John Hanke — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Executive Chairman at Niantic Spatial, focusing on building AI that can understand and interact with the real world.
Co-founded Keyhole in 2001, a geospatial data visualization firm acquired by Google in 2004 for $35 million in stock.
Founded Niantic Labs as an internal Google startup in 2010, which spun out from Google in 2015.
Led Google's Geo product division, overseeing the development of Google Earth, Google Maps, StreetView, SketchUp, and Panoramio.
Guided Niantic through the release of Pokémon Go, which generated over $8.8 billion in revenue.
Graduated from the University of Texas, Austin in 1989 and earned an MBA from Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

John Hanke, born in 1967, is an American technology executive with a career spanning geospatial technology, augmented reality gaming, and artificial intelligence. After graduating from the University of Texas, Austin in 1989 and serving with the United States Foreign Service, he earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.