The Geoholics

What's not to love about Shannon Conaway?!?!? Shannon is one of the Founding Partners and CEO of Conaway Geomatics, a Disable Veteran Business Enterprise. He is the son of a civil engineer and grew up loving surveying. In a geospatial world where big business and private equity are all the rage, Shannon and his team have figured out the recipe to compete and thrive. Shannon has built a company that is passionate about not only promoting the A&E industries but also preparing the next generation of land surveyors. A few things discussed included...you learn more from bad leaders...mentoring is a 2-way street...there is always an opportunity to add value and live each day with gratitude! Music by Turnpike Troubadours!

Well this was fun! The guys were joined this week by Ms. Jordyn Hjeldness (Jeldness). Jordyn is the epitome of what all young land surveyors should strive to be! She is well educated, has had great mentors, diverse project experiences and is passionate about all things land surveying! To say Jordyn is an adventurer and gets the most out of life would be an understatement. To summarize this dynamic not-to-be-missed conversation..."Land Surveying is the coolest job EVER!! Music by CAAMP!

Another one for the ages! Would you expect anything less with TK?!? The guys were joined during National Surveyors Week and on Global Surveyors Day by the one and only Trent Keenan and his good friend Christian Cernauskas. Trent of course is the President of Diamondback Land Surveying, Creator of Mentoring Mondays, Roundtable Tuesdays and Wisdom Wednesdays, and the driving force behind Get Kids Into Survey - West Coast. Christian, as an experienced writer and videographer, is the Marketing Communications and Outreach Strategist at NCEES. Having a conversation with these two about all things pertinent to the land surveying profession was absolutely priceless. You do not want to miss it! Music by Kings of Leon!

What an honor! The guys (and Dr. Nik) were joined this week by Rick Smith, Executive Director & Philippe Tissot, Chair of Coastal Artificial Intelligence at Conrad Blucher Institute, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. There is so much to glean from this episode...what a "research institute" actual does, history of CBI, current key initiatives as they relate to surveying & mapping, role CBI plays in education & advancing the geospatial professions, and confirmation that we are living through "the next big thing"! These guys are creating a model for success and we're happy to call them friends! Music by New Order!!!

Just another guest that is smarter than DD & PS combined! The guys were joined this week by Sam Hashemi. Sam has not only worked with NASA to develop apps for the International Space Station, he is also the CEO & Co-founder of Felt! What is Felt you ask? Only one of the coolest new mapping products on the planet that you probably haven't heard about yet...you're welcome! Felt is without question a better way to work with maps that is powerful enough for GIS Pros, yet easy enough for everyone else to use. As we continue to make maps part of our daily operations just like spreadsheets and a plethora of other online documents, Felt is like the "easy" button for your entire team to collaborate spatially! Music by A Tribe Called Quest!!

And yet ANOTHER survey "influencer! The guys were joined this week, fittingly on Terminus Day, by none other than Mr. Davey Edwards. Davey is already a legend in the geospatial world and we were humbled to have this conversation with him. We covered everything from working in the family business, being a TAMU-CC professor, growing up on a farm, working on a "patent correcting" survey for the GLO, the "3 E's of Licensure", to the importance of embryo donation...what a ride!! Music by HARDY!!

Now back to our regular scheduled programming!!! The guys were joined this week by the one and only Ramon Labrador!! Ramon is a bit of a survey celebrity that is for sure. He is the Deputy Surveyor, DC Department of Buildings – Washington, DC...the FIRST Hispanic Deputy Surveyor, DC! In his free time, Ramon is also the NSPS Director and NGS Coordinator for DC as well as the Get Kids Into Survey Ambassador for Maryland. We covered too many topics to list...give it a listen and get to know Ramon better! Music by the Fania All Stars!

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!!

00:10 - Rami Tamimi, Surveying and Geospatial Technology Researcher and Content Creator

14:00 - John "JB" Byrd, Federal Lobbyist on behalf of the National Society of Professional Surveyors 

& Pat Gaylord, Geomatics Service Excellence Leader at David Evans and Associates, Inc.

35:37 - Jay Ure, Senior Customer Success Manager& Mike Melancon, Laser Scanning Account Executive Mountain West Region at NavVis

48:17 - Aaron Newby, Sales Director | Americas at Emesent & Scott Harrigan, President

01:03:00 - Jonathan Murphy, CEO, President and Founder of GoGeomatics Canada

01:15:33 - Jody Andruszkiewicz, Business Development Manager at SkyWatch

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!!

00:56 - Ben Williams, Chief Operating Officer at Exyn Technologies Inc

16:28 - Aaron Newby, Sales Director | Americas at Emesent & David Lowe, Chief Revenue Officer at Pointerra

31:12 - Patrick Gill, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Imagery and Emerging Markets & Travis Clemens, Senior Product Leader at EagleView

43:40 - Marc Goldman, Director Industry Solutions at Esri

57:55 - Madison Moore, Remote Sensing Specialist II at SpecTIR LLC

01:09:05 - Galen Scott, NGS Constituent Resources Manager at NOAA National Geodetic Survey

Check out these highlights from this year's awesome event!!!

00:30 - Aaron Newby, Sales Director | Americas at Emesent & Matt Isenbarger, CRO at Freefly Systems

13:14 - Stefan Hrabar, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Emesent & Mike Russalesi, Founder SiteScout360

31:39 - Nathan Pugh, CTO and John Chwalibog, CEO & Founder at VTS - Virtual Technology Simplified

52:54 - Mike Falk, President & CEO at Falk PLI Engineering & Surveying, Inc

1:14:29 - Jeffrey Hong, Drone Program Manager and Tim Ultee, Principal GIS Specialist at Parsons Corporation