Matthew Gerike is the Geospatial Services Manager for the City of Columbia, Missouri. Since joining Columbia in 2010, Matt helped initiate and leads a centralized City GIS Office to guide, coordinate, administer, and support the use of geospatial data and technologies across public safety, utility, transportation, planning, construction, engineering, and professional services business units. Matt serves on the Missouri GIS Advisory Council and received his PhD in Geography from Kansas State University.