Maxar Advances Commitment to Build a Diverse Workforce in St. Louis Supporting Business Growth and Geospatial Tradecraft
April 28 2021 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a trusted partner and
innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, is
advancing its commitment to the St. Louis area with an emphasis on
workforce diversity. Recent activities include an expanded
partnership with Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) and a new
mapping project with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) for which a portion of the work will be performed in
St. Louis.
In recent years, St. Louis has become the preeminent geospatial
hub of the Midwest. The city will be home to the Next NGA West
campus currently under construction, and Maxar opened a new office
in downtown St. Louis’s historic Globe Building in 2019. The St.
Louis geospatial ecosystem is growing rapidly thanks to investments
by government, civic, economic development, academic and community
organizations. In October the city will also host the GEOINT
Symposium, the largest annual gathering of geospatial intelligence
professionals in the nation.
Maxar recently facilitated a GeoHornet Mapathon hosted by HSSU
that helped create a more detailed map of north St. Louis. Thirty
participants, including 12 students from HSSU, a historically black
college and university, added nearly 600 buildings to OpenStreetMap
(OSM), a free, online map of the world available to be viewed and
edited by anyone. Maxar’s high-resolution satellite imagery serves
as the foundational mapping layer for OSM, so the derived mapping
information platform users create maintains the same accuracy as
Maxar imagery.
“By filling data gaps in OpenStreetMap, the GeoHornet Mapathon
is introducing geospatial technology to students and growing
geospatial skillsets,” said Freddie Wills, assistant vice president
for STEM initiatives at HSSU. “It also is driving application of
geospatial data across multiple academic disciplines to benefit
students, teachers, the St. Louis geospatial economy and local
residents.”
Maxar also partners with Gateway Global American Youth and
Business Alliance Academies to provide mentorship and technical
presentations for its Entry to Executive Geospatial Program at
HSSU. In 2021, Maxar is expanding the partnership to offer students
who have completed Gateway Global’s program and their freshman year
at HSSU the opportunity to apply for paid Maxar internships. These
efforts are part of Maxar’s overall Academic Outreach Program,
which serves to inspire students and faculty by sharing Maxar’s
story, fostering the adoption of its technology and advancing
collaborative opportunities.
Finally, Maxar was recently awarded an NGA contract worth nearly
$19 million to deliver land cover classification and other derived
global-scale products through the agency’s Janus Geography program.
Maxar will produce high-resolution land cover data and
classification solutions that identify how land is being used and
help analysts understand and predict change. A portion of the work
will be performed by Maxar’s more than 20 St. Louis-area employees,
who specialize in geospatial production and machine learning to
support national security missions. The contract will further the
company’s ability to grow in St. Louis and create employment
opportunities consistent with Maxar’s diversity initiatives.
“Maxar is committed to the geospatial community in St. Louis,
and we are thrilled to see the level of activity and innovation
that is accelerating in the city,” said Dan Jablonsky, Maxar CEO.
“These collaborations between government and industry are building
the workforce of tomorrow, offering more opportunities for
populations that are currently underrepresented in the geospatial
community, and will ultimately contribute to U.S. national
security.”
Maxar is building a community of creative problem-solvers who
want to apply breakthrough technologies, collaborate across
disciplines and partner with visionaries to advance global
security, humanitarian and business missions. Explore opportunities
at maxar.com/careers.
About Maxar
Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence
and Space Infrastructure. We deliver disruptive value to government
and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and
navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband
communications; and explore and advance the use of space. Our
unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and
a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and
deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost
effectiveness. Maxar’s 4,300 team members in over 20 global
locations are inspired to harness the potential of space to help
our customers create a better world. Maxar trades on the New York
Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more
information, visit www.maxar.com.
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