Amanda Brownfield joined Geospark Analytics as president in March 2020. Over the next six months, she worked with the team to mature the company vision and go-to market strategy, as well as scale business operations, sales and marketing, client success and product management.
After experiencing a remarkable period of growth, the company announced a CEO transition, and Brownfield officially took the reins in October.
Geospark Analytics significantly raised its public sector profile by assisting the government with its COVID-19 efforts, but Brownfield is careful to say she’s not leading a disease-tracking business.
“COVID-19 will continue to affect everything from health, to travel, to supply chain resiliency, to the economy for the foreseeable future,” she said. “We’ve created a product that helps our clients assess emerging risks in a post-COVID world.”
Under Brownfield’s leadership, Geospark Analytics experienced a remarkable adoption of its value proposition, and many firsts. Among them were first milliondollar, multiyear and enterprise-level sales, and an appearance on “60 Minutes.”
Moreover, Chief Operating Officer John Goolgasian converted a $40,000, Air Force small business innovation and research award 18 months ago into a nearly $100 million, governmentwide contract for access to its Hyperion licenses, API and custom modeling in September.
In addition to delivering 360% growth, the company also met or exceeded all of its commercial software-as-a-service benchmark goals in 2020. It invested heavily in its technology, launching a mobile platform and an automated report generator called ScribeAI for Hyperion.
Why Watch
Expect to see the Hyperion platform facilitate global, decentralized assessments of emerging risks for some iconic U.S. brands in the consumer product, entertainment and travel industries. Also expect to see Brownfield execute some significant partnership agreements to facilitate Geospark’s continued expansion into the commercial market.
‘What an exciting time for our young company,” she said. “We are experiencing the perfect trifecta of incredible talent, a recognition that our product sits squarely on the mission continuum as a must have, and a corporate ethos of determination and grit.”