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Brian O’Toole

Brian O’Toole

Job Title
Chief Executive Officer
Organization
BlackSky
Brian O’Toole is Chief Executive Officer of BlackSky and is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of the company’s business plan as well as product and technology strategy for BlackSky’s global monitoring service. Brian brings more than 30 years of executive experience building and growing high-performance technology businesses at startup, growth, and Fortune 100 companies. Brian joined BlackSky in 2016 when the company acquired OpenWhere, a technology company that he founded, which delivered on-demand location intelligence solutions to government and commercial customers. Prior to OpenWhere, he served as Chief Technology Officer at GeoEye, with global responsibility for developing, managing, and expanding the company’s technology, products, and services in geospatial intelligence and location-based services. Brian has also held senior product leadership roles at a number of companies, including Overwatch Textron Systems, which he joined when they acquired ITspatial. ITspatial was an early pioneer of interactive 3D mapping that Brian co-founded and where he served as President. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Clarkson University and a Master of Science degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University.

Speaking

15September
11:35 / 11:50
Les Salons Hoche

Session

Fireside: Real‑Time Insights: How AI‑Enabled Intelligence Redefines Sovereign Space Operations

Speakers

15September
14:45 / 15:20
Les Salons Hoche

Session

The Evolution of the Commercial GEOINT Ecosystem

Speakers