Dr. Nadine Alameh

Dr. Nadine Alameh is an award-winning globally recognized thought leader in geospatial technologies and their intersection with some of today’s most pressing global challenges, including climate resilience, sustainability, and the future of intelligent infrastructure.

She’s known for championing interoperability, collaboration, and bridging technology and policy as CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), as board member of the UN Geospatial Experts Group, as appointed advisor to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, as inaugural Executive Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, and as a Strategic Advisor to the International Society for Digital Earth. Her industry leadership positions include a Chief Architect role at Northrop Grumman Civil Solutions Division, and the CEO of an award-winning cloud-based Aviation information management startup.

Dr. Alameh received multiple leadership awards: Geomatics Canada Strategic Thinker Award (2025), OGC Service Award (2024), Most Influential Businesswoman STL (2024), Women in Technology Leadership (2023), Geospatial World Diversity Champion (2022), and Geomatics Canada Leadership (2019). 

Nadine holds a Ph.D. and 2 M.S. degrees from MIT; and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.