Writing
Thoughts
Leadership, technology, and what I have learned along the way.
How GIS Is Quietly Transforming Land Sales
Most people think of GIS as a mapping tool. Something cartographers use. But what is happening right now in land sales is different.
Read more →May 2026What a CTO Actually Does in a Non-Tech Company
Most people picture a CTO sitting in a tech company, surrounded by engineers, shipping software at scale. That is not my world.
Read more →May 2026Geospatial Data as a Competitive Advantage in Real Estate
Most executives know they are sitting on a lot of data. Fewer realize how much of it has a location attached to it.
Read more →May 2026Building Technology That 450 Agents Actually Use
The hardest problem in enterprise technology is not building the platform. It is getting people to use it.
Read more →May 2026From Esri to In-House Platforms: A 20-Year Look at Location Intelligence
When I started working in GIS in the early 2000s, the toolset was straightforward. Twenty years later, location intelligence is a completely different discipline.
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Conversations
Interviews and discussions on technology, land, and leadership.
How to Use GIS to Sell Land
A conversation about geospatial intelligence, property mapping, and how modern tools are reshaping the land sales process.
Listen →National Land Realty — June 2019NLR GIS Capabilities: How Our Agents Utilize Them
A real case study showing how NLR agents combine USDA land cover, FEMA flood data, and parcel records to find the exact property a client needs.
Read →National Land Realty — June 2019Land Tour 360 Tips
How to maximize the marketing power of a listing with 360 imagery, points of interest, and an engaging virtual property experience.
Read →National Land Realty — May 2019Do I Need a Land Tour 360?
Why Land Tour 360 was created and how it helps buyers visualize properties accurately without ever leaving home.
Read →National Land Realty — September 2017Accessing Parcel Information with GIS
How GIS technology evolved from plat books and county office visits to instant aerial views, boundary data, and soil layers from the comfort of your desk.
Read →National Land Realty — August 2017What NLR GIS Can Do for You
How the Targeted Acquisition Platform (TAP) turns buyer wish lists into targeted property searches, even for parcels that have not hit the market yet.
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