Defining Boundaries with Peta Cox
By Peta Cox
Defining Boundaries with Peta CoxJan 12, 2021
Georgia Rooney, Registered Surveyor at LTS
Meet Georgia!!!
How often do you get to hear the stories of a young, professional, female registered surveyors?
Georgia is the typical, fun loving outdoorsy, adventuring Surveyor. Georgia is a Registered Surveyor at Land Titling Solutions also known as LTS. Born and bred in Nelson, New Zealand, completing her degree at Otago University before moving to Australia and pursuing her registration. Georgia is the 2022 recipient of the Young Surveyor of the Year award at the Excellence in Surveying & Spatial Information Awards (EISSI). We covered all things surveying, registration and championing females in surveying. Tune in for a great chat by Sydney harbour over Lunch.
You can find Georgia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-rooney-386a45193/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geeeoorgia/ You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com @definingboundaries: https://www.instagram.com/definingboundaries/?hl=en @surveygeekgirl: https://www.instagram.com/surveygeekgirl/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/ Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Jason Halttunen, Survey Technologist - 3D Geomatics
Alison Watson MBE, Founder and Chief Executive at Class Of Your Own Limited
Alison is an inspiration!!
I'm so glad I had the privilege to chat with her.
You can find Ali on LinkedIn
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Laren Collen, Surveying Industry Lead (Australia & New Zealand) at Hexagon Geosystems
Jemma Picco, Registered Cadastral Surveyor (Land Surveyor), Principal Surveyor, Department of Resources
Listen in to our Sunday night LIVE interview from Cairns.
I got to sit down and have an impromptu chat with Jemma Picco, Registered Cadastral Surveyor (Land Surveyor) and her role as the Principal Surveyor at the Department of Resources in Queensland. Amongst all things surveying we also discussed the importance of mentoring formal or informal and being in the position of role model for younger surveyors. We talked about finding old trees and survey marks from surveys in the far north of Australia to managing a team of surveyors.
Growing up in Brisbane, attending an all girls school where her careers advisor handed her a book and said look in this section to find you career... From there Jemma attended Queensland University of Technology completing a double degree.
John Zafiropoulos, Senior Surveyor at RPS
Brett Dascombe, Senior High School Geography Teacher and Project Manager, Wavell State High School
Recorded late last year....I spoke to Brett who is a Senior High School Geography Teacher and project manager at Wavell State High School just north of Brisbane, who specialises in using geospatial technologies in the classroom. Listen in to this amazing Teacher about how he shares his passion for GIS with his students. Brett hails from Kingaroy, Queensland and grew up in Kumbia. Growing up, Brett wanted to be a Cowboy but then though HPE Teacher would be a better option. He has been in education for 21 years and holds a BA (Geography/Literature) & BEd (Secondary Education). He has won two prestigious awards, in 2021the QCT TeachX Innovation Award and this year the EQ Showcase Met Regional Teacher of the Year. In his spare time Brett enjoys Golf and GIS.
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Ryan Barry, Surveyor, Pacific Surveys
Young Surveyor, Ryan hails from South Africa. He is a Surveyor who has travelled to Australia with his wife who was 31 weeks pregnant. Coming from nothing & not being able to pay for university, he had a two year gap before going from his dream of Architecture in High School to enrolling in Cartography. After enrolment, Ryan decided to covert his studies to Surveying. We discuss how companies are not investing in the future generations. The education system in South Africa and the similarities and differences between the countries. The Power of LinkedIn where he got spotted by a recruiter while working with the company he was employed by until he decided to make the move to Australia on a 457, 2 yr work visa working in regional Australia. With a few false starts he and his pregnant wife took the plunge to move to Port Macquarie working on the W2B Project (Pacific Highway upgrade for 1 yr) in Yamba before moving and settling in Bathurst NSW. He is the father of 2 young boys, both born in Australia and where he & his his beautiful wife now call Australia home, while still maintaining their African roots and contacts with friends and family back home in South Africa.
