Summary
Mark Korver is a veteran geospatial and cloud leader with over two decades of experience building mapping, imagery and LIDAR solutions across government, commercial and academic sectors. Currently Director of Geospatial Data & Analytics at the Taylor Geospatial Institute after a long tenure leading geospatial strategy and the Technical Field Community at AWS, he blends hands-on solution architecture with business development for aerospace, satellite and public-sector mapping programs. He has founded and led geospatial tech ventures in the U.S. and Japan, delivered cloud-native imagery/terrain platforms, and advised national mapping agencies on data strategy and publishing. Comfortable bridging technical, policy and commercial stakeholders, he also speaks Japanese and has a track record of closing international public-private partnerships and standardization efforts.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Technology Policy , Technology Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
MCP/DA Technology Transfer International Development, MCP/DA Technology Transfer International Development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Math Physics, Math Physics at Whitman College
High School Diploma , High School Diploma at The American School in Japan
Bachelor of Environmental Design Architecture Environmental Design, Bachelor of Environmental Design Architecture Environmental Design at University of Colorado Boulder
English, Japanese