Summary
Nathan Jennings is a GIS IT Supervisor and seasoned geospatial technologist with over 20 years of experience building and integrating GIS, remote sensing, and mobile solutions for public agencies and utilities. He leads GIS teams at the City of Sacramento while running a consulting practice (UrbandaleSpatial) and teaching GIS, demonstrating a rare blend of hands-on technical work, project management, and workforce development. His expertise spans Python and VBA automation, enterprise geodatabases, image processing (ENVI/ERDAS), Web/Mobile GIS, and routing/network analysis, with deep operational experience in field GPS workflows and sensor hardware. Nathan has led large-scale imagery acquisition and land-cover projects, mentored generations of interns and students, and translated complex natural-resource requirements into scalable geospatial business systems. Colleagues value his ability to turn legacy GIS processes into automated, maintainable workflows and to coordinate cross-departmental geospatial capability expansion. Based in Sacramento, he pairs an MS in Applied Geospatial Technology with practical field work ranging from helicopter-supported surveys in Alaska to municipal enterprise deployments.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
MS, Applied Geospatial Technology (aka Environmental Monitoring), MS, Applied Geospatial Technology (aka Environmental Monitoring) at University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, Biology, Environmental Studies, BA, Biology, Environmental Studies at Baylor University