Colin T. Stiles, GISP

About Me

I am a GIS Professional that helps solve geospatial and environmental challenges for clients across the United States; in industries ranging from solar and renewable energies, power delivery, stream restoration and mitigation banking, telecommunications, habitat and species conservation, roadway and land development, and much more.

I specialize in performing complex spatial analyses, managing databases, creating aesthetic cartographic maps, and building custom workflows and web applications that enable the end-user to make spatially-informed decisions. I take pride in my professional judgement by avoiding the "black box" - where solutions are buried in the depths of excessivley complicated models and the end result is prone to errors. While the tools available today are incredibly useful and can get us a long way, our decisions ultimately come down to the insights we derive from these tools. One of my favorites quotes comes from George Box - "All models are wrong, but some are useful."

Outside of work, I am passionate about being active with outdoor sports, like whitewater kayaking, skiing, hiking, and general mischief with my amazing partner Jess and our two dogs Willow and Coconut. I frequently find myself kayaking the Gauley River of West Virginia, hiking and camping around Bend, Oregon, or skiing Keystone, Breckenridge, and Snowbird.