Event Details

NCSS is partnering with the Cape Fear Chapter to present this seminar.

Registration begins at 7:30 am and class concludes at 4:30 pm.  Breakfast (croissants & coffee) and Lunch are included.

Topics:

• Gary Thompson and Steve Garrett – NCDPS
• • Datum Changes
  • Elevation