At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Geospatial space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Luis Sanz
CEO of Carto
Based in Olapic’s New York headquarters, Sanz serves two roles as Chief Operating Officer and as head of technology and product development. Sanz’s deep technical background fueled the development of Olapic’s proprietary predictive algorithm, Photorank™ that analyzes dozens of different aspects of an image to determine its likelihood to trigger a purchase. Raised in Zaragoza, Spain, Sanz earned a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering from University of Zaragoza, completing a thesis in Active Noise Control using Machine Learning. Sanz also holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York, where he co-founded Olapic in 2010. Prior to founding Olapic, Sanz was a consultant for Accenture, working for aerospace/defense projects in Europe and also worked for Ericsson, responsible for all support teams for the Billing Gateway and Service Provisioning departments across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Sanz and his Olapic co-founders have been recognized by the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund at Columbia Business School and were recipients of the E-cademy Award. Sanz is sought after by media and conferences for his expertise in image recognition and digital imaging technologies.
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About Carto: Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements.
Rema Matevosyan
Co-founder & CEO of Near Space Labs
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About Near Space Labs: Near Space Labs is a cutting-edge Earth imagery and geospatial data company on a mission to provide universal access to high-quality information about our rapidly changing planet. They provide timely, wide-scale, ultra high-resolution imagery with the largest zero-emission balloon fleet in the stratosphere. Near Space Labs is revolutionizing the way that businesses, communities, municipalities and researchers gather data that can help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges such as climate change.

Ro Gupta
Co-founder/CEO of CARMERA
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About CARMERA: CARMERA provides real-time HD maps and navigation-critical data to autonomous vehicles.
Karina Grosheva
Founder and CEO of TaQadam
Karina is an impact tech entrepreneur, international development worker and humanitarian
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About TaQadam: Building new data from satellite imagery with human & computer vision
Keith Miller
Chief Executive Officer of AMO Worldwide
Born in Ovid, CO a small town of 200, was offered a football scholarship to play for the University of Colorado Boulder. A 3 year starter and letter winner, is the only athlete in the history of the University to be inducted in the President’s Leadership Class and graduate. In 1996 had the honor of being an Olympic Torch Bearer for the Atlanta Games. Went on to play professional football for 5 seasons. After retirement attended the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Upon graduation in 2006, made professional debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Anthony Minghella’s Madama Butterfly, Opening the 2006 season. Has sung principal roles in over 300 roles with the company, 3 opening night galas, new years eve gala, and spring gala. Has been recorded in 7 DVD’s and one CD. DVD of Eugene Onegin was nominated for a Grammy Award. Sung with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Opera, Carnegie Hall, Seattle Opera and other venues around the world. Served as AGMA treasurer for 2 years. Guest Artistic Director for the Savannah Children’s Choir. Artistic Director of The Bahamas International Opera Festival, Opera Guadalajara and served as Director of Opera for The Crested Butte Music Festival for 6 years. Other work experience includes retail, radio broadcasting, advertising, construction, underwater recovery, plumbing, voice over, motivational speaker and agriculture.
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About AMO Worldwide: Information Technology and Services