We’re not just surveyors, we add a lot of value in a lot of different ways.
Join two old surfies talking about the ocean, sharks, the love of the water and surveying..
Born and Bred on the North Shore of Sydney, Dave Lovell, our quiet mild mannered Director and Surveyor at CMS Surveyors talks about how he ended up in Surveying, from mining Engineering to running a company, with over 80+ staff with life long friend. On the soap box about technology eradicating mentoring and training but making surveying easier and more accessible. Touching on the importance of lifelong learning, knowing your stuff, being a mentor not just a surveyor and what you need to grow your business.
Some cracker one liners were quoted, "Have the right Mindset & you will get far, find the right company for you and Never be Afraid to be Challenged" …
Lastly, Don’t get stressed on the little things!
Find Dave on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lovell-a94b80a/
CMS Surveyors:
https://www.instagram.com/cmssurveyors
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cms-surveyors-pty-ltd/?originalSubdomain=au
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Somewhere at an undisclosed location, there may have been a catch up of friends for a someone's 40th birthday...
Darren (Booth) & Tom (Casey) drove the 4.5+ hours each to be here so I thought we should have a casual catch up...
They may or may not have had a couple of beers before I arrived...
Some interesting topics were discussed. Some silly buggers had!
All in all this is just a catch up between friends caught on tape.
I hope you enjoy this off the cuff chat between friends....
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Meet Georgia!!!
How often do you get to hear the stories of a young, professional, female registered surveyors?
Georgia is the typical, fun loving outdoorsy, adventuring Surveyor. Georgia is a Registered Surveyor at Land Titling Solutions also known as LTS. Born and bred in Nelson, New Zealand, completing her degree at Otago University before moving to Australia and pursuing her registration. Georgia is the 2022 recipient of the Young Surveyor of the Year award at the Excellence in Surveying & Spatial Information Awards (EISSI). We covered all things surveying, registration and championing females in surveying. Tune in for a great chat by Sydney harbour over Lunch.
You can find Georgia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-rooney-386a45193/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geeeoorgia/ You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com @definingboundaries: https://www.instagram.com/definingboundaries/?hl=en @surveygeekgirl: https://www.instagram.com/surveygeekgirl/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/ Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Listen in to our Sunday night LIVE interview from Cairns.
I got to sit down and have an impromptu chat with Jemma Picco, Registered Cadastral Surveyor (Land Surveyor) and her role as the Principal Surveyor at the Department of Resources in Queensland. Amongst all things surveying we also discussed the importance of mentoring formal or informal and being in the position of role model for younger surveyors. We talked about finding old trees and survey marks from surveys in the far north of Australia to managing a team of surveyors.
Growing up in Brisbane, attending an all girls school where her careers advisor handed her a book and said look in this section to find you career... From there Jemma attended Queensland University of Technology completing a double degree.
Recorded late last year....I spoke to Brett who is a Senior High School Geography Teacher and project manager at Wavell State High School just north of Brisbane, who specialises in using geospatial technologies in the classroom. Listen in to this amazing Teacher about how he shares his passion for GIS with his students. Brett hails from Kingaroy, Queensland and grew up in Kumbia. Growing up, Brett wanted to be a Cowboy but then though HPE Teacher would be a better option. He has been in education for 21 years and holds a BA (Geography/Literature) & BEd (Secondary Education). He has won two prestigious awards, in 2021the QCT TeachX Innovation Award and this year the EQ Showcase Met Regional Teacher of the Year. In his spare time Brett enjoys Golf and GIS.
You can find Brett on LinkedIn
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Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Young Surveyor, Ryan hails from South Africa. He is a Surveyor who has travelled to Australia with his wife who was 31 weeks pregnant. Coming from nothing & not being able to pay for university, he had a two year gap before going from his dream of Architecture in High School to enrolling in Cartography. After enrolment, Ryan decided to covert his studies to Surveying. We discuss how companies are not investing in the future generations. The education system in South Africa and the similarities and differences between the countries. The Power of LinkedIn where he got spotted by a recruiter while working with the company he was employed by until he decided to make the move to Australia on a 457, 2 yr work visa working in regional Australia. With a few false starts he and his pregnant wife took the plunge to move to Port Macquarie working on the W2B Project (Pacific Highway upgrade for 1 yr) in Yamba before moving and settling in Bathurst NSW. He is the father of 2 young boys, both born in Australia and where he & his his beautiful wife now call Australia home, while still maintaining their African roots and contacts with friends and family back home in South Africa.
