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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Margaret McMenamin, PE, CFM Scott R. Reeser, PLS Harry Schultz, LS
Margaret McMenamin is a Professional Engineer with Scott R. Reeser, PLS, has over 30 years of Harry Schultz is the Vice President of Waypoint
over ten years of experience in the environmental experience in surveying and design. Mr. Reeser is Technology Group where he has worked for the
consulting and water resources industry. Since a graduate of the Penn State University Surveying past thirteen years. He is a licensed Professional
joining Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), Program, where he earned an Associate Degree Land Surveyor with over 24 years of experience
a Davey Tree Company, early in 2013, she has been in Surveying Technology. He has been a licensed using Trimble technology for high-accuracy data
involved in stormwater management, hydrologic Professional Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania since collection. He is also certified by Trimble to provide
and hydraulic modeling, floodplain mapping, and 2008, and also holds surveying licenses in NY professional training for all of their Geospatial
stream stabilization and restoration projects. (2012), WV (2013), CO (2014), DE (2019) and MD hardware and software solutions. At Waypoint
Ms. McMenamin is also the WSSI CAD Manager, (2022). He is an active member of the Pennsylvania Technology Group, Mr. Schultz leads the survey
creating and managing CAD standards and Society of Professional Land Surveyors, where he sales team while also providing customized
practices company-wide, and assists with internal served on several committees. He previously served training, support, and consultation services
development and mentoring within the engineering
group. She has been teaching the AutoCAD and Civil the Society as President. Throughout his career he to their customers. Harry received his AAS in
3D courses through Civil Training, LLC since 2019. has worked for various engineering, surveying and Land Surveying from Paul Smiths College in the
civil consulting firms, gaining experience in multiple Adirondack mountains of NY. Prior to Waypoint
Philip J. Meis, MS, PE facets of surveying, engineering and land use Technology Group, he worked for a large Survey/
Phil has 27 years of utility engineering (UE) consulting. His diversified experience has allowed Engineering firm where he worked as a land
experience and co-founded UMS in 2022 to execute him to work on projects that serve different market surveyor on projects all over the Northeastern
UE as a rigorous discipline involving geophysical, sectors including the general public, state and local portion of the United States.
geodetic, and engineering expertise. UMS is actively government, private developers, public utilities and James S. Thew, LS
supporting and executing UE nationwide, and is private utilities. Currently, Mr. Reeser, is the Director Jim is a 1991 graduate of the University of Maine
pioneering 3D utility investigations, modeling, conflict of Surveys at Hunt Engineering Company, based in (Orono) with a Bachelor of Science in Surveying
analytics, design, and data management practices. Malvern, PA. He has been a frequent presenter of Engineering. He obtained licensure in NYS as
Phil is heavily involved with the development and varied topics at the annual Pennsylvania Society a Professional Land Surveyor in 1996. From
advancement of UE practices and standards at a of Professional Land Surveyors conference as 1997-2005, Jim served as the Drilling Division
national level. Phil recently co-authored the July well as the New York Association of Professional Manager for Atlantic Testing Laboratories. In
2020 NCHRP report An Impact and Value Analysis Land Surveyors annual conference. His expanding 2006, he decided that he would focus on growing
of Requiring Geospatial Locations for Utility list of presentation topics includes: writing legal the surveying company, Thew Associates, PE-
Installation As-Builts. He regularly presents utility descriptions, communications in the workplace, LS, PLLC. Jim is now a former Principal of Thew
data acquisition and risk management practices to survey registration law, survey math, professional Associates, PE-LS, PLLC and continues to work
audiences nationwide in the US and Canada. Phil has ethics and historical subjects. in the profession. Jim also serves as the chair of
been a member of the ASCE Construction Institute
for over 25 years, and the Utility Engineering and Jesse Phillips the NYSAPLS Ad Hoc DOT Relations Committee
Surveying Institute since it was activated in 2017. Jesse Phillips is a Geospatial Technical Support and as a member of the NYSAPLS Public Relations
He has managed or directed over 1,200 utility Specialist at Waypoint Technology Group which Committee.
engineering projects across the nation, including
several major pipeline projects involving high is an authorized Trimble dealer serving NY, NJ, & Jeremy E. Thompson, LS
pressure national gas transmission, liquid natural all of New England since 1998. Mr. Phillips is a Jeremy Thompson, LS is, and has been, a Licensed
gas, and water transmission. Phil previously worked Paul Smiths graduate and before joining Waypoint, Professional Land Surveying in New York since
for the Federal government as a NOAA Corps worked in the field as a Survey Party Chief for over 2007. Jeremy worked in the private sector for 23
commissioned officer assigned to the National Ocean 10 years. He has been using Trimble hardware & years, starting in the late 1990’s with the US Forest
Survey and National Geodetic Survey divisions. He software almost exclusively since 2009. In his spare Service in Petersburg, Alaska; then for a couple of
later served as a construction field engineer for time, he enjoys hiking, backpacking, and camping. years with Atlantic Testing (eventually becoming
Washington Corp. and was a principal engineer Thew Associates) in Canton, New York; and for
and project manager for Harding ESE, a MACTEC Edwin W. Rhodes, III, LS the better part of 20 years with LaFave, White,
Company, (later Wood), for projects including several Mr. Rhodes is a licensed Land Surveyor in NY and & McGivern, L.S., P.C., (LWM) a medium-sized
interstate reconstructions and highway interchange CT. He currently works as a Land Surveyor for surveying and mapping firm based in northern
and round-a-bout designs. He is a registered Rocco V. D’Andrea, Inc. and D’Andrea Surveying & Jefferson County, New York. Following his time with
professional engineer in 15 states. Engineering, P.C. He is responsible for many major LWM, Jeremy accepted the position as Surveying
surveys, supervision of field crews and procedures, Instructor at the Ranger School in Wanakena, New
Lemuel Morrison, LS and implementation of electronic surveying and York, where he is currently in his fifth-year teaching
Lemuel Morrison has 30 years of experience data collection equipment and post-processing Introduction to Land Surveying, Survey Law,
in surveying and is currently working with GdB of GPS observations. Since 2017, Mr. Rhodes Advanced Survey Measurements and Computations,
Geospatial. He is a licensed land surveyor in NY and taught classes as CCSU under the CALS continuing and Computer Aided Drafting and Design. Along
9 other states. He holds a BS in Land Surveying education aspect. Some of these classes were, with his teaching, Jeremy continues to provide
from the Ohio State University and an MBA from the Introduction to Land Surveying, Leveling Theory, and
Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. Lem Operations for Surveying. Mr. Rhodes is currently a consulting services and perform limited surveys
is also an adjunct assistant professor at the NYC student at the University of Maine, working on his primarily during the summer months. Jeremy
College of Technology (CUNY) in the Department of BA/Master’s in Surveying Technology. has been an active member with the New York
Construction Management and Civil Engineering. He State Association of Professional Land Surveyors
teaches land surveying, boundary surveying and 3D (NYSAPLS) for over twenty years and is currently
scanning. He currently resides in Manhattan with the Executive Vice President, and the incoming
his wife and daughter. President of the Association (January 2024).

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