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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Kenneth J. Fronheiser, PLS Brian J. Holder Civil Engineering, and Construction industries
Kenneth J. Fronheiser, PLS is a professional Brian Holder has over 20 years of experience where he lectures, supports, and presents
licensed land surveyor in the Commonwealth providing utility mapping services in accordance innovative solutions to the industry related to
of Pennsylvania with over 17 years of land with the American Society of Civil Engineers Carlson Software products and services.
surveying experience. During that time, Ken ASCE/CI 38-02 and the ASCE/CI/UESI 38-22, Jeffery N. Lucas, JD, PLS, Esq.
has been responsible for a wide variety of Standard Quality Levels, A, B, C, and D. Mr. Jeff is a licensed land surveyor in Alabama,
surveying projects including Topographical, Holder has worked in all levels of service
Boundary, Construction Layout, RTK/GPS, GIS providers including Call 811, Private Utility Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. He is
also a licensed attorney in the State of Alabama.
mapping, Bathometric, and Laser Scanning. Ken Markout and Subsurface Utility Engineering Jeff is a recognized expert in land boundary law,
has worked for a variety of clients that span firms throughout a variety of market sectors riparian rights, and land surveying liability issues.
from private, public, educational institutions, including Municipal/DOT, Commercial Properties,
and government agencies. In July 2014, Ken Healthcare, Manufacturing, and heavy industrial He has practiced land surveying throughout the
five southeastern states in which he is licensed.
joined Keystone Precision Solutions (KPS). properties. Mr. Holder has been an active Jeff is also an author, columnist, lecturer and
Since joining KPS, he is responsible for internal/ member of the Subsurface Utility Engineering seminar presenter. He has authored three books
external education, leading the growing KPS Association since its inception in 2018.
Support Team and working with customers to on surveying, has over 100 nationally published
articles and over 30 titles in his seminar library.
integrate the latest Trimble and Spectra Precision Jeffrey Horneman, PLS, GISP Jeff has presented continuing education seminars
line of products. Ken is a 1999 graduate of Jeffrey Horneman has been working in the at conferences from Alaska to Florida, from
the Pennsylvania College of Technology with survey/geospatial field since joining the U.S.
degrees in Surveying and Civil Engineering. In his Army Reserves in 1984 as a geodetic surveyor. California to Nova Scotia, and most places in
between. More information on Jeff can be found
spare time, he enjoys being outdoors, coaching He attended the Defense Mapping School at www.lucasandcompany.com.
baseball and spending time with family. (Now the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency) in Fort Belvoir for geodetic surveying Steven J. MacDonald, PLS, PE, CH
Ian W. Garland and received continuing education at the U.S. Mr. MacDonald is the Vice President of Energies
Ian Garland is currently a Survey Technician Army Professional Development Institute, at S.T. Hudson Engineers and has 20 years of
with Control Point Associates, Inc., PC. Ian the Community College of the Air Force, and experience performing terrestrial and bathymetric
has over six years of experience in the land various conference, acquiring more than 400
surveying industry. His responsibilities include continuing education credits in surveying, surveying. Within this experience is over 13
years of field experience surveying nearshore,
deed and record research, field preparation, mapping, geology, GIS, and engineering. His intra-coastal, and inland waterways above and
project reconnaissance, data collection, photo experience over the past 40 years includes below the water surface. Mr. MacDonald oversees
documentation, processing of field data, surface and underground mining design and
network adjustment, and preliminary boundary permitting, boundary and topographic surveys, the hydrographic and marine geophysical
division, completing projects in support of
line determination. In addition, he is responsible ALTA surveys, subdivisions, construction energy, dredging, engineering, and emergency
for preparation of projects for final mapping, surveying, GIS creation, oil and gas wells and response. He is constantly working on innovative
preliminary map checking, and final field pipelines, and consulting. He has worked with
monumentation. Within the last year, he has several small to large private engineering and approaches to shallow water surveying.
submitted his New York State Application for surveying firms, as well as the U.S. Government Daniel J. Martin
Professional Land Surveyor. (U.S. Army Reserves, U.S. Air Force Reserves, Dan Martin has worked for the National Geodetic
and as a civilian with the U.S. Army Corps Survey since 2003 and has been the Northeast
Eric Greppo, PE of Engineers). Horneman retired from the Regional Geodetic Advisor since 2015. As the
Eric Greppo, PE is the Executive Secretary of Reserves as a Master Sergeant with 24 years Regional Advisor, he instructs local surveyors,
the New York State Boards for Engineering, of service. He currently works for the U.S. state and municipal agencies, and the geospatial
Land Surveying, Geology and Interior Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburg District, as
Design since 2022. The State Boards for the Deputy Chief of Real Estate/Chief of the community at large, on how to use and preserve
the National Spatial Reference System and
the Professions assist the Regents and the Geospatial Branch for cadastral projects and provides liaison between the National Geodetic
Education Department on all aspects of GIS base mapping. He also manages his own Survey and the States of ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI,
professional education, licensing, practice, firm, Horneman Surveying, LLC. Jeffrey resides
and discipline for over one million licensed in Natrona Heights, PA, with his wife Sharon of NY, and NJ, as well as other federal agencies.
Prior to that, he worked in the Route Survey and
professionals, in more than 50 health, business 32 years, living near his four grown sons and Geodetic Survey sections of the Vermont Agency
and design professions. Mr. Greppo holds a two grandchildren. of Transportation from 1988 through 2003 and
BS degree in civil engineering, has been a
licensed Professional Engineer in New York Michael Hyman held the position of Geodetic Program Supervisor
for the Agency from 1999 through 2003. Dan
State since 2007, and has over 20 years of Mr. Hyman is the Regional Director at Carlson is a Past President and Fellow Member of the
engineering experience that includes private Software Inc. for NY and PA. At Carlson Software, American Association for Geodetic Surveying
design consulting in land development and Mike is focused on the Land Survey, Civil
water resources, and engineering roles with Engineering, and Construction market segments. (AAGS), and an Honorary Member of the
Vermont Society of Land Surveyors and the New
the DEC Bureau of Design and Construction and Mr. Hyman is a 1991 graduate of Alfred State Hampshire Land Surveyors Association.
the Department of Corrections and Community College with an A.A.S. in Land Surveying.
Supervision technical services unit. Additionally, his responsibilities continually got
him involved in working with Land Surveying
technology for both the field and the office. Now
at Carlson Software for over 15 years, Mr. Hyman
is involved at many levels in the Land Surveying,
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