost. Methodology review, vendor oversight, technical roadmap development, and translation between technical teams and executive stakeholders.

Retainer · Project
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Terrain & Elevation Analysis

DEM analysis, derivatives (slope, aspect, hillshade, contours), LiDAR processing, and accuracy QC. Defense-grade methodology applied to commercial-scale problems.

Custom Quote
03
Workflow Automation & Pipeline Engineering

Python scripting, batch processing, and HPC pipeline design that eliminates manual bottlenecks. Clean, documented, repeatable systems built for repeatability — not single-use deliverables.

Custom Quote
04
Geospatial Dashboards & Executive Visualization

Decision-ready dashboards and visualization products for executives, operations leads, and stakeholders. ArcGIS Online, Experience Builder, Story Maps, and custom Python visualizations — built so the people who need the answers can find them without a GIS analyst in the room.

Project · Custom Quote
The Difference

What you actually get

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Clarity from Complexity

Raw geospatial data transformed into structured, decision-ready outputs you can act on immediately.

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Enterprise Rigor, Senior Delivery

Systems and methodology built to defense and federal standards — delivered directly by a senior engineer, not handed off to junior staff.

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Faster Time to Insight

Fewer handoffs, fewer errors, and smoother delivery cycles — because every stage is owned by one expert.

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Direct Expert Execution

Work delivered by a senior engineer — not passed through layers, not handed off to junior staff.

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Strategic Insight, Not Just Output

Guidance on how to use your data, not just generate it. You leave every project knowing more than when you started.

The Engineer Behind It

Senior expertise
Boutique attention

GeoPhoenix is built on cross-sector geospatial experience spanning federal conservation, big tech, energy, environmental consulting, and enterprise defense. Every engagement gets the same rigor brought to national-scale defense pipelines — with the direct senior attention that large firms structurally can't provide.

Founded by Danielle Gaynor, Senior Geospatial Applications Engineer and 2026 USGIF Golden Ticket recipient — Conservation Biologist by training, geospatial problem-solver by profession, and the rare engineer who has operated across every sector of the industry.

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Enterprise-Grade Background

NGA contract experience and DGED7 standards — applied to your project at any scale.

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Conservation Roots

Conservation Biology foundation means I understand ecological data, not just pixels on a screen.

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Python Automation First

Every deliverable built with repeatability in mind. Clean, documented, scalable.

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Multi-Sector Fluency

Federal, tech, energy, defense, environmental — your industry is not a learning curve.

Ready to rise?

Let's scope your engagement. Strategic advisory, technical depth, senior delivery.

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