Megan Spencer
GIS/Remote Sensing Product Manager Professional

BlackSky

Product Manager, Commercial Products and Analytics

November 2021 - Present

• Managed and owned BlackSky’s ArcGIS Online product integration from initial ideation to launch, creating a first-of-its-kind application allowing users to task a satellite from within an Esri environment

• Developed new and existing analytics products, including AI/ML products, aimed at commercial markets

• Identified and vetted external geospatial datasets and worked with the analytics team to create new products

• Researched geospatial applications and created reports on commercial markets to guide new offerings

 

SABATICAL: Pacific Crest Trail Thru-hike

April 2021-September 2021

• Solo hiked 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada over six consecutive months

• Successfully planned and executed a thru hike while overcoming physical and logistical obstacles to achieve a long-term goal through discipline, perseverance, and organization

 

Slingshot Aerospace

Product Manager, Geospatial

February 2019 – April 2021

• Managed and owned Slingshot’s Earth Portal product

• Responsibilities included:

  • User Discovery

    • Met with potential users to identify pain-points and build a product vision

    • Gathered user feedback on product iterations and incorporated it into the roadmap

  • Roadmap Creation and Maintenance

    • Developed a product vision from user discovery information and company goals and turned it into a roadmap with progressive product releases

  • Roadmap Implementation

    • Ran sprints, maintained the backlog, removed engineering blockers, and ensured product delivery timelines were met

 

Slingshot Aerospace

GIS Engineer

June 2017 – March 2020

• Wrote code to perform advanced geospatial and imagery processing algorithms at scale

• Led the technical team in disaster response projects to deliver timely, high quality, and relevant geospatial data layers to first responders and stakeholders after a natural disaster

• Worked in the research and development team to generate ideas for potential products and explore new geospatial technologies

• Managed and organized terabytes of satellite imagery, aerial imagery, and other geospatial data in the company database

 

Election Losses and Fields Investigation (ELFIN)

Mission Operations Team Member

October 2014 – June 2015

• Worked in the operations team building UCLA’s first CubeSAT

• Wrote documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing between the communications and operations teams

• Designed GUI’s and developed plans for satellite operations management post-launch