Jonathan Bailey brings over 25 years of experience in GIS and other geospatial technologies to his role as Digital Advisory Lead at Arup's new Ottawa office. Early in his career, Jonathan worked on the product development team at Esri. For 15 years was the Founder, CEO, and Principal Consultant at SpatialBridge.

Throughout his career, Jonathan has applied GIS to form the foundation of digital twins, including in the transportation, defence, and forestry sectors. He collaborated with Esri and Autodesk during the early days of their strategic partnership on the integration of their respective GIS and BIM software products. Now, he advocates for organizations to use GIS, BIM, and digital twins as a strategy for managing assets throughout their lifecycles.

Jonathan has also instructed graduate students at Algonquin College in GIS and CAD, sharing his experience and fostering the next generation of professionals.