GEOINT 2025 | Innovate - Phill Thomas
In this interview from the 2025 GEOINT Symposium, Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial speaks with Phill Thomas from Innovate. Phill discusses his career path, starting at Accenture and moving into federal government work. He introduces Innovate as a woman-owned small business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with a history primarily in federal civilian and commercial sectors. Innovate is now excited about bringing their solutions to the Intel community. Phill details Innovate's evolution, including their decision in 2012 to focus intensely on the Salesforce and Esri platforms, becoming "an inch wide and a mile deep". He highlights their extensive experience with over a thousand Esri deployments and over 800 Salesforce deployments, their gold level partnership with Esri, numerous specialty certifications, and the presence of Salesforce certified architects. This deep expertise allows them to build reusable component repositories for efficiency. Phill shares that GEOINT 2025 is their first attempt to engage with the NGA community, expressing optimism about the interest received and the partnership energy at the conference.
Highlights
• Phill Thomas from Innovate discusses the company's background and its move into the Intel community.
• Innovate is a woman-owned small business with 23 years of experience.
• The company has historically focused on federal civilian and commercial sectors, with no prior Intel work.
• Innovate specializes intensely ("an inch wide and a mile deep") in the Salesforce and Esri platforms.
• They have completed over a thousand Esri deployments and over 800 Salesforce deployments.
• Innovate is an Esri gold level partner with more specialty certifications than any other company worldwide.
•They possess rare Salesforce certified architects.
• Extensive experience has allowed them to build reusable component repositories.
• GEOINT 2025 marks Innovate's initial engagement with the NGA and the Intel community.
• Innovate emphasizes having a staff of exceptional implementation specialists in their focus areas.
