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RGi on winning team for U.S. Navy’s SeaPort-NxG contract for engineering solutions

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) was recently selected as a subcontractor on the U.S. Navy’s SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) contract to provide engineering solutions for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. This multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract vehicle aims to enhance efficiencies, improve business intelligence, and reduce acquisition cycle time for all Navy and Marine Corps contracting offices.

Under this multiple award contract (MAC), RGi will offer solutions such as software development, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation; network and engineering support; interoperability, test and evaluation and trials support; and research and development.

“There are tremendous opportunities within this contract vehicle,” said Sidney Medford, RGi’s COO. “SeaPort-NxG gives us the opportunity to leverage the skill-set of our engineers and apply AI/ML to new mission sets to support the Navy and Marine Corps worldwide.

The government estimates the Navy will procure $5 billion worth of services annually through task orders issued under SeaPort-NxG. The MAC has a base period of 2.5 years and an additional ordering period of five years.

To join our team of do’ers and start making an impact, visit https://jobs.lever.co/rgi.

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RGi lands Topographic Data Discovery prime contract with NGA

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) was selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide the development and integration of metrics-based search and discovery to the growing volume and variety of topographic information. The single-award Topographic Data Discovery contract will enable higher utilization, greater effectiveness, and increased usability of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) data holdings for NGA Analysts.

NGA’s mission success is critically dependent on managing GEOINT data as an asset with the ability to search, discover, protect, and access that information. Under this multi-year contract, RGi will support the mission by creating and integrating data automation capabilities that will expedite the delivery of user-centric software applications and modernize GEOINT tools for GEOINT Analysts. RGi will also develop metrics that baseline topographic features, and build a searchable system that will recommend products for a user based on their specific criteria.

“RGi is excited to expand our partnership with NGA to help advance data automation goals for the foundation GEOINT mission,” said Stephen Gillotte, CEO. “We’re ready to deliver a higher level of clarity, accessibility, and usability for the NGA customer community.”

The contract’s scope includes data science, AI/ML, research and development, and software engineering solutions.

To join our team of do’ers and start making an impact, visit https://jobs.lever.co/rgi.

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4th annual RGi Scholarship awarded to Adrian Seemangal!

Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) is pleased to announce that Adrian Seemangal has been selected as the recipient of our 4th annual $10,000 RGi Scholarship for Geospatial and Engineering, given in partnership with The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF).

Adrian is a junior at The University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, where he is majoring in Geographical Sciences and minoring in Russian Studies.

He first became interested in geospatial sciences through remote sensing, as he was fascinated by the concept of using false-color imagery to reveal information that our eyes cannot see. Upon joining UMD’s geography program, other aspects of geospatial sciences, such as GIS and spatial data science, also captivated him. More recently as an Analytic Methodologist Intern for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), he applied expertise in scientific analysis techniques to inform analysts on various quantitative methods they can use to solve GEOINT issues.

“Adrian is the perfect student to receive our RGi Scholarship, said RGi CEO, Stephen Gillotte. “He’s an advanced thinker who sees a challenge and is excited to create solutions. He’s a leader, a problem-solver, and he’s in it for the greater good. He’s also a martial arts instructor…Adrian does it all! I’m thrilled to have him in our RGi family.”

Adrian’s personal research interests include drone LIDAR mapping, and using artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) for remote sensing. Outside of his educational and professional work, Adrian does undergraduate research in spatial ecology for UMD’s Bill Fagan Lab, and serves as the Vice President of Flower STEM, a club dedicated to showcasing creativity within STEM fields.

To learn more about the RGi Scholarship or to apply, please visit https://usgif.org/usgif-scholarship-program/. The 2022 Scholarship Program will open in November 2021.

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RGi wins NGA contract for Cloud-Based Software Development services

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) was recently selected to provide software engineering support to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This project will provide valuable cloud-based software development expertise, integrating best-of-breed COTS, GOTS, and Open-Source applications to meet their highly demanding mission.

Specifically, RGi professionals will provide expertise in the development of a private cloud platform and integrating government-provided streaming data, contractor-procured data sources, analytics, and other tools and techniques into a fused environment hosted on the platform. The resulting system will leverage raw open source, derived, proprietary, and classified data to provide near-real time anomaly detection, event correlation, and predictive insights, increasing the warfighter’s ability to more rapidly make informed decisions on the battlefield.

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Stephen Gillotte featured in Virginia Tech’s “50 for 50” celebration

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Stephen Gillotte, CEO of Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) and a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) graduate, was recently chosen as one of 50 alumni featured in the Virginia Tech Computer Science (CS) Department’s 50th anniversary celebration. The “50 for 50” spotlights seek to showcase CS alumni who are industry leaders while inspiring the Hokie leaders of tomorrow.

Within the spotlight, Steve discusses the early stages of his technology career, which began in the third grade when he discovered the GW Basic interpreter and taught himself to program, as well as the path he took that led him to found RGi on his 30th birthday.

Steve also talks about how the CS Department helped equip him for running a successful small business by allowing him to focus on interdisciplinary skills, such as public speaking and the ability to communicate technology information to the outside world effectively.

To read Steve’s “50 for 50” spotlight, click here.

