Jessica Touchard

Jessica Touchard is President of GeoSearch, a recruiting firm that has specialized exclusively in geospatial talent for 38 years. Across 27 years placing professionals in surveying, GIS, reality capture, and geospatial leadership roles — with a focus on strategic and hard-to-fill searches — she has a real-time read on how employer demand is shifting, including where AI is reshaping which roles companies compete for. She regularly advises hiring teams on how to define roles and structure compensation to win talent that’s growing scarcer.