Mr. Kolodziej has been in the location intelligence field for about a decade, during which he was responsible for research, technology engineering and innovation for ESRI, Frost & Sullivan, Geo Invent (Tele Atlas), and the industry's standards geospatial consortium, OGC, among others, where he specialized in location applications and technology, including LBS, mobile local search, GPS and non-GPS positioning technologies, and GIS systems. Prior to joining SPIME , he was an industry consultant at IndoorLBS.com, and was the Chief Analyst for MobileLocalSearch.net, where he consults in location-based services.

Mr. Kolodziej has authored numerous industry publications, including the most recent Mobile Local Search: Location-Based Search Market, and published the highly anticipated book: Location Positioning Systems: LBS Services and Applications. Kolodziej established IndoorLBS.com to promote ubiquitous indoor-outdoor positioning technologies and their convergence.

Mr. Kolodziej has (co-)organized conference sessions and been a (keynote / invited) speaker at the LBS World Forum 2006, Geospatial Integration for Public Safety Conference, the Location Intelligence 2006 & 2007 Conference, the WPI Workshop on Indoor Tracking Technologies, and the URISA 40th Annual Conference. Kolodziej is columnist writer for industry trade magazines, including Geospatial Solutions, GeoWorld, Java Location Services (now LBS360), and Directions Magazine.

Kolodziej holds graduate degrees from MIT in the areas of Geo Information Systems & Information Technology engineering, and a Bachelor’s degree in Geo Information Systems from Rutgers University. He has also been awarded Certificates in Environmental Geomatics from the Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, and in Urban Planning from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Kolodziej received numerous awards for his work, namely from URISA, ACSM, GITA, IGIF (ASPRS), and GIScience