Mark Munsell

Mark Munsell leads a non-profit effort to expand the geospatial technology ecosystem in St. Louis, MO. He was the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Director of Digital Innovation. Formerly, he was NGA’s Chief Technology Officer and the Deputy Director of the Chief Information Officer – IT Services Directorate, where he managed a multi-billion dollar development budget. In all of these roles, Mark facilitates innovative development aimed at transforming and modernizing software engineering and artificial intelligence technology to better serve its mission partners, as well as overseeing and streamlining IT-related capabilities and services.

Mark is a St. Louis native who began his federal career with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where he received the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for his work on nautical charting software.

In 1996, he transferred to the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) in St. Louis. He left DMA in 1997 and founded an online flight and maritime planning company called IMAPS in 2000.

He returned to government service with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in 2006 and has since held several senior leadership roles, including Director of the Office of Targeting and Transnational Issues, Chief Targeting Officer, and many other senior executive positions.

Mark is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award and 3 of NGA’s Distinguished Civilian Medal, Department of Commerce’s Bronze medal, various Department of Defense medals, and – for the record – is not a member of the Flat Earth Society.