“Survey is spelt C-H-E-C-K”
You can find Ryan on LinkedIn - Instagram
You can contact me at: https://www.petacox.com
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Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Mark Billsborough is a cadastral endorsed Registered Surveyor and the Managing director of the company Bennett & Bennett in Queensland. He was born in Brisbane and grew up in Goondiwindi. As a kid Mark wanted to be a doctor but completed his first surveying task in grade 12, where he did Tech Drawing that required him to do a detail survey for an assignment using a plane table. Prior to kids Mark was into Triathlons and adventure racing. We discuss life as a surveyor, The Surveyors Trust, Surveyors Academy Surveying Careers and all things Surveying. From Metaverse to Mosquitos.. we covered it all!!!
You can find Mark on LinkedIn
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Music by Paul Greene
Newly appointed Senior Vice President, Civil Infrastructure Solutions at Trimble, Patricia Boothe, also known as Patty has spent the last 22+ years with Trimble. She was most recently the senior vice president of Trimble Autonomy. Patty fosters an environment of "customer comes first" and is focused on the performance of the division and her team. Her leadership style is influenced by her breadth of experience across industries. Since joining Trimble in 2000, Patty has held leadership roles in operations, marketing and currently business management. Prior to joining Trimble, she held marketing and sales roles in semiconductor distribution, contract manufacturing and OEM software. Patty holds a bachelor of science in business administration with a concentration in marketing from San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.
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Stephanie Michaud is Strategic Marketing Manager at Trimble, responsible for strategic marketing activities within the Geospatial field solutions portfolio, spanning GIS, Survey and Emerging Markets. Stephanie is my second Canadian growing up in British Columbia, while spending some time as a teen living in Ecuador to gain travel and life experience with her parent who were science teachers. She loved Math & science and wanted to do the hardest thing she could do, wanting to be an aerospace engineering. Stephanie attended the University of Calgary, and joined the Trimble Rotation Program. She is a global mentor, building relationships across business, academia and geographies for Trimble. Stephanie regularly provides job shadowing, resume writing and interview prep for Girls with Impact in Denver, the Trimble Women’s Network, and Canadian-based Cybermentor/Mentorlink platforms. Internationally, she was named one of Geospatial World’s 50 Rising Stars in 2022 and an inspiring Young Surveyor by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), and has regularly presented and served as a panelist at the World Bank and FIG conferences.
You can find Stephanie on LinkedIN
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Riley is my first Canadian on the podcast and he is the Marketing Director of Monitoring and Tunneling at Trimble. He has been with Trimble since 2016 as a Product Manager intern.
Riley believes this episode will bring him Stardom, I hope it does lol!
Riley took the Technical route of surveying by completing his Geomatic Engineering Technology Certificate (Trade School) in Canada. He is a self-proclaimed "Geomatics Nerd", who is dedicated to promoting the geomatics industry through involvement in several organizations such as the FIG Young Surveyors and GoGeomatics Canada.
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Jason Evans, Portfolio Manager, Trimble Positioning Services and New York State registered and licensed land surveyor. His first career was in paramedicine which led him to contract work with the defence. His second career lead him to Surveying, beginning his career at the SUNY-ESF Ranger School in Wanakena, N.Y., completing his Associate Degree in Applied Science before working all over New York State. Finally completing the paperwork in 2020 to be Licenced. Jason has been working with Trimble for the last four years, where he manages Trimble's real-time GNSS Corrections portfolio of products, working with the internal systems and processes working with a multiple teams within the company whilst also working with their external customers. In his free time, Jason enjoys writing thought leadership pieces to challenge the workflows of everyday processes.
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Known as the Brazilian Soccer player in Trimble, Boris (Skopljak) is the Vice President, Surveying & Mapping Strategy and Product Marketing, Boris has a surveying background originating from Croatia, in the survey engineering field and is dedicated to making a positive impact. Boris has such passion for our industry and the technology I didn’t want to stop talking to him about his adventures and passion. I hope you enjoy this chat.
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Sliding doors and two seconds of separation lay between my guest this week and myself.
Digital Data was deeply discussed in this episode. My guest, Brett Casson, who is the Senior Principal Major Projects, Autodesk Australia was born in Tamworth, before moving to Jervis Bay, actually Huskisson... (YES MY HOME TOWN, well right next door!!!) before completing his HSC at Shoalhaven High (YES MY HIGH SCHOOL, we would have even caught the school bus together...) began his career in Canberra in 1993 while completing his Associate Diploma of Surveying at Canberra Institute of Technology. Working in Canberra before moving to the big smoke (Sydney) to gain more experience in the surveying industry.