“Survey is spelt C-H-E-C-K”
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Mark Billsborough, Managing Director & Surveyor, Bennett & Bennett
Mark Billsborough is a cadastral endorsed Registered Surveyor and the Managing director of the company Bennett & Bennett in Queensland. He was born in Brisbane and grew up in Goondiwindi. As a kid Mark wanted to be a doctor but completed his first surveying task in grade 12, where he did Tech Drawing that required him to do a detail survey for an assignment using a plane table. Prior to kids Mark was into Triathlons and adventure racing. We discuss life as a surveyor, The Surveyors Trust, Surveyors Academy Surveying Careers and all things Surveying. From Metaverse to Mosquitos.. we covered it all!!!
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Music by Paul Greene
Patty Boothe, Senior Vice President, Civil Infrastructure Solutions at Trimble
Newly appointed Senior Vice President, Civil Infrastructure Solutions at Trimble, Patricia Boothe, also known as Patty has spent the last 22+ years with Trimble. She was most recently the senior vice president of Trimble Autonomy. Patty fosters an environment of "customer comes first" and is focused on the performance of the division and her team. Her leadership style is influenced by her breadth of experience across industries. Since joining Trimble in 2000, Patty has held leadership roles in operations, marketing and currently business management. Prior to joining Trimble, she held marketing and sales roles in semiconductor distribution, contract manufacturing and OEM software. Patty holds a bachelor of science in business administration with a concentration in marketing from San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.
You can find Patty on LinkedIn
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Stephanie Michaud, Strategic Marketing Manager at Trimble
Stephanie Michaud is Strategic Marketing Manager at Trimble, responsible for strategic marketing activities within the Geospatial field solutions portfolio, spanning GIS, Survey and Emerging Markets. Stephanie is my second Canadian growing up in British Columbia, while spending some time as a teen living in Ecuador to gain travel and life experience with her parent who were science teachers. She loved Math & science and wanted to do the hardest thing she could do, wanting to be an aerospace engineering. Stephanie attended the University of Calgary, and joined the Trimble Rotation Program. She is a global mentor, building relationships across business, academia and geographies for Trimble. Stephanie regularly provides job shadowing, resume writing and interview prep for Girls with Impact in Denver, the Trimble Women’s Network, and Canadian-based Cybermentor/Mentorlink platforms. Internationally, she was named one of Geospatial World’s 50 Rising Stars in 2022 and an inspiring Young Surveyor by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), and has regularly presented and served as a panelist at the World Bank and FIG conferences.
You can find Stephanie on LinkedIN
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Riley Smith, Marketing Director, Monitoring and Tunneling at Trimble
Riley is my first Canadian on the podcast and he is the Marketing Director of Monitoring and Tunneling at Trimble. He has been with Trimble since 2016 as a Product Manager intern.
Riley believes this episode will bring him Stardom, I hope it does lol!
Riley took the Technical route of surveying by completing his Geomatic Engineering Technology Certificate (Trade School) in Canada. He is a self-proclaimed "Geomatics Nerd", who is dedicated to promoting the geomatics industry through involvement in several organizations such as the FIG Young Surveyors and GoGeomatics Canada.
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Jason Evans, Portfolio Manager at Trimble
Jason Evans, Portfolio Manager, Trimble Positioning Services and New York State registered and licensed land surveyor. His first career was in paramedicine which led him to contract work with the defence. His second career lead him to Surveying, beginning his career at the SUNY-ESF Ranger School in Wanakena, N.Y., completing his Associate Degree in Applied Science before working all over New York State. Finally completing the paperwork in 2020 to be Licenced. Jason has been working with Trimble for the last four years, where he manages Trimble's real-time GNSS Corrections portfolio of products, working with the internal systems and processes working with a multiple teams within the company whilst also working with their external customers. In his free time, Jason enjoys writing thought leadership pieces to challenge the workflows of everyday processes.
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Boris Skopljak, Vice President, Surveying & Mapping Strategy and Product Marketing at TRIMBLE
Known as the Brazilian Soccer player in Trimble, Boris (Skopljak) is the Vice President, Surveying & Mapping Strategy and Product Marketing, Boris has a surveying background originating from Croatia, in the survey engineering field and is dedicated to making a positive impact. Boris has such passion for our industry and the technology I didn’t want to stop talking to him about his adventures and passion. I hope you enjoy this chat.
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Brett Casson, Senior Principal Major Projects, Autodesk Australia
Sliding doors and two seconds of separation lay between my guest this week and myself.
