Jack Eades is Senior Business Development Manager for Defence and Intelligence at Esri, working with defence and intelligence organisations across Europe to advance the use of geospatial technology and GeoAI in support of national security missions. He brings more than 20 years of geospatial experience, spanning frontline military GEOINT, defence and public safety, consulting, commercial technology and national security.

Prior to his current role, Jack worked across the Middle East and Africa helping defence, intelligence and public safety organisations apply geospatial technology, AI and advanced analytics to complex mission and enterprise challenges, including the use of large language models and unstructured data to support intelligence exploitation and decision-making.

His current focus is on how GeoAI is changing the way geospatial intelligence is created, analysed and operationalised, and on the practical challenge of moving promising AI use cases from proof of concept to trusted, scalable capability across the defence and intelligence enterprise.