Gabe Grateron

About

Maps tell you
where.
Data tells you
why.
I build both.

Gabe Grateron is a GIS strategist, data scientist, and entrepreneur operating at the intersection of geography, technology, and business. With a Master's in GIS Technology from the University of Arizona, he has spent a decade deploying spatial intelligence for companies ranging from Lyft to community health systems.

As a UofA Lecturer, he teaches the next generation of entrepreneurs while actively building ventures — from a 30-property short-term rental portfolio to a DTC apparel company doing $1M ARR. He doesn't just analyze markets. He enters them.

30+

STR Properties

ARR Apparel Co.

25+

Sites @ Lyft

10+

Years in GIS

Experience

2021–Now

Lecturer

University of Arizona

Teaching Entrepreneurship 485, Social Entrepreneurship, Healthcare Entrepreneurship, and Sports Analytics to graduating seniors. Running the iVenture internship program. Students pitch real ventures as capstone.

Active

2022–Now

Partner

Central Barrio Development

Leading real estate strategy and tech-focused acquisitions. Managing a portfolio of 30 short-term rentals under the Panoply brand. Running financial and operational systems for the company.

Active

2018–Now

Strategy Manager, Real Estate

Lyft

Mapping internal and external data to drive national real estate strategy. Working across architecture, design, and construction for 25 sites. Economic forecasting, lease analysis, and market-level modeling.

Contract / Remote

2022–2023

Tech Core Internship Coordinator

University of Arizona

Led data science pillar. Managed 30 interns across 8 projects spanning sports analytics, political psychographics, real estate technology, and other data science initiatives.

Completed

2020–2021

Senior Finance Systems Analyst

Community Health Systems

Financial reporting and analytics for 9 regional hospitals. Built dashboards in Excel and Google Drive for productivity and staffing efficiency. SQL databases for healthcare data.

Completed

2016–2018

Owner

Belos Geospatial Consulting

Provided enterprise-grade geospatial analysis to mid and small businesses. Psychographic segmentation, clustering, time-series forecasting, trade area analysis. Python, SQL, R, Tableau, ESRI.

Completed

Skills

Geospatial

Esri ArcGIS & ArcGIS Online
Web mapping applications
Trade area & drive-time analysis
Zoning & compliance mapping
Retail gravity models

Data Science

Python · SQL · R
Tableau · Excel · Access
Clustering & segmentation
Time-series forecasting
Psychographic profiling

Strategy

Market entry & expansion
Real estate site selection
Financial modeling
Lease & feasibility analysis
Cross-functional ops

Entrepreneurship

Venture building & launch
STR portfolio management
DTC brand operations
Startup curriculum design
SEO · SEM · Paid Social

Ventures

Real Estate · Active

Panoply

A branded short-term rental portfolio of 30 properties operating under Central Barrio Development. Tech-focused acquisition strategy targeting off-market properties in the Tucson market.

30 properties under management

Apparel · Active

DTC Brand

Owner and operator of a direct-to-consumer apparel company with three physical locations and a team of 20 employees. Built from zero to $1M ARR.

$1M ARR · 3 locations · 20 staff

Consulting · Alumni

Belos Geospatial

Boutique geospatial consulting firm providing enterprise-level GIS tools to mid-market and small businesses. Clients in automotive, retail, real estate, and municipal sectors.

2016 — 2018