Page 19 - 2022 NYSAPLS Conference Journal

aphies
er Biogr
Speaker Biographies
Speak

Jeffrey Hatzel between accuracy and precision, and to Daniel J. Martin
Jeff Hatzel is Product Manager at Blue establish programs to obtain both Dan Martin has worked for the National
Marble Geographics. He helps to consistently and repeatably. A former Geodetic Survey since 2003, and has
manage the planning, research and Army Officer, Ben spent 12 years as a been the Northeast Regional Geodetic
development associated with the Topographic Engineer, Public Health Advisor since 2015. As the Regional
creation of new products and features Engineer, and Special Operations Team Advisor, he instructs local surveyors,
across Blue Marble’s product offerings. Leader before returning to the private state and municipal agencies, and the
Jeff also provides training and technical sector. He is a graduate of the Defense geospatial community at large, on how
support to customers while also leading Mapping School, the Combined Arms to use and preserve the National Spatial
technical demo. Prior to joining Blue Services Staff School, and the JFK Reference System, and provides a
Marble, Hatzel earned his MS in GIS at Special Ware Center and School and he liaison between the National Geodetic
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completed a tour in Afghanistan in 2002. Survey and the States of ME, NH, VT,
where he still teaches GIS courses as Ben is a certified Project Management MA, CT, RI, NY and NJ, as well as other
part of an online master’s program. In Professional and a certified GIS federal agencies. He worked in the
addition to experience teaching at the Professional with a BS in Geological Route Survey and Geodetic Survey
university level, Jeff has a background Engineering from the Colorado School sections of the Vermont Agency of
studying GIS theory, along with utilizing of Mines, and an MS in Hydrogeology Transportation from 1988 through 2003,
GIS applications across a variety of from NC State University. and held the position of Geodetic
real-world settings. Program Supervisor for the Agency from
Gary R. Kent, PS 1999 through 2003. Dan is Past
Benjamin H. Houston, Gary Kent is in his 38th year with The President and Fellow Member of the
PE, PMP, GISP Schneider Corporation in Indianapolis – American Association for Geodetic
Ben Houston has over 25 years of having transitioned to part-time status Surveying (AAGS), an Honorary
experience with mapping technologies this year – and, also provides training, Member of the Vermont Society of Land
ranging from military applications to consulting and expert witness services Surveyors and a member of the New
environmental conservation and public as manager of Meridian Land Consulting, Hampshire Land Surveyors Association.
works. A licensed Professional Engineer LLC. He has served on the Indiana State
in New York, Ben has a broad Board of Registration for Professional Lemuel Morrison, LS
background in public health engineering, Surveyors since 2004 and is a past- Lemuel Morrison has 30 years of
utilities infrastructure, and storm water president of both ACSM and the Indiana experience in surveying and is currently
management. He has worked as both Society of Professional Land Surveyors. a consultant based in NYC. He is a
an engineer and a GIS analyst in Gary has presented programs on licensed land surveyor in NY and 8
for-profit and non-profit consulting boundary law, easement and rights of other states. He holds a BS in Land
companies, and with various local way, surveying standards and practice, Surveying from the Ohio State
government agencies including County and leadership in all 50 states. University and an MBA from the Zicklin
Departments of Planning, Public Works, School of Business at Baruch College.
and Public Health. His focus the past 15 Brian F. Magee, LS Lem is also an adjunct assistant
years has been using airborne LiDAR Brian F. Magee worked with small and professor at the NYC College of
data for topographic mapping and mid-sized firms and became licensed in Technology (CUNY) in the Department
raster-based terrain analysis. Since 1984. He joined the State Department of of Construction Management and Civil
2015, he has been working with small Transportation as a Land Surveyor in Engineering. He teaches land
drones to enhance their value as a tool 1994. He was appointed as a Senior surveying, boundary surveying and 3D
for surveying and mapping. He was Land Surveyor in 1997 in Region 1, scanning. He currently resides in
recently an adjunct professor of GIS at which covers 8 counties in Eastern NY. Manhattan with his wife and daughter.
the Bard Center for Environmental Brian is responsible for coordination and
Policy and co-founder of Spatial preparation of survey and mapping for
Analytix, a drone-based mapping design of highway and bridge projects.
startup. His primary role at Spatial
Analytix and as the leader of
GroundPoint Engineering, is to help
clients understand the difference 19