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RGi wins follow-on work to support the US Army intelligence community

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) was recently awarded a contract to continue providing critical geospatial intelligence support to the US Army’s enterprise intelligence system.  On this contract, RGi’s expertise in Software and Systems Engineering, as well as DevOps, will be instrumental to the program’s continued success.

RGi supports the enterprise system, based on Esri’s ArcGIS, and helps tailor various products to support Army’s Intelligence mission. Additionally, RGi offers support in systems engineering, architecture planning, analysis, design, and subject matter expertise to integrate and interoperate with existing COTS and GOTS platforms.

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RGi offers 4th annual $10,000 scholarship

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) has partnered with The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) to offer its fourth annual scholarship as part of the 2021 USGIF Scholarship Program.

The $10,000 RGi Scholarship for Geospatial and Engineering will be awarded to an undergraduate who is committed to becoming competitive and constructive in the geospatial and engineering disciplines.

“RGi has a long history of supporting students, and we are thrilled to continue these efforts with USGIF through our annual RGi Scholarship,” said RGi CEO Stephen Gillotte.

Every year, USGIF awards scholarships of various amounts to exceptional students studying the geospatial sciences and related fields. In total, USGIF has awarded more than $1.4 million in scholarships since the program began in 2004.

To learn more about the RGi Scholarship or to apply, please visit https://usgif.org/usgif-scholarship-program/. The deadline to apply for the RGi Scholarship is May 16, 2021.

For information on the 2020 RGi Scholarship recipient, click here.

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RGi CTO Chitra Sivanandam featured on Iron Butterfly podcast

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc.’s (RGi’s®) Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chitra Sivanandam, shares her story on this week’s podcast episode of Iron Butterfly. Iron Butterfly, co-produced by the Amazing Women of the IC (AWIC) and the National Security Institute, is the first podcast by women that features the stories of women in the intelligence community (IC).

During the podcast, Chitra shares about her journey over the past 25-years as an imaging scientist with the IC and Department of Defense (DoD), and how being comfortable with wacky and unusual ideas has played a vital role in her success. She discusses the importance of people being their whole authentic selves, and how it brings variety and diversity to the table.

Chitra also owns a brewing company, The Craft of Brewing, and she talks about the risk she took to build her brewing company and the time it takes to run it. While she has support from her family, she states that her biggest limiting factor is time, and how a lack of time is partially the value of why Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here. Chitra says, “It’s why [AI] is critical. That’s why we’re making it. That’s why we’re consuming it. We’re going to all buy ourselves back some time.”

The podcast was named “Iron Butterfly” after Eloise Page who worked her way up from a secretary position for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), to a case officer, and later became the first female Chief of Station at CIA. During her career journey, she proudly earned the nickname “Iron Butterfly,” which signifies being a fierce fighter with a core of steel.

Check out Chitra’s Iron Butterfly podcast episode wherever you listed to podcasts: Acast, Apple Podcast, Spotify.

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Chitra Sivanandam joins RGi Executive Team as Chief Technology Officer

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FAIRFAX, April 19, 2021 /PR Newswire/ — Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) is thrilled to announce Chitra Sivanandam as our Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

As CTO, Chitra will oversee RGi’s data science, AI/ML, and cyber situational awareness & understanding vision, strategy, and direction while working with the community to support our contracted and internal research and development (R&D) efforts. She will be responsible for driving our technology forward, inspiring and growing RGi’s engineering team, and delivering innovative technical solutions that provide an immediate impact to our Defense and Intelligence customers.

“Given Chitra’s proven track record within AI/ML, Mission Applications, and Data Science, she will enhance RGi’s position as an innovative, technology-first firm, and energize our entire company around our technical abilities and offerings,” said Stephen Gillotte, RGi CEO.

Chitra brings a wealth of experience by previously serving in various executive-level technology capacities at SAIC, Raytheon (formerly Blackbird Technologies), Exelis, and In-Q-Tel, where she developed and maintained the roadmap and strategy for analysis and analytic platform capabilities, as well as the AI strategy and path forward, including Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, as well as Modeling and Simulation capabilities and High Performance Computing analytics. Chitra holds an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Imaging Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and is a recent recipient of the AI Executive of the Year award from WashingtonExec.

Chitra’s technical expertise won’t be outshined by her creative talents, as she is also a founder of The Craft of Brewing, a small craft brewery with brew-on-premise capabilities in Ashburn, VA. When she’s not making an impact for RGi’s customers, she’ll likely be at the brewery grabbing a beer and discussing grains, hops, or the latest in computer vision algorithms.

“What excites me the most about RGi is the company’s passion, culture and intellectual curiosity to solve our customers’ toughest problems,” said Chitra. “I’m fortunate to be able to lead and grow with this talented team.”

“Chitra is a high-energy person who is eager to help propel RGi into our next phase of growth while ensuring we remain a go-to firm for top talent,” said Sidney Medford, RGi COO.

For more information on RGi, please visit rgi-corp.com.

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RGi to provide intelligence analysis for the Department of Defense

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Reinventing Geospatial®, Inc. (RGi®) was recently selected to provide GIS analytic expertise in support of National Security.

RGi will support the DoD with the implementation of a geographic information system and provide onsite technical expertise to design and develop web-enabled GIS applications and provide analysis of the underlying intelligence information. This effort also includes data processing and geo-enabling their legacy enterprise databases, building mobile workflows and applications, and producing strategic and tactical products, all leading to a safer, more secure situational awareness capability for key decision makers.