About us
What Is ISEA?
The Institute for Spatial Economic Analysis or ISEA (pronounced: ”I see”) analyzes the spatial / geographic distribution of economic activity at the local and hyper- local level, such as zip codes, all the way down to square-miles.
Who Benefits from ISEA Services?
Elected officials, economic development officers, city managers, industry groups and their leaders all the way down to small business owners — everyone who can benefit from localized economic information. We disseminate this information also through local newspapers that can also customize our reports to their geographic coverage area.
Spatial Expertise
Meet our experts
Expert consultants driving our innovation
Johannes Moenius
Chief Executive Officer
Johannes Moenius founded ISEA in 2011 and has lead the institute ever since. He brings more than 30 years of economics and business and consulting experience to the table.
Johannes bridges real life business and academia as he teaches global business at the University of Redlands. He holds the William R. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair of Spatial Economic Analysis and Regional Planning.
Previously, he taught at the Kellogg School of Management and was a visiting scholar at Tokyo University. He studied Management Science at Bamberg University and Economics at the Technical University in Dresden, Queen’s University, Canada and UCSD, where he received his Ph.D.
He is a regular contributor to the media, such as LA Times, NPR, and PBS. He has presented his work in more than 150 talks at universities, conferences, and government institutions.
Min-Joon Yoo
Senior Data and Visualization Engineer
Min-Joon Yoo received B.S. in Information & Computer Engineering and Mathematics (double majors) from Ajou University, South Korea, in 2004, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yonsei University, South Korea, in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Yoo had been a research fellow of the Institute of Culture Technology, Yonsei University in 2011-2014, and a visiting researcher at Steinhardt, New York University in 2014-2019.
Michael Park
Chief Financial Officer
Michael Park joined ISEAPublish in the summer of 2025 bringing four years of experience managing finances at two restaurants in the Loma Linda area to the proverbial table. Specializing in financial analysis and management, he has a joint appointment as the acting CFO for SAVEDCulture, an emerging clothing brand. His interests span data science and project development, and he pioneered a restaurant payroll tracking program named ShiftMint to facilitate simpler payroll compliance for small businesses.