Digital Data was deeply discussed in this episode. My guest, Brett Casson, who is the Senior Principal Major Projects, Autodesk Australia was born in Tamworth, before moving to Jervis Bay, actually Huskisson... (YES MY HOME TOWN, well right next door!!!) before completing his HSC at Shoalhaven High (YES MY HIGH SCHOOL, we would have even caught the school bus together...) began his career in Canberra in 1993 while completing his Associate Diploma of Surveying at Canberra Institute of Technology. Working in Canberra before moving to the big smoke (Sydney) to gain more experience in the surveying industry.
We talk about where his career took him traveling across the world and meet some very interesting people and projects. About lifelong learning, helping people and what it’s like working with companies to help streamline and embed Autodesk products into the business. The importance of Cloud based storage. Working globally managing time zones, accents, and how we harness the data and manage the assets.
Data sharing, Data storage, Custodians, Digital efficiencies, and reform were discussed along with a Co-ordination approach of all agencies for procurement methodologies for information standards.
He love to spend quality down time with his wife & two girls as well as playing golf and riding his ummm nice bikes!
And I want to know do robots dream of electric sheep? Have you ever read that book???
This episode proudly supported by E1 Pool Certifiers https://www.e1poolcertifier.com/
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Phil Fedor, Project Manager - Survey | BOWMAN
Today I speak to Phil Fedor. Phil is a Survey Project Manager at Bowman and Registered Land surveyor in Arizona and Certified Survey Technician through the National Society of Professional Surveyors. Born in Syracuse, N. He is now based in Phoenix Arizona with his two girls, lovely wife and beautiful horses. Growing up, Phil wanted to be a cowboy before moving onto a Rockstar as a teen. He began his career back in New York 31 years ago. He has a love for all things horses and calls himself a horseman, and outdoorsman, who enjoys camping, fishing, & hiking. He states that he used to hike a lot until land surveying wore me down. A giving and kind charity man, Phil spends a lot of his time helping various charities as a volunteer. He is a member of the Queen Creek mounted Posse, which is a non-profit, all volunteer search & rescue unit under the supervision of the Pinal County Sheriff. I am also a member of the Friends of Horseshoe Park, a non-profit which promotes and manages the Queen Creek Rodeo called Roots 'n' Boots. Lastly, I am a rider in an annual Pony Express re-enactment which raises money for a therapeutic riding centre in Phoenix, called Horses Help. We completed that event on July 1 2022.
This episode proudly supported by Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nysrs_91/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.fedor.1
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Tim Laidler, Director of Locate & Map
In my very first face to face interview... shall I say I was very nervous!!
I wasn’t sure if this conversation was going to be had, with the rival of Holden & Ford… But we’re grown adults & put our personal beliefs aside lol.
Tim is the Director of Locate & Map in Sydney specialising in Subsurface Utility mapping . Tim is a second gen surveyor and growing up he always wanted to be a surveyor by taking after his dad, although he did spend some time as directional driller. He has been in the industry for 15 years beginning his career with Lean Lackenby and Hayward & RMS.
Tim and his Team just celebrated 7 years of business, very exciting!!!
We discussed the importance of culture within the business, the average age of his team, at 35 he is OLD, and the importance of inclusiveness and responsibility within the company. Data sharing in the locating industry, Implementation of 3d drain scanning, point cloud data, awareness of emerging technology, coding, mental health, kids, cars, podcasts & more cars. Dave & Adam from Surv3D were mentioned as was Paul & Geoff from Locators, Gordon Bell & Grant Kilpatrick (RIP), Two legends of the Surveying Industry.
With a lot of laughs along the way.
Tim and his team are proud supporters of the Rural Fire Service. If you can help or support them every little bit helps. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/
This episode proudly supported by Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
I'll leave you with these words from Peter Pan: Don't grow up, it's a TRAP!!!
Check out :
Locate & Map ~ https://locateandmap.com.au/
Picnik Media ~ https://www.instagram.com/picnik_media/
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Taylor Handschuh, The Map Lady
This week I speak to Taylor Handschuh. Known as The Map Lady, Tay comes from New Jersey, just outside of New York. She is not a surveyor but loves all things spatial, data and technology. Tay is the Founder & Director of Geospatial Technology Implementations. She holds a Bachelor and Masters and was awarded Summa Cum Laude and won an award for her AGIC (Arizona Geographic Information Council) student presentation. She began her career Informally making maps for art and problem solving, and her first client was habitat for humanity. Her aim is to work with Geospatial Technology Enablement for every sector! Tay specialises in using Mobile LiDAR systems and GPS denied environments. Growing up Tay wanted to be an Astronaut, Piercing Artist and an Urban Planner.
