Join host Will Jarvis as he sits down with Jamie Christensen, founder of Civic Vanguard, a local government software company focused on geographic information systems. Jamie shares his nearly 30-year journey in GIS and local government technology, discusses how AI is enabling a reimagined "digital counter" experience for citizens interacting with their local governments, explores the misaligned incentives in government software procurement and how AI is disrupting legacy vendor lock-in, and outlines his vision for agentic AI tools that orchestrate GIS workflows across localities nationwide.

• 00:00 - Introduction and Jamie Christensen's background in GIS and local government technology
• 02:47 - How AI and LLMs are transforming spatial information and the ability to get answers
• 05:30 - Founding Civic Vanguard: Reinventing the local government "counter" experience with AI
• 10:05 - What's gone wrong with state and local government software: misaligned incentives and vendor lock-in
• 12:50 - How AI disrupts legacy software economics: lower costs, easier migration, faster innovation
• 16:50 - Free tools and lead magnets: Civic Vanguard's Compass product and no-cost implementation model
• 20:30 - Building trust and empathy with local government clients through content and partnership
• 23:30 - Why founder-led companies are best positioned to navigate the AI transition
• 25:45 - Civic Vanguard's growth plans: expanding beyond Virginia and building agentic GIS tools
• 28:15 - Where to find Jamie Christensen online and closing thoughts