 Hi, my name is Kevin Stofen and I'm an instructor for our geospatial intelligence program. I first got into GIS in 1998. That's when I took my first GIS course and I've been hooked ever since and used it in a wide range of problems. I'm actually coming up on my 20th anniversary of using GIS and it's been great because I've been able to use it for such a wide range of problems including environmental sciences, archaeology, and even in the military. I think GIS is going to continue to be an important tool mainly because GIS professionals bring such a unique perspective on spatial data and space tends to be a common domain in so many problem sets. When I'm not teaching courses for Penn State, I work for a fast-paced startup that looks at data science and machine learning problems and I've even been able to use GIS in that context also. I'll leave you with a fun fact about myself. When I'm not busy working for a fast-paced startup or teaching courses for Penn State, I spend quite a bit of time coaching baseball for my son's baseball team.