Brian McClendon — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Chief Technology Officer at Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Venture Partner at Up.Partners
Co-founded Keyhole, Inc., which was acquired by Google and became Google Earth
Served as Google VP Engineering for 10 years, building Google Maps, Google Earth, Local Search, StreetView, and GroundTruth
Spent 8 years at Silicon Graphics building 3D graphics supercomputers
Angel Investor in Keyhole, Inc. and Free State Forge
Board Member at Ksvotes.Org and Ainstein

Biography

Brian A McClendon is an American software executive, engineer, and inventor. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Niantic Spatial, Inc. and is a Venture Partner at Up.Partners. He is also a Board Member at Ainstein and a Founder and Board Member at Ksvotes.Org, in addition to being an Angel Investor at Free State Forge.

McClendon co-founded Keyhole, Inc., a geospatial company that was later acquired by Google and became Google Earth.