Patrick McLoughlin, GISP, is the Director of Business Intelligence at the Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT), and is responsible for working with state agencies to optimize the way they use data, visualizations, and analytics to support their program’s mission and drive user engagement and informed decision making. Pat is also responsible for administering the State’s Open Data and internal data portal platforms. He serves as the State Caucus Chair of the Maryland State Geographic Information Committee (MSGIC). Pat has worked in both the private sector and State government.