Her hobbies lie around Gems and Minerals! Collecting them, going to gem shows, digging for gems or rockhounding, exploring old places and telling stories in 3D.
You can find Taylor
Website: https://www.maplady.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_map_lady/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMapLady1?s=20&t=oTBGeEwfpk21ZxCvhreiXg
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Graham Wirth, Product Manager at 12d Solutions Pty Ltd
Lieven Beuckx, Surveyor and Landscanspacialist at LSBbvba
Lieven is a surveyor from Belgium who runs his own business and specialises in land, construction and scanning. Born in Geel in Belgium and growing up in Tessenderlo, Lieven wanted to be a Lego designer. Although as you may have guessed it, Lieven is a luntmeter also known as surveyor, he is also a CEO, CFO, head of it, and rod man at LSBbvba. Man of all trades you could say. He began his career at a surveying firm in Brussels. He spends his work days completing scanning & surveying on mostly construction and in his spare time he enjoys life with his young family, cycling and skiing. We discuss how they survey in Belgium, technology and food. The Geoholics may have been mentioned as well & not by me!! As the Geospatial Marketer that's how we met.
You can find Lieven here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lsbbvba/
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Shortfalls in the Surveying Industry with Elaine Ball, Kellie Dean & Kellie Hassab.
A catch up with influential women within our industry discussing how we can move forward & make change, one small step at a time. Education, unconscious bias, diversity, inclusion and how we can all work together to better our industry.
Supporting Links below:
Creating effective workplaces where all people can thrive:
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Women+ in Geospatial:
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Andrew Conolly, Graduate Surveyor at Conolly Surveying
Darren Booth, Registered Surveyor, Director at Hopkins Consultants & President of the Country Surveyors Association
Darren Booth is a registered land surveyor and director at Hopkins Consultants. Also the President of the Country Surveyors Association. He has been in the industry for over 30 years. Hailing from the mid north coast of NSW, Darren grew up in Port Macquarie. He attended Newcastle University & began his career during Uni days working in Port Macquarie. Spending 10 years at Lithgow before returning to Port Macquarie.
He is an over achiever with way too many awards to list all of them but just to name a few:
Neil Ryan Memorial Prize - Outstanding Achievement in an Urban Survey - BoSSI Assessments - 2006
Winner - EISSI Cadastral Surveying Category - 2009
Sir Thomas Ewing Award - North Coast Professional Surveyor of the Year - 2011,
EISSI NSW Professional of the Year - 2011,
Winner - Excellence in Business - Hopkins Consultants - Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce - 2012.
He is also part of the examination board for BOSSI Competency Assessments in Registration.
With an obsession in building model trucks, Darren also enjoys kicking back to some tunes, Participation in Professional activities, random history and "fun facts" and like me a little bit of landscape photography.
You can find Darren on LinkedIn.
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Peta Cox, National Training & Development Manager at Consulting Surveyors National
Thomas Casey, Registered Surveyor & Director, Casey Surveying and Design
Thomas Hebert, Founder & Director Earth Sciences Foundation Inc
Michael Hatton, Director at TSS - Total Surveying Solutions
Michael Hatton, also known as Mick was born in Northern Territories Tennant Creek, he has spent his years traveling Australia & the world. From Darwin, to Wagga, England, Perth, & Sydney to name a few. When his soccer career died, he turned to surveying and has been in the Surveying Industry for 26 years while for the past nearly 18 years he has been the Director of TSS - Total Survey Solutions a 100% Indigenous owned company. He is a Board member of the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce, has won the Indigenous Biz of the Year award and is a great advocate for the indigenous community With a love for the land, growing up he wanted to be a farmer. During his down time mick enjoys the simple things like spending quality time with his kids, traveling & AFL.
