GEOINT 2025 | Turnberry Solutions - Sean Walsh

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews Sean Walsh, Managing Partner of Turnberry Labs (part of Turnberry Solutions), at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Sean, with over 30 years in tech, discusses Turnberry Solutions' work, including geospatial custom development for both private sector clients (like Bayer Crop Science) and national geospatial agencies (like NGA). He highlights their approach as a commercial company that moves at commercial speed and their trademarked methodology: Human Centered Design Agile (HCD Agile). This method prioritizes understanding user needs before developing technology. Sean shares details of their work with NGA on the AIM 2 (Aeronautical Information Management System 20) project, where they migrated a system to AWS, focusing heavily on user engagement to ensure the new cloud-based application worked seamlessly for users without requiring training. He emphasizes that their HCD Agile approach allows them to quickly start solving problems and deliver value to clients.

Highlights

• Turnberry Solutions, including Turnberry Labs led by Sean Walsh, provides geospatial custom software and data development.

• They work with both commercial clients and national geospatial agencies like NGA.

• Their approach uses a trademarked Human Centered Design Agile (HCD Agile) methodology that prioritizes understanding human needs.

• They worked with NGA on the AIM 2 project, migrating a system to AWS and focusing on user engagement to ensure ease of use.

• The AIM 2 project successfully moved an application to the cloud, improved features, and is going into production after three years.

• Turnberry Solutions emphasizes getting started quickly and delivering value to clients through their user-centric approach.