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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Ian Garland, LS NYSDOT Commissioner Award of Excellence Kenneth Kerr, PE
Ian Garland is currently a Survey Technician with for that project. Shortly after, he transferred Ken Kerr is a distinguished professional
Control Point Associates, Inc., PC. Ian has over six from Design to IT and became a Regional GIS engineer, licensed in 19 states, with over 30
years of experience in the land surveying industry. Coordinator. He was tasked with promoting GIS years of extensive experience in engineering
His responsibilities include deed and record in the region and with any organizations that may design, project management, and subsurface
research, field preparation, project reconnaissance, be covered by Region 6. This allowed Charles to utility engineering. Throughout his career, Ken
data collection, photo documentation, processing not only promote GIS and what he was doing, has demonstrated exceptional leadership and
of field data, network adjustment, and preliminary but to interact with many various people, and to expertise in his field. He currently serves as an
boundary line determination. In addition, he is keep abreast of many different ideals. Around active member of the Board of Governors for
responsible for preparation of projects for final 2009, Charles became the Regional IT Manager. the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute
mapping, preliminary map checking, and final When the IT Group became a separate state (UESI) within the American Society of Civil
field monumentation. agency, he transferred back to the survey section Engineers (ASCE). Ken is also the founding
Eric Greppo, PE and continued on as a GIS Coordinator. After Chair of the UESI New Jersey chapter, where
Eric Greppo, PE is the Executive Secretary of the retirement, Charles became a very active cattle he has played a pivotal role in advancing
New York State Boards for Engineering, Land rancher and occasionally assists local surveyors the profession and supporting the local
Surveying, Geology and Interior Design since with GIS problems. In 2024, he received a engineering community. In addition to his
2022. The State Boards for the Professions Lifetime Achievement Award from the NYS GIS leadership roles, Ken has made significant
assist the Regents and the Education Association. This was when he was reintroduced contributions to the field through his work on
Department on all aspects of professional to the NYS Digital Public Land Record Access white papers, technical presentations, and as
education, licensing, practice, and discipline for Round Table, and his passion and history of the a Subject Matter Expert for ASCE 28 and ASCE
over one million licensed professionals, in more record plans in Region 6 was reactived. 75 Standards committees. His dedication and
than 50 health, business and design professions. Amy Hopkins, PLS expertise continue to shape best practices
Mr. Greppo holds a BS degree in civil Amy Hopkins, PLS (PA, NY) is the owner of within utility engineering and surveying.
engineering, has been a licensed Professional Daniel J. Martin
Engineer in New York State since 2007, and Urban Terrain LLC, a land surveying company Dan Martin has worked for the National Geodetic
has over 20 years of engineering experience located in Monroeville, PA. She has over 30 Survey since 2003 and has been the Northeast
that includes private design consulting in years of surveying experience. Her career
land development and water resources, and began in the United States Marine Corps where Regional Geodetic Advisor since 2015. As the
Regional Advisor, he instructs local surveyors,
engineering roles with the DEC Bureau of she was trained as a Geodetic Surveyor, Terrain state and municipal agencies, and the geospatial
Design and Construction and the Department Analysts and Geographic Intelligence Specialist community at large, on how to use and preserve
of Corrections and Community Supervision which translates to today’s Geographic the National Spatial Reference System and
technical services unit. Information System (GIS). Her extensive
technical education at the National Geospatial provides liaison between the National Geodetic
Kevin Hanley, PLS Intelligence Agency (formerly Defense Mapping Survey and the States of ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI,
Kevin Hanley is a registered Professional Agency) paved the way for an exciting and NY, and NJ, as well as other federal agencies.
Land Surveyor in New York, Massachusetts diverse career. Ms. Hopkins is a Past President Prior to that, he worked in the Route Survey and
and Rhode Island. Kevin has more than 53 of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors Geodetic Survey sections of the Vermont Agency
years’ experience, primarily in the United (PSLS). She is the current chairperson of the of Transportation from 1988 through 2003 and
States, but his initial work experience was in PSLS Public Relations Committee. held the position of Geodetic Program Supervisor
Britain, West Africa, and Ireland. He was the for the Agency from 1999 through 2003. Dan
founding principal of a small surveying firm Michael Hyman is a Past President and Fellow Member of the
in Massachusetts and directed the surveying Mr. Hyman is the Regional Director at Carlson American Association for Geodetic Surveying
activities for almost 30 years until the firm Software Inc. for NY and PA. At Carlson (AAGS), and an Honorary Member of the Vermont
was acquired in 2018. He was the visionary Software, Mike is focused on the Land Survey, Society of Land Surveyors, the New Hampshire
behind the acquisition of GPS instruments, Civil Engineering, and Construction market Land Surveyors Association, and the Maine
Society of Land Surveyors.
laser scanning and mobile LiDAR systems for segments. Mr. Hyman is a 1991 graduate of
his company. Kevin has presented technical Alfred State College with an A.A.S. in Land Timothy A. Massi, LS
papers at the NYSAPLS Conferences, ASCE Surveying. Additionally, his responsibilities Tim Massi is a licensed land surveyor with over
Conference and at Trimble Dimensions. continually got him involved in working with a decade of experience leading large-scale
Land Surveying technology for both the field infrastructure and development projects. Tim
Charles E. Hathaway, LS and the office. Now at Carlson Software for is an advocate for using drone, LiDAR, and
Charles is a retired licensed surveyor and former over 18+ years, Mr. Hyman is involved at many geospatial tools to modernize survey workflows.
member of the NYSAPLS Board of Directors. levels in the Land Surveying, Civil Engineering, With experience in both public utility operations
Charles retired from the NYSDOT in 2017, and Construction industries where he lectures, and consulting, Tim combines technical rigor with
after 35 years. Starting off in Poughkeepsie, supports, and presents innovative solutions creative thinking to help surveyors meet evolving
transferring to Hornell in 1989, he spent his early to the industry related to Carlson Software demands. He is passionate about teaching others
years working in the ROW Mapping Section. In products and services. how to elevate their deliverables – and their
the 1990’s he was introduced to the concept careers – by seeing survey data as a storytelling
of GIS and started to put together a record plan Gary R. Kent, PS and stakeholder engagement tool.
project using ArcView 3.2. In 2002, his team Gary Kent has presented many programs for
received the NYSDOT Excellence in Engineering NYSAPLS over the years both at the annual
Award, the same year, Charles received a conference and in many seminars around the
state. He has presented programs on surveying
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