Thaddeus Grantz serves as the Northwest PTAC Counselor where he covers 14 counties in Northwest Indiana, assisting business with the procurement process. Prior to joining PTAC, Thaddeus was a geospatial analyst in St Louis supporting contracts for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Army. After living out of state for a few years he decided it was time to come home and support the state that shaped much of his life. Thaddeus received bachelor's degrees in Economics and Geography from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in 2019.