PaceSetters: How Woolpert Uses GIS + AI to Build Digital Twins, Indoor Maps & Smarter Utilities

In this PaceSetters episode from the Pittsburgh Technology Council and TechVibe, host Jonathan Kersting talks with Jodie Gosselin of Woolpert, a geospatial-focused architecture and engineering firm founded in 1911, about Woolpert's growth in Pittsburgh following the Dawood Engineering acquisition and its global GIS organization.

Gosselin explains what GIS (geographic information systems) is, how it adds geographic context to data, and how it's applied to real-world problems like indoor wayfinding for airports and network modeling for utilities, including scenario planning and customer impact analysis. She describes how AI is being used to clean and compare data, support system integrations, and enable readiness for digital twins, and highlights a GIS + AI hackathon with Esri. Gosselin also shares her career path into geography and her efforts to teach GIS to kids, including GIS Day classroom lessons and education initiatives.

The Pittsburgh Technology Council produces TechVibe to explore Pittsburgh's technology and innovation ecosystem.