Marge Cole

Marge Cole is a Senior Executive with extensive experience in business, technology, and multi-industry initiatives. Currently serving as the Strategic Initiatives Director at Taylor Geospatial Institute since December 2023, Marge focuses on geospatial science research and regional development in St. Louis. Previously, Marge held the position of Director of the Innovation Program at The Open Geospatial Consortium from June 2022 to January 2024, fostering open interoperability solutions for spatial data. A long tenure at KBR, Inc. as Deputy Program Manager and Chief Engineer involved leading the development of the New Observing Strategies architecture. Marge also co-founded MobiLaps, LLC, providing systems engineering services and strategic management support from January 2007 to January 2009, and managed the Geospatial Interoperability Group at Global Science & Technology, Inc. from March 1999 to January 2008.