Tracy El-Asmar, Survey Operations Manager - Vic Intrax Consulting Group
Elaine Ball, Geospatial Marketer, Elaine Ball Ltd
This one has been a long time in organizing due to the busy nature of my friend the one & only Geospatial Marketer, Elaine Ball. She is a hard woman to hold down for more than 5 min. Born in the cathedral city of Wakefield known for its Corn, coal & textiles, Elaine spent time growing up in Scotland & Singapore. Known best for her marketing & get kids into survey initiatives, Elaine has carved a niche within the Geospatial Industry.. With a Surveyor dad, who was a hydrographic & mining surveyor come inventor, he introduced the Ball family to the world of surveying, scanning & a life of overachieving.. With a background in manufacturing of laser survey equipment sold to multiple industries including; Mining, Quarry, Oil & Gas, Aviation, Transportation, Forestry and Surveying. You name it; she markets it. Elaine is the creator and visionary of Elaine Ball Ltd, a global business and marketing evangelist for the Geospatial Industry. Her aim is to raise the standards within the Geospatial Industry Globally by giving surveyors through to manufacturers a dedicated resource for business, sales, marketing and strategic communications while encouraging and exciting the next generation of surveyors. An animal lover, she wanted to be a horse rider growing up. Not quite where she is now, but on her little farm she has sheep, chickens & dogs while the horses are not too far from her.. Besides farm life, Elaine loves a good challenge competing in triathlons… so take from me she is completely crazy.. probably while we get along so well.. In her own words, She is one part marketer, one part biz development, one part strategic thinker & one part superhero.. You can find Elaine on: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaineballgeo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geospatialmarketer/ Website: https://www.elaineball.co.uk/ You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox @definingboundaries https://www.instagram.com/definingboundaries/?hl=en @surveygeekgirl https://www.instagram.com/surveygeekgirl/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox Music by Paul Greene https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/ Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Kaja Svendsen, Offshore Surveyor, iSurvey
Jane Cooke, Technical Support GPS Specialist at CR Kennedy Company Ltd
Dr Jane Cooke hails from Tonbridge, Kent, a small town approximately an hours drive south East of London England, but now lives in Victoria Australia where she is the National Technical support and training manager for the geospatial division at CR Kennedy. She wanted to be a town planner, but began her career in the geospatial industry by completing her degree in Environmental Science and working in various voluntary positions surveying volcanoes around the world, This led to a PhD in Volcanology & post doctorate in geological hazard monitoring. She has since worked for Lecia Geosystems in the UK before moving to Australia to work with CR Kennedy. Jane is an avid reader and enjoys time outdoors camping & as she puts it, walking long distances. With a unique perspective on the differences between Aussie & English Surveyors & losing the battle on Scale factors…. A great listen to how Surveying & Spatial is used in the monitoring of Landslides & Volcanoes. You can find Jane on: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-cooke-197442/ You can contact me at: www.petacox.com Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox @definingboundaries @surveygeekgirl www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox Music by Paul Greene https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/ Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Braydon "CharlieB" Smith, Surveyor, Vision Surveys QLD
Braydon Smith, who is also known to his mates as CharlieB, is a Surveyor by mentoring & experience, who has over 10 years of experience in the industry. He is a Queensland boy, born & bred who loves the outdoors. He is a country boy at heart who enjoys his time away from the city near the ocean or the trees. He is currently working at Vision Surveys completing all types of surveys from details to setouts to FIFO (Fly In, Fly Out) work in the country towns. Braydon began his working life completing an apprenticeship as a fabricator. By chance, he scored a job as a field hand through a family member, not really knowing much about surveying at all. Since then he hasn't looked back. With some great stories from his early years of old survey marks, great surveyors to the snakes, spiders & wild dogs. You'll enjoy this chat with my Mate CB.
