Candidate 1:  David Alvarez, CMS (Provisional), GISP

David Alvarez is a Senior GIS specialist for Halcrow Inc. At Halcrow he serves as a liaison between the GIS and engineering groups and coordinates the geospatial needs in Florida for Halcrow Inc. His current work includes projects on surface water modeling, database design and data collection.  David’s former positions include being a GIS Specialist for CDM and GIS Analyst for the OSU Agriculture Extension. David received his Masters degree in Geodetic Science & Surveying from The Ohio State University and his BS in Environmental Engineering from the School of Engineering of Antioquia. He is also a Provisional Certified Mapping Scientist-GIS/LIS. For ASPRS he is active with the GIS division and on several National Committees: Evaluation for Certification, Education and Professional Development, and Defense and Intelligence. David will be the new assistant division director for the GIS Division.

Statement:

I am interested in this position, because I want to work with the ASPRS community to enhance the development and well-being of the professional practitioners as a whole Promote and strength the relation that ASPRS has with students here in Florida and increase the student participation in the society chapter.    Currently, I am helping to establish a student chapter of ASPRS in Puerto Rico and promoting the use of GIS and remote sensing technology (primarily LiDAR) in the classroom at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.

Candidate 2:  Brenda Burroughs

Brenda Burroughs serves as the North American Region Sales Manager for Optech with over twenty years in the Geospatial Profession. She began her career selling Landsat satellite data. Over the years she has expanded her knowledge and experience to include aerial imagery, digital mapping and analytical services, with extensive knowledge and background in GIS/Remote Sensing Applications products and services.  Her position at Optech takes her to the other side of the imaging camera. For those of you not familiar with Optech, the company is a manufacturer of Airborne Aerial and LiDAR, and Mobile LiDAR Mapping sensors. Prior to joining Optech, Brenda is responsible for sales and marketing of Digital Aerial Camera Systems and analytical services.

Statement:

I am a Past President, having served in the late 90’s with a history of participation and support, starting as a Director and moving on to be Secretary/Treasurer, Vice President and then President/Past President. Unfortunately, for a number of years, my career took me in a direction that did not support continued participation. Now that I am with Optech, the company is very supportive and encourages participation. I enjoyed being a part of the board and supporting FL ASPRS activities. If elected, I am committed to supporting the Region’s goals and objectives.

Candidate 3:  Michael Joos, CP, GISP

Michael Joos is a Certified Photogrammetrist and GISP with more than 25 years experience in the photogrammetric and geospatial profession. Having trained as a photogrammetric stereo compiler with ADR (now BAE Systems), Mr. Joos has held a variety of technical positions, including Photogrammetric Project Estimator, Project Manager, and Contract Administrator. Business development roles have included Regional Manager, Managing Partner and Vice President.
Having spent a little more than four years with high-resolution satellite imagery companies, Mr. Joos was also exposed to a host of remote sensing applications from space-born platforms and managed a number of large area impervious surface mapping projects, several being located here in the Southeastern United States.
Currently employed as Manager of US Sales by GeoCue Corporation, Mr. Joos works with geospatial production firms throughout the United States. In this role, Mr. Joos has the unique opportunity to interact with geospatial professionals in a broad range of disciplines, providing him the chance to better understand the issues that are of importance to them, especially as they relate to ASPRS activity.
As a member of ASPRS since 1987 and a Certified Photogrammetrist since 1998, Mr. Joos has been active in several professional organizations. He served on the 2007 Annual Conference Planning Committee as Technical Session Moderator Chairperson and has participated as a moderator at a number of ASPRS Annual Conferences. Mr. Joos served as President of the Central Appalachian Chapter of URISA while a resident of Pittsburgh, PA.

Statement:

If elected to serve the Florida Region of ASPRS, my approach would be to look, listen, and learn, and then act accordingly. What I mean by this, is that I would first seek opportunities to better understand the Region’s priorities, what programs are in place and need to be continued, what specific areas are we focused on, and how can I help achieve our goals. Some casual discussions with our leadership have revealed that providing continued opportunities for education, growing our membership, and generally working to make our Region stronger, are just a few of our current objectives.
At the same time, I would welcome and embrace new goals and objectives. In my travels throughout the Country, I meet with many industry professionals, and I sometimes hear them question the relevance of ASPRS. This is of great concern to me, and I believe this mind set needs to be challenged. With that in mind, I would like to see our Region take this challenge head-on; how do we make ASPRS more relevant, starting right here with the Florida Region.  It’s been my observation in recent years that we do have a strong and relevant Region, and I look forward to contributing to its continued success.

