Summary
James Pardue is a Principal Consultant and GEOINT/GIS leader with over 30 years of experience applying geospatial intelligence to military operations, disaster relief, and complex trans-regional problem sets. He has led and mentored teams of up to 65 analysts, blending mission-driven production management with curriculum design and instructor assessment as a certified NGA adjunct instructor. At Esri and multiple Joint and Army commands he has driven GEOINT team fusion, platform integration, and QA/QC across tools like ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise, Socet GXP, RemoteView and 3D visualization suites. Known for translating rigorous terrain and imagery analysis into actionable mission planning and rehearsal, he also brings uncommon depth in foreign-country geographic research and humanitarian operations. Equally comfortable advising enterprise GIS strategy and teaching tradecraft, he combines field-proven operational experience with instructional systems design to accelerate organizational capability. Based in Fredericksburg, VA, he pairs a Social Science degree with continuous technical specialization in web mapping, databasing and GIS platform applications.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Architecture, Certificate, Architecture at Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Geography/GIS, Geography/GIS at Fort Hays State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Social Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Social Science at Troy University