You can find Charlie on:
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/braydon-smith-a37647b4/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/that_aussie_surveyor/
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Music by Paul Greene https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Luke Woodyard, Party Chief & Scanning Specialist at QK4
Kent Groh, Geoholics Host & Geomatics/Survey Manager at ALTA SOUTHWEST
So the tables have turned & I have one third of the Geoholic’s joining me today. Friend of mine, Mr Kent Groh. One of the most passionate surveyors I know, Podcaster extraordinaire & all round advocate for anything & everything surveying…for those that don’t know Kent, he is a Licenced surveyor, who holds a degree in Architecture and is the Geomatics/Survey Manager at ALTA SOUTHWEST in Phoenix, Arizona… and Host of The Geoholics Podcast. Ken has over 30 years of experience in the industry, starting his career in Chicago after attending Southern Illinois University. He is an advocate for surveying worldwide & is creating a legacy by investing back into the industry for future surveyors and the future of surveying for years to come. He hasn’t won any awards but states “he is rewarded every time he helps someone out...so hopefully tons of them!!” In his down time he enjoys golf, whiskey, beer, food, sleeping, curling and sports betting.
You can find Kent on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-groh-a3363954/ The Geoholics Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13760884/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thegeoholics Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegeoholics/ You can contact me at; www.petacox.com Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox @definingboundaries @surveygeekgirl www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
Richard Cullen, Director & Senior Hydrographic Survey Consultant at Hydrographic and Cadastral Survey
Claire Buxton, Party Chief & Project Manager for Underhill Geomatics Ltd
Claire began her career in in Surveying in Westport, New Zealand. She has been working in the industry for 9 years. A tomboy at heart, Claire toyed with the idea of being a builder, a farmer or more seriously joining the Air Force. She was a finalist in the NZ Spatial Excellence Awards 2018 for Women's Leadership & won the Young Professional and People's Choice award & also the Survey and Spatial NZ Bogle Young Surveyor 2016. Claire is part of the Volunteer Community Surveyor Program which is run by the FIG Young Surveyors Network, where they are working to connect young surveyors to volunteer their time and skills to humanitarian causes such as land rights and environmental impacts. We take about Diversity, Mentoring, Land issues, Imposter syndrome and much more.
You can find Claire at;
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-buxton-088a8285
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clbuxton/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lil_bucko/
For all things FIG got to;
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1957180/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FigYoungSurveyorsNetwork/
Instagram: https://fig.net/vcsp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fig_young
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Michael Lamont - Part 2, Registered Surveyor, Retired past owner of award winning RESOURCE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT
Turning right instead of left was the critical point in Michaels surveying career. Michael is a now retired Registered Surveyor and Town Planner with a wealth of experience gained as a private consultant practicing throughout New South Wales, particularly the North Coast region, for over 40 years. He has considerable experience in the land development process, taking many projects from concept design through to completion. From early on Michael knew that he was going to be a manager & run his own company. That company, RESOURCE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT just won an award for the Small Consultancy Category at the Surveying Consultancy Excellence Awards 2021 for Consulting Surveyors National. He is passionate about his work and encourages everyone to continually strive for excellence in their work. Michael is currently a Board Member of the Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW and the NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information. Previously he has been a Director of the Institution of Surveyors NSW, Chairman of the North Coast Group of the Institution and Chairman of the North Coast Chapter of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). He is a guest town planning examiner with the NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information and has also been heavily involved in the training and education of surveying candidates aspiring to achieve registration with the Board. We finish up with chatting about life You can contact me at www.petacox.com Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox @definingboundaries @surveygeekgirl www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
Michael Lamont - Part 1, Registered Surveyor, Retired past owner of award winning RESOURCE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT
Turning right instead of left was the critical point in Michaels surveying career.
Michael is a now retired Registered Surveyor and Town Planner with a wealth of experience gained as a private consultant practising throughout New South Wales, particularly the North Coast region, for over 40 years. He has considerable experience in the land development process, taking many projects from concept design through to completion. From early on Michael knew that he was going to be a manager & run his own company. That company, RESOURCE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT just won an award for the Small Consultancy Category at the Surveying Consultancy Excellence Awards 2021 for Consulting Surveyors National.
He is passionate about his work and encourages everyone to continually strive for excellence in their work.
Michael is currently a Board Member of the Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW and the NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information. Previously he has been a Director of the Institution of Surveyors NSW, Chairman of the North Coast Group of the Institution and Chairman of the North Coast Chapter of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). He is a guest town planning examiner with the NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information and has also been heavily involved in the training and education of surveying candidates aspiring to achieve registration with the Board.
