Evan Needham is a data analyst with experience involving global population dynamics modeling and machine learning training for feature extraction from high resolution satellite imagery. Before joining Thrivence, Needham served as a survey technician and a GIS specialist at Barge Design Solutions where he specialized in field data collection, subsurface utility investigation, and several storm water inventory projects. Prior to Barge, he served as a post-bachelors research associate for the Geographic Information Systems and Technology team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).