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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Douglas L. Aaberg, PLS J. Peter Borbas, PLS, PP Michael Carris, LSIT
Doug Aaberg is a licensed Professional Land Peter Borbas graduated with an AAS in Forestry in Michael Carris, LSIT, is currently a Channel
Surveyor in the states of Massachusetts and 1977 from Paul Smiths College. He is a licensed Performance Manager for Trimble, Inc. With over 30
Colorado and has been in the Land Surveying/ surveyor in New York and New Jersey, as well as years of experience in the surveying, engineering
Civil Engineering business his entire career, which a licensed Professional Planner in New Jersey. and construction industry Mr. Carris manages and
began in 1977. He has been using Carlson Software He is the chair of the advisory board for the four- supports the SITECH dealer distribution channel
exclusively since 1998 and has become an expert in year degree surveying program at the New Jersey with the Trimble Civil Engineering and Construction
applying the constantly expanding world of Carlson’s Institute of Technology and a longtime advisory (CEC) product portfolio. Starting his career in the
programming to the everyday “workflow” of land board member at Paul Smiths College. Peter is a United State Marine Corps, where he was introduced
surveyors and engineers. After enjoying life as a past chair of the American Congress on Surveying to land surveying, Mr. Carris continued to develop
15-year owner of his own company, he now joins and Mapping, a past president of the Geographic his knowledge and experience within the industry
the Carlson team as a Sr. Product Manager and will and Land Information Society and past chair of the to become a sought-after technology consultant
be sharing experience and knowledge to assist in NJSPLS GIS/LIS Committee. providing training and consulting services for
ensuring that Carlson continues to be the leading surveying, civil engineering, and construction firms
software available for land surveyors and engineers. Richard C. Brooks, LS around the world. Mr. Carris continues to draw
Richard Brooks, LS is a Land Surveyor licensed and upon his experience to educate the industry on best
Laura E. Ayers, Esq practicing in New York State and is a co-presenter practices and interoperability of engineering and
New York Attorney, Laura E. Ayers, focuses her law of the NYS-Specific LS Exam Review Workshop. construction technology for Trimble.
practice on real property. Actively at the helm of her Licensed in 1984, he is a Senior Project Manager
own law firm since 2010, Laura has over 19 years for Control Point Associates. Formerly he was Vice Thomas E. Cerchiara, Jr., LS
of experience dealing with the special issues that President of Brooks & Brooks Land Surveyors, P.C. Tom is a Professional Land Surveyor with 23 years
arise in complex real property disputes and is often As a third-generation Land Surveyor, his family of experience working on infrastructure, energy,
retained as special counsel or as an expert witness. has been practicing for 108 years. Richard has and public works projects in New York. With over
Laura is a frequent lecturer on various real property authored 10 articles related to surveying matters 10 years of drone and terrestrial photogrammetry
topics including Highway Law, Easement Law, and for the Empire State Surveyor and is a frequent experience, he is an expert in collecting and
Boundary Line Disputes for the New York State seminar presenter. He routinely presents continuing processing data to achieve the best possible results.
Bar Association, among others. Laura received her education programs to land surveyors, realtors, Tom has long been an advocate for technologies that
Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry and Biophysics and attorneys. He has developed over 18 titles help advance digital transformation with solutions
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Juris pertinent to the Land Surveying profession. He that are cost-efficient and easily deployable,
Doctor from Albany Law School of Union University. served as an Adjunct Professor for SUNY Ulster’s including photogrammetry, augmented reality, and
Land Surveying degree program until it was sunset computer vision. Currently, he is the Senior Technical
John S. Boddecker, LS in 2018. Richard is a member of: the Mid-Hudson Specialist for North America at Pix4D, where he
John (Steve) Boddecker, LS is Fisher Associates, PE, Valley Land Surveyors Association (MHVLSA), the focuses on deploying geospatial solutions in the
LS, LA DPC’s Vice President and Director of Geomatics NYS Association of Professional Land Surveyors infrastructure, utilities, and construction industries.
where he provides leadership and strategic directions (NYSAPLS), the National Society of Professional
to the Land Surveyors and GIS Teams. His duties Surveyors (NSPS), the NYS GIS Association, the Elisabetta DeGironimo, GISP
also include the principal of Health and Safety for the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors (VSLS), and the Lis is the Director of Geospatial Services with NYS
firm. Based out of Fisher’s Buffalo New York office he Surveyors Historical Society. He is the New York and Acting Geographic Information Officer. With
routinely spends time in one of their 5 other offices in State coordinator for the national Certified Survey over 30 years’ experience in both public and private
New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. With more than Technician (CST) program. In 2010, NYSAPLS sectors, Lis has worked on GIS projects in the U.S.,
40 years of experience in Land Surveying, he has honored him with their Surveyor of the Year award Venezuela, Egypt, El Salvador, and Mexico. She is a
been fortunate to have worked on a very wide variety for his exemplary contributions to the profession of board member of the GIS Certification Institute and an
of projects from large to small both on the boundary Land Surveying. In 2022, he was recognized for his adjunct instructor at SUNY Polytechnic in Utica. Lis is
side of the fence as well as the engineering. Today, contributions to NSPS CST Program. the Executive Director, and a former member of the
much of his time is spent running the group and NYS Geospatial Advisory Council. She is the co-chair
mentoring more senior staff, while working closely Caegen J. Burnett, LS of the NYS Geospatial Summit organizing committee
with Fisher’s three sector and three other service lines. Caegen Burnett, LS, is a Project Manager at Foit- and was formerly the national chairperson of the
Professionally, Steve has been a licensed surveyor Albert Associates Architecture, Engineering and Esri/Wastewater/Stormwater GIS Users Group and a
since 1990, first in NY, then in NJ (1995) and then KY Surveying, P.C. Licensed in 2022, he graduated director for the NYS GIS Association.
(2020). He has served in the leadership of his regional, from Paul Smith’s College in 2011 with an
Niagara Frontier Land Surveyors Association (NFLSA) Associates in Surveying. He is a member of the New
through President in 1997 and again in 2024 and York State Association of Professional Surveyors
the New York State Association of Professional Land (NYSAPLS), National Society of Professional
Surveyors (NYSAPLS) 2012-2013. He continues to Surveyors (NSPS), and Mid-Hudson Association of
serve NYSAPLS as Chairman of the Political Action Land Surveyors (MHVLSA). He currently serves as
Committee and the Workforce Development Committee, the Secretary for MHVLSA.
and as a member of the Finance and Nominations &
Awards committees. He is also the Vice President of the
Shaw Fund. Outside the professional world, Steve lives
on a small farm with his partner where they manage
to keep seven horses and a pony, 3 dogs, too many
cats and a variety of semi wild animals depending on
if you feed them or not. He is an avid fly fisherman and
western lifestyle enthusiast.
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