Dr. Joshua S. Campbell is the Founder of Sand Hill Geographic, a consultancy providing advisory services on geospatial technology, policy, and product management.  Dr. Campbell has over 25 years of geographic information science and technology experience working across a range of national security, diplomacy, international development, and academic contexts. 

Most recently he served as a Senior Advisor in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).  In this position he supported the Department’s Geographer, helping write the Department's first Geospatial Data Strategy, and managing several geospatial technology initiatives related to cartographic production, web-based GIS, and management of the official International Boundaries dataset.  Beyond the State Department and World Bank, Dr. Campbell has worked in research and development positions at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), DARPA, and other Department of Defense organizations.

He is a Councilor of the American Geographical Society, voting member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), and a charter member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).  He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Geography, Master of Arts in Geography, and Bachelors of General Studies in Anthropology, each from the University of Kansas.