Candidate 4:  Keith Patterson, PSM, SP, GISP

Keith Patterson is a Senior Project Manager at Dewberry in Tampa, Florida and is a Florida licensed Professional Surveyor and Mapper (PSM). He has over 30 years of experience in remote sensing, photogrammetry, mapping, surveying, GIS and related geospatial services. His technical experience includes project design, LiDAR data processing, photo interpretation, change detection, trend analysis, environmental field reconnaissance, accuracy assessment and geodatabase construction aimed at supplying clients with reliable geospatial information.  He has served in both executive level and program management positions. 
Keith currently serves as a project manager for federal geospatial contracts with the USGS, USACE, USFWS, NGA, and NOAA. Within Florida he serves as a project manager for imagery- based land use/land cover, benthic habitat, wetland, vegetation, planimetric mapping projects and for LiDAR-based remote sensing projects conducted for the Water Management Districts, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and commercial entities. Keith possesses a Bachelors degree in Geography from the University of South Florida.

Statement:

I have served as a board member of the ASPRS Florida Region periodically since 1992 and have continually been active in helping the Region accomplish its goals. Geospatial technology has changed dramatically over time and ASPRS has provided its members with the educational and informational opportunities to keep abreast of these changes. I would like the opportunity to continue participation on the ASPRS Florida Region board to help facilitate more learning opportunities and to further increase our viability to the membership.

Candidate 1:  Keith Patterson, PSM, SP, GISP

Keith Patterson is a Senior Project Manager at Dewberry in Tampa, Florida and is a Florida licensed Professional Surveyor and Mapper (PSM). He has over 30 years of experience in remote sensing, photogrammetry, mapping, surveying, GIS and related geospatial services. His technical experience includes project design, LiDAR data processing, photo interpretation, change detection, trend analysis, environmental field reconnaissance, accuracy assessment and geodatabase construction aimed at supplying clients with reliable geospatial information.  He has served in both executive level and program management positions.

Keith currently serves as a project manager for federal geospatial contracts with the USGS, USACE, USFWS, NGA, and NOAA. Within Florida he serves as a project manager for imagery- based land use/land cover, benthic habitat, wetland, vegetation, planimetric mapping projects and for LiDAR-based remote sensing projects conducted for the Water Management Districts, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and commercial entities. Keith possesses a Bachelors degree in Geography from the University of South Florida.

Statement:

I have served as a board member of the ASPRS Florida Region periodically since 1992 and have continually been active in helping the Region accomplish its goals. Geospatial technology has changed dramatically over time and ASPRS has provided its members with the educational and informational opportunities to keep abreast of these changes. I would like the opportunity to continue participation on the ASPRS Florida Region board to help facilitate more learning opportunities and to further increase our viability to the membership. 

Candidate 2:  Kimberly Nale

Kimberly has been as member of ASPRS since 2008, first joining as a University of Florida Geography student she organized the local participation of UF students in ASPRS activities and has attended numerous ASPRS Conferences. She holds a Bachelors in Geography from the University of Florida. Her professional experience includes imagery and LiDAR QA/QC with Dewberry and she presently serves as a Geospatial Analyst for eMap International. In that role Kimberly manages a wide variety of imagery acquisition both aerial and satellite and establishes project specifications insuring that imagery capture meets client requirements. In addition she is responsible for change detection from both aerial and satellite imagery for major oil and gas clients.

I look forward to bringing a new and energetic prospective to ASPRS. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is changing rapidly and I am excited to work at the forefront of these changes. In the roll of Director I will commit the time and energy necessary to help formulate the vision of ASPRS going forward. 

Candidate 3:  Michael Rodger, CP

Michael Rodger is the Vice President of Southern Resource Mapping in Flagler Beach, Florida and is a Certified Photogrammetrist.  He has over 25 years of experience in Photogrammetry, LiDAR and GIS.  In his career he has served in project management and executive positions, including co-founding a Photogrammetric company and creating and managing an in-house Photogrammetric department at a Fortune 500 company.

Michael has served as project manager on hundreds of mapping projects for private engineer, land surveyor and land development companies to military, federal and state governments. He has many years of experience in stereo compilation, aerotriangulation, orthophoto generation, flight and ground control planning, LiDAR acquisition and geographic information systems.

Michael is an active member of ASPRS and a long time advocate of the society having served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Region from 2010 to Present and the North Atlantic Region prior to moving to Florida. He desires to continue to serve on the ASPRS Florida Region Board of Directors to support the great work of the region including recruitment, sponsored events and networking opportunities.