2011 Officers and Board of Directors
CSRN Officers
- Brian Dennis, PLS - President
Brian is one of the founding members of the CSRN. He
currently serves as its President upon completion of a two year term as its
Vice President. Brian is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in the state of
Colorado. He has 15 years of Land Surveying experience in the private sector.
In addition, Brian is a voting member of the PLSC, PLSC Legislative Committee
and the Southern Chapter of the PLSC. He is also involved in the Height
Modernization Advisory Committee and past (2007-2009) venue coordinator for
the GIS in the Rockies planning committee. Brian is an advocate for the
Colorado RTK GPS Networks (public and private) and is active in addressing the
information and outreach goals of the CSRN for all utilizing this tool. For
the November 2009 Side Shots- PLSC publication, he wrote an article to advance
the CSRN?s outreach. Brian is focused on bridging the gaps between survey,
GIS, mapping and other professionals regarding the RTK GPS Networks. - Eric D. Carson, PLS - Vice-President
Eric currently serves as the Vice-President of the CSRN and was formerly a director. He is the
Regional Manager and Manager of the Survey & Mapping Group at Mollenhauer
Group of Colorado in the Castle Rock office. He is a Professional Land
Surveyor registered in Colorado, Connecticut and Idaho with over 25 years of
field and office experience in both the public and private sectors. He has
extensive land surveying experience and has embraced the use of GPS
technology. His management experience includes land surveying projects with
the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) as well as with other local,
state, and federal jurisdictions. Additionally, he has managed an organization
of more than 100 employees in 8 offices throughout the US. He has developed
training materials for numerous organizations as well as field and office
procedures, CAD standards, Autoline coding systems, file storage structures,
and production goals. Eric has demonstrated a commitment to determining what
works best and utilizing it to produce the desired result. - Jan Sterling, PLS - Secretary
Jan currently serves as the Secretary of the CSRN. She
is the Chief Surveyor at the City of Aurora, Colorado. She is a licensed
Professional Land Surveyor in Colorado and has over 33 years experience in the
Survey Profession. Jan has been active in fostering partnerships with federal,
state, and city agencies as well as the private sector. She supports the use
of Real Time GNSS networks throughout Colorado and the surrounding states. The
use of Real Time GNSS networks will provide another valuable tool for
surveyors to use and maintain the quality work which the Land Survey
Profession demands. Jan believes the GNSS networks will provide a standard
basis of control for survey quality locations from surveyors and mapping
quality data collection for the GIS industry. - Christopher R. Duda, PLS - Treasurer
Chris
is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor with over 15 years of field and
office experience in control surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys
and route surveys in the private sector.
He was first introduced to Land Surveying through his step-father, who
is a Professional Land Surveyor in the State of New York. In 2003 he graduated from the State
University of New York at Alfred with a dual accredited Bachelor of Science
degree in Land Surveying and Civil Engineering. After graduating Chris moved to
Colorado where he worked for V3 Denver from 2003 to 2010, there he processed
the terrestrial and geodetic control for most of the projects. Chris is currently working for LW
Surveying and is in charge of processing the geodetic control for the route
survey. He is a member of the PLSC and its Central Chapter. He feels it is very important to be
involved within the local chapters in our profession and is dedicated to help
them grow
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CSRN Directors
- Larry Rector - Director
Larry
Rector is currently working as the GIS Supervisor in the Water Department at
the City of Aurora. He holds a BS Degree from Metropolitan State College of
Denver in Land Use with a concentration in Geographic Information Systems. His
background includes earth moving, aggregate mining, and highway construction.
Larry served 3 years in the military as a Combat Engineer with the
7th Special Forces Group, 13 years with Robinson Brick as Mines
Manager, and 20 years plus in other construction related activities. Larry
currently uses GIS, CAD, GPS, PLSS, Surveying and Applied Computer Technology
to perform his job as support for Engineering, Capital Projects, Water
Resources, and other departments at the City of Aurora Colorado
. John W. Doty, PLS, CFedS - Director
With
20 years of survey, design, and project management experience, John W. Doty
brings a strong skill set to municipal, commercial, transportation,
environmental, residential, and construction projects. Mr. Doty is the Denver
Survey Operations Manager for Bohannan Huston, Inc. He has been practicing in
the Colorado market since 1996 and has worked closely with commercial land
developers, architects, the Colorado Department of Transportation,
municipalities and contractors. Mr. Doty is a licensed Professional
Land Surveyor and Certified Federal Land Surveyor and a former director of the
CCPS. He is an avid outdoorsman
and passionate about land surveying
.- Larry deVries - Director
Larry currently serves as director of the CSRN. He is
the Field Operations Manager and resident geodetic expert for Sky Research,
Inc. which uses advanced geophysical, engineering, GIS and remote sensing
technologies to detect, characterize and remediate Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).
In 1998 he graduated the State University of New York at Alfred with a dual
accredited Bachelor of Science degree in Land Surveying and Civil Engineering.
Upon graduation Larry moved to the State of Colorado and obtained his
Professional Land Surveyor's license in 2001. Larry has performed multiple
First Order leveling and GPS surveys that have been included in the National
Geodetic Survey's (NGS) National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). He has
helped integrate various characterization technologies with geospatial
information and is continually evaluating new and emerging technologies to
implement in the detection, characterization and remediation of UXO. - Jack Sparks, PLS - Director
Jack currently serves as director of the CSRN. He is a
licensed Professional Land Surveyorin Colorado and works for the Colorado
Department of Transportation?s Region One Right-of-Way Unit where he performs
Geodetic Control and Topographic Surveys as well as Project Management. He is
a member of the PLSC and its Central Chapter. He serves as Director on the
Board of its Colorado Spatial Reference Network (CSRN) chapter. He is also
active with the NGS supported Height Modernization Program in Colorado via the
Colorado Height Modernization Advisory Board (CoHMAB). - Harold Schuch, PE, ASPRS, LSI - Director
Harold
C. Schuch. PE (civil, Colorado,
active), Certified Photogrammetrist (ASPRS, active), Land Survey Intern
(Colorado). B.Sc. Geodetic
Sciences (Ryerson, Toronto), M.Sc. Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
(University of Washington, Seattle), Ph.D.-level curriculum in Hydrology
(Colorado State University, Fort Collins). Harold has 40 years? experience as a
consultant and instructor in geodesy, GIS and photogrammetry. He is the owner of GeoCounsel, Inc., a
Colorado corporation which has completed over 120 engagements overseas.
