Job Placement
Earning your MGIS degree from the University of Minnesota will benefit your career and give you the opportunity to make a real difference in your chosen field. Whether you use your GIS knowledge to empower communities, plan urban transportation systems, chart evacuation paths, help the environment, increase market share, or pioneer new software applications, as a MGIS graduate, you'll always be in the company of your field's brightest minds and top achievers.
We provide a listing of our graduates and their current positions on this page.
| Student Name | Graduation Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Heins | May 2026 | Job search in progress |
| Vanessa Jimenez Juarez | May 2026 | GIS intern, Metro Transit, Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| Tim Johnson | May 2026 | Research Associate, GEMS Informatics Lab, UMN |
| Izzy Keefe | May 2026 | Job search in progress |
| Ben Landers | May 2026 | Power Systems Model Engineer, Aspen Tech, Minneapolis, MN |
| Leah Rumon | May 2026 | GIS Coordinator, City of Oakdale |
| Nicole Schiller | May 2026 | Geospatial Support Analyst, Polar Geospatial Center, UMN |
| Paulina Vergara Buitrago | June 2026 | Fulbright scholar, UMN |
| Cleo Young | May 2026 | Student GIS Technician, MNIT DNR; Masters student in Natural Resources |
| Student Name | Graduation Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Arlt | August 2025 | Research Associate, Fairfax Beaver Lab, University of Minnesota |
| Emily Bender | May 2025 | Research Associate, U-Spatial, University of Minnesota |
| Laure Briol | May 2025 | Geographic Research Analyst, MN Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Shana Crosson | December 2025 | GIS Consultant, Education/curriculum development, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Logan Gall | May 2025 | Teaching Faculty and Associate Director of GeoCommons, Geography Department, University of Minnesota |
| Greg Kohler | December 2025 | GIS Analyst, MN Geospatial Information Office, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Kyle Olson | May 2025 | GIS Specialist, Westwood Professional Services, Minnetonka, Minnesota |
| Lucy Sageser | December 2025 | Natural Resources GIS Specialist, Ecological & Water Resources Division, MN Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Eli Schlossberg | December 2025 | Senior Geospatial Engineer, NBC Universal, New York, New York |
| Aleksei Rozanov | December 2025 | Doctoral student, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota |
| Student Name | Graduation Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Brauer | May 2024 | GIS Analyst, Isthmus Engineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Owen Connolly | May 2024 | Land Cover GIS Technician, NV5, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Eric Gibson | December 2024 | GIS Analyst, Parsons Corporation, Buffalo, New York |
| Mattie Gisselbeck | May 2024 | Associate Technical Consultant, Professional Services, Esri, Redlands, California |
| Zain Ul Abdin Siyal | May 2024 | Deputy Manager of Planning, United Energy Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Carl Sones | May 2024 | GIS Specialist, City of Bloomington, Minnesota |
| Deepika Mallika Tamilselvan | May 2024 | GIS Analyst, San Juan County, Aztec, New Mexico |
| Yaxuan Zhang | May 2024 | Transportation Planner, Modern Mobility Partners, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Student Name | Graduation Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Mohsen Ahmadkhani | May 2023 | Senior Data Scientist, USAA (remote) |
| Taylor Andersen-Beaver | December 2023 | Independent GIS consultant, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Ethan Bott | December 2023 | Wildlife GIS Data Steward, MN IT Services, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Alexander Danielson | May 2023 | GIS Administrator, Brown County, New Ulm, Minnesota |
| Jake Ford | May 2023 | GIS Consulting Senior Associate, ERM, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Rob Hendrickson | May 2023 | GIS Analyst, Community Air Monitoring Project, City of Minneapolis Health Department |
| Diego Osorio | May 2023 | Mid-Professional Services Engineer, Fulcrum, Bogota, Colombia |
| Erik Sauer | May 2023 | GIS Tech, GeoComm, St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| Maochuan Wang | December 2023 | GIS Support Analyst, Esri, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Luke Zaruba | December 2023 | Geospatial Consultant, Business Insights & Analytics Leadership Development Program, Travelers, Minneapolis, Minnesota |