Marge Cole advises and manages OGC Innovation Program initiatives towards achieving local, national and international spatial and technology systems advancements contributing to OGC’s impact within markets, technology, and society.

Marge Cole has a background in engineering and computer science and a twenty-year career as a contractor to NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office, most recently in the role of Deputy Program Manager for Advanced Information System Technologies (AIST).  Experience in Program and project management, business development, architecture, systems, mission, and software development all support OGC’s objectives.