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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Margaret McMenamin, PE, CFM Scott R. Reeser, PLS Harry Schultz, LS
Margaret McMenamin is a Professional Engineer Scott R. Reeser, PLS, has over 30 years of Harry Schultz is the Vice President of Waypoint
with over ten years of experience in the experience in surveying and design. Mr. Reeser Technology Group where he has worked for the
environmental consulting and water resources is a graduate of the Penn State University past thirteen years. He is a licensed Professional
industry. Since joining Wetland Studies and Surveying Program, where he earned an Land Surveyor with over 24 years of experience
Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey Tree Company, early Associate Degree in Surveying Technology. He using Trimble technology for high-accuracy data
in 2013, she has been involved in stormwater has been a licensed Professional Land Surveyor collection. He is also certified by Trimble to provide
management, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, in Pennsylvania since 2008, and also holds professional training for all of their Geospatial
floodplain mapping, and stream stabilization and surveying licenses in NY (2012), WV (2013), hardware and software solutions. At Waypoint
restoration projects. Ms. McMenamin is also the CO (2014), DE (2019) and MD (2022). He is an Technology Group, Mr. Schultz leads the survey
WSSI CAD Manager, creating and managing CAD active member of the Pennsylvania Society of sales team while also providing customized
standards and practices company-wide, and assists Professional Land Surveyors, where he served training, support, and consultation services
with internal development and mentoring within
the engineering group. She has been teaching the on several committees. He previously served the to their customers. Harry received his AAS in
AutoCAD and Civil 3D courses through Civil Training, Society as President. Throughout his career he Land Surveying from Paul Smiths College in the
LLC since 2019. has worked for various engineering, surveying Adirondack mountains of NY. Prior to Waypoint
and civil consulting firms, gaining experience Technology Group, he worked for a large Survey/
Philip J. Meis, MS, PE in multiple facets of surveying, engineering and Engineering firm where he worked as a land
Phil has 27 years of utility engineering (UE) land use consulting. His diversified experience surveyor on projects all over the Northeastern
experience and co-founded UMS in 2022 to execute has allowed him to work on projects that serve portion of the United States.
UE as a rigorous discipline involving geophysical, different market sectors including the general
geodetic, and engineering expertise. UMS is actively public, state and local government, private James S. Thew, LS
supporting and executing UE nationwide, and is developers, public utilities and private utilities. Jim is a 1991 graduate of the University of Maine
pioneering 3D utility investigations, modeling, conflict Currently, Mr. Reeser, is the Director of Surveys (Orono) with a Bachelor of Science in Surveying
analytics, design, and data management practices. at Hunt Engineering Company, based in Malvern, Engineering. He obtained licensure in NYS as a
Phil is heavily involved with the development and PA. He has been a frequent presenter of varied Professional Land Surveyor in 1996. From 1997-
advancement of UE practices and standards at a topics at the annual Pennsylvania Society of 2005, Jim served as the Drilling Division Manager for
national level. Phil recently co-authored the July Professional Land Surveyors conference as well Atlantic Testing Laboratories. In 2006, he decided that
2020 NCHRP report An Impact and Value Analysis of as the New York Association of Professional Land he would focus on growing the surveying company,
Requiring Geospatial Locations for Utility Installation Surveyors annual conference. His expanding Thew Associates, PE-LS, PLLC. Jim is now a former
As-Builts. He regularly presents utility data acquisition list of presentation topics includes: writing legal Principal of Thew Associates, PE-LS, PLLC and
and risk management practices to audiences descriptions, communications in the workplace, continues to work in the profession. Jim also serves
nationwide in the US and Canada. Phil has been a survey registration law, survey math, professional as the chair of the NYSAPLS Ad Hoc DOT Relations
member of the ASCE Construction Institute for over ethics and historical subjects. Committee and as a member of the NYSAPLS Public
25 years, and the Utility Engineering and Surveying Relations Committee.
Institute since it was activated in 2017. He has Jesse Phillips
managed or directed over 1,200 utility engineering
projects across the nation, including several major Jesse Phillips is a Geospatial Technical Support Jeremy E. Thompson, LS
pipeline projects involving high pressure national Specialist at Waypoint Technology Group which Jeremy Thompson, LS is, and has been, a Licensed
gas transmission, liquid natural gas, and water is an authorized Trimble dealer serving NY, NJ, & Professional Land Surveying in New York since
transmission. Phil previously worked for the Federal all of New England since 1998. Mr. Phillips is a 2007. Jeremy worked in the private sector for 23
government as a NOAA Corps commissioned officer Paul Smiths graduate and before joining Waypoint, years, starting in the late 1990’s with the US Forest
assigned to the National Ocean Survey and National worked in the field as a Survey Party Chief for over Service in Petersburg, Alaska; then for a couple of
Geodetic Survey divisions. He later served as a 10 years. He has been using Trimble hardware & years with Atlantic Testing (eventually becoming
construction field engineer for Washington Corp. and software almost exclusively since 2009. In his spare Thew Associates) in Canton, New York; and for
was a principal engineer and project manager for time, he enjoys hiking, backpacking, and camping. the better part of 20 years with LaFave, White,
Harding ESE, a MACTEC Company, (later Wood), for & McGivern, L.S., P.C., (LWM) a medium-sized
projects including several interstate reconstructions Edwin W. Rhodes, III, LS surveying and mapping firm based in northern
and highway interchange and round-a-bout designs. Mr. Rhodes is a licensed Land Surveyor in NY and Jefferson County, New York. Following his time with
He is a registered professional engineer in 15 states. CT. He currently works as a Land Surveyor for LWM, Jeremy accepted the position as Surveying
Rocco V. D’Andrea, Inc. and D’Andrea Surveying & Instructor at the Ranger School in Wanakena, New
Lemuel Morrison, LS Engineering, P.C. He is responsible for many major York, where he is currently in his fifth-year teaching
Lemuel Morrison has 30 years of experience surveys, supervision of field crews and procedures, Introduction to Land Surveying, Survey Law,
in surveying and is currently working with GdB and implementation of electronic surveying and Advanced Survey Measurements and Computations,
Geospatial. He is a licensed land surveyor in data collection equipment and post-processing and Computer Aided Drafting and Design. Along
NY and 9 other states. He holds a BS in Land of GPS observations. Since 2017, Mr. Rhodes with his teaching, Jeremy continues to provide
Surveying from the Ohio State University and an taught classes as CCSU under the CALS continuing consulting services and perform limited surveys
MBA from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch education aspect. Some of these classes were, primarily during the summer months. Jeremy
College. Lem is also an adjunct assistant professor Introduction to Land Surveying, Leveling Theory, and has been an active member with the New York
at the NYC College of Technology (CUNY) in the Operations for Surveying. Mr. Rhodes is currently a State Association of Professional Land Surveyors
Department of Construction Management and Civil
Engineering. He teaches land surveying, boundary student at the University of Maine, working on his (NYSAPLS) for over twenty years and is currently the
surveying and 3D scanning. He currently resides in BA/Master’s in Surveying Technology. President of the Association.
Manhattan with his wife and daughter.

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