We talk about where his career took him traveling across the world and meet some very interesting people and projects. About lifelong learning, helping people and what it’s like working with companies to help streamline and embed Autodesk products into the business. The importance of Cloud based storage. Working globally managing time zones, accents, and how we harness the data and manage the assets.
Data sharing, Data storage, Custodians, Digital efficiencies, and reform were discussed along with a Co-ordination approach of all agencies for procurement methodologies for information standards.
He love to spend quality down time with his wife & two girls as well as playing golf and riding his ummm nice bikes!
And I want to know do robots dream of electric sheep? Have you ever read that book???
This episode proudly supported by E1 Pool Certifiers https://www.e1poolcertifier.com/
&
Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
You can find Brett
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-casson/
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Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
Today I speak to Phil Fedor. Phil is a Survey Project Manager at Bowman and Registered Land surveyor in Arizona and Certified Survey Technician through the National Society of Professional Surveyors. Born in Syracuse, N. He is now based in Phoenix Arizona with his two girls, lovely wife and beautiful horses. Growing up, Phil wanted to be a cowboy before moving onto a Rockstar as a teen. He began his career back in New York 31 years ago. He has a love for all things horses and calls himself a horseman, and outdoorsman, who enjoys camping, fishing, & hiking. He states that he used to hike a lot until land surveying wore me down. A giving and kind charity man, Phil spends a lot of his time helping various charities as a volunteer. He is a member of the Queen Creek mounted Posse, which is a non-profit, all volunteer search & rescue unit under the supervision of the Pinal County Sheriff. I am also a member of the Friends of Horseshoe Park, a non-profit which promotes and manages the Queen Creek Rodeo called Roots 'n' Boots. Lastly, I am a rider in an annual Pony Express re-enactment which raises money for a therapeutic riding centre in Phoenix, called Horses Help. We completed that event on July 1 2022.
This episode proudly supported by Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
You can find Phil
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nysrs_91/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.fedor.1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-fedor-rls-99a40224/
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Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/
In my very first face to face interview... shall I say I was very nervous!!
I wasn’t sure if this conversation was going to be had, with the rival of Holden & Ford… But we’re grown adults & put our personal beliefs aside lol.
Tim is the Director of Locate & Map in Sydney specialising in Subsurface Utility mapping . Tim is a second gen surveyor and growing up he always wanted to be a surveyor by taking after his dad, although he did spend some time as directional driller. He has been in the industry for 15 years beginning his career with Lean Lackenby and Hayward & RMS.
Tim and his Team just celebrated 7 years of business, very exciting!!!
We discussed the importance of culture within the business, the average age of his team, at 35 he is OLD, and the importance of inclusiveness and responsibility within the company. Data sharing in the locating industry, Implementation of 3d drain scanning, point cloud data, awareness of emerging technology, coding, mental health, kids, cars, podcasts & more cars. Dave & Adam from Surv3D were mentioned as was Paul & Geoff from Locators, Gordon Bell & Grant Kilpatrick (RIP), Two legends of the Surveying Industry.
With a lot of laughs along the way.
Tim and his team are proud supporters of the Rural Fire Service. If you can help or support them every little bit helps. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/
This episode proudly supported by Ozdetect https://ozdetect.com.au/
I'll leave you with these words from Peter Pan: Don't grow up, it's a TRAP!!!
Check out :
Locate & Map ~ https://locateandmap.com.au/
Picnik Media ~ https://www.instagram.com/picnik_media/
YouTube ~ https://www.youtube.com/c/PicnikMedia/featured
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This week I speak to Taylor Handschuh. Known as The Map Lady, Tay comes from New Jersey, just outside of New York. She is not a surveyor but loves all things spatial, data and technology. Tay is the Founder & Director of Geospatial Technology Implementations. She holds a Bachelor and Masters and was awarded Summa Cum Laude and won an award for her AGIC (Arizona Geographic Information Council) student presentation. She began her career Informally making maps for art and problem solving, and her first client was habitat for humanity. Her aim is to work with Geospatial Technology Enablement for every sector! Tay specialises in using Mobile LiDAR systems and GPS denied environments. Growing up Tay wanted to be an Astronaut, Piercing Artist and an Urban Planner.
Her hobbies lie around Gems and Minerals! Collecting them, going to gem shows, digging for gems or rockhounding, exploring old places and telling stories in 3D.
You can find Taylor
Website: https://www.maplady.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_map_lady/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMapLady1?s=20&t=oTBGeEwfpk21ZxCvhreiXg
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peta-cox
Music by Paul Greene: https://www.instagram.com/greenepaul/
Red Shelf Records/Sounds Delicious Australia: https://www.instagram.com/soundsdeliciousaustralia/