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.