Richard Gorecki

Richard C. Gorecki is a Calgary-based geospatial technology commercialization advisor. Public materials from Geostrategic Consulting identify him as the founder and principal consultant, and Intrinsic Innovations lists him as President and Senior Consultant of Geostrategic Consulting Inc., with roles spanning strategic advisor, growth catalyst, geospatial technology expert, and innovation speaker.

Earlier in his career, Gorecki worked in remote sensing and GIS. A 2002 Esri User Conference paper lists him at Pixxures Canada, Inc. and states that he had worked in remote sensing and GIS since 1987 across application development, sales, marketing, and client support. The same source says he earned both a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geography from the University of Calgary.

Gorecki was later associated with TECTERRA, a Calgary-based non-profit geospatial innovation organization. In 2020, he was publicly listed as Director of Portfolio Development at TECTERRA, speaking about the organization’s investments in product development and commercialization for Canadian geospatial technology companies. TECTERRA says it was established in 2009 and has supported hundreds of Canadian startups and SMEs through funding, subject-matter expertise, and project-based coaching.

His current work appears to be advisory rather than direct investing. Geostrategic says it helps technology companies commercializing innovative digital solutions scale their companies, with services focused on relationship management, partnership development, collaboration, and strategic engagement.

• Gorecki’s investment and commercialization focus is geospatial technology. In a TECTERRA FAQ attributed to “Richard,” he defines geospatial in short form as “Knowing where things are, and using that information to solve complex problems.”
• He looks for companies where “geospatial,” “geomatics,” or “geographic” capability is a significant part of the value proposition and integral to a new technology with high commercial potential.
• Through TECTERRA’s former BUILD program, the model was non-dilutive: companies did not give up control, IP, or equity, and repayment began incrementally after the new technology was built and selling into the target market.
• TECTERRA’s stated focus was commercialization risk that traditional investors may avoid: projects with higher technical risk, clear markets, job-creation potential, company-growth potential, and geospatial technology in the value chain.
• Current Geostrategic materials emphasize scaling technology companies through commercialization strategy, relationship development, partnerships, collaboration, and funding-navigation support rather than investing from a fund.