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Bruce Baker, Chief Technical Officer & Director at IntelliSpatial & Land Surveys
Kellie Hassab, Registered Planner & Director & NSW Manager, Beverage Williams
The daughter of teachers, Kellie spent her first few years at West Wylong before moving to the central coast where she made her home. Her aspirations growing up and how she began her studies at Newcastle University was in the Education Faculty studying to be a high school teacher. In a chance meeting with John Fryer on the football field, Kellie's career had a massive 90 degree turn into surveying. With 26 years of Industry experience, Keliie has had a focus on Land development. She was a co owner of Trehy Ingold Neate before a merger with Beverage Williams where she is now the NSW Manager. You can find Kellie on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellie-hassab-51196651/ https://beveridgewilliams.com.au/ Podcast Support Defining Boundaries: https://www.patreon.com/PetaCox @definingboundaries @surveygeekgirl www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
Timothy Burch, Director of Survey for SPACECO, Inc & President Elect NSPS
Timothy Burch is a surveyor from the Chicago area. He is the Director of Survey for SPACECO, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois. With over 30 years’ experience, he has been a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Illinois since 1997. A second-generation surveyor, he is the son of a military man, where they traveled throughout the country before returning to their home state. His father, a member of the air force, chose to work as a draftsman in a survey firm once retiring from service. This then led to a position working in the field as a surveyor. His fathers choice of career ultimately led Tim to his career in Surveying. Work experience with his father was Tim’s first interactions with the industry he is now so passionate about. His first career choice was architecture, for the love of structures, but soon decided Surveying was for him. Tim is now a prominent member within the Surveying Industry. He is the President Elect for the National Society of Professional Surveyors, host of the NSPS Podcast & a passionate advocate of the industry, education & new technology. His love of the profession has kept him active and involved at state, national, and international level. Educating the future is a priority & he states ”Bottom line we have to do anything to promote the industry”! Enjoy this Episode with Tim. You can find Tim on:
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/timburch_pls/ https://www.instagram.com/nsps.us/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/timothy.burch.771
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyburchpls/
NSPS website - President Elect https://www.nsps.us.com/?
NSPS Podcast https://www.nsps.us.com/page/
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A look back over the last year
Defining Boundaries has reached its 1 year celebrations starting next week. Here is my look back over the year that was. A mashup of all the chats so far. Next week stay tuned for Timothy Burch.
Guests this year include:
Rodney Olson https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-olsen/
Narelle Underwood https://www.linkedin.com/in/narelleunderwood/
Brian Hammonds https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-hammonds-8a029932/
Laetitia Reboux https://www.linkedin.com/in/laetitia-reboux-msc-gcinstces-30467183/
Dave Iping https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-iping-b1254475/
Kellie Dean https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellie-dean-785158a1/
Craig Sandy https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-sandy-ls-maicd-6432716/
Michelle Blicavs https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleblicavs/
Mark Scanlon https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-scanlon-42596526/
Matthew Stansberry https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-r-stansberry-abb8375/
Dylan Frank https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-frank-5589a771/
John Minehan https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-minehan-b21bb149/
James Sprott https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-sprott-2562168a/
Paul Rowlandson https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-rowlandson-10012819/
Paul Burrows https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsimonburrows/
Paul Le Mottee https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-le-mottee-2841a665/
Armen Dervisevic https://www.linkedin.com/in/armendervisevic/
Craig Roberts https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-roberts-58706b11/
Belinda Willis https://www.linkedin.com/in/belinda-willis-06a55a3b/
Evan Akar https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-a-65317525/
Tony Crossett https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-crossett-8a338660/
Greg Goodman https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryalangoodman/
Mitchel Hanlon https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchel-hanlon-b7808727/
Glenn Campbell https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-campbell-4b9b2153/
Bob Harrison https://www.linkedin.com/company/harrison-friedmann-&-associates-pty/about/
Bob Harrison OAM, Registered Surveyor & Director Harrison Friedmann & Associates
Dr Glenn Campbell, Part 2, Discipline leader & Lecturer at University of Southern Queensland
Dr Glenn Campbell, Part 1, Discipline leader & Lecturer at University of Southern Queensland
Mitchel Hanlon, Part 2, Managing Director at Hanlons Consulting
Mitchel Hanlon, Part 1, Managing Director at Hanlons Consulting
Greg Goodman, Part 2, Managing Director at LandTeam
Greg Goodman, Part 1, Managing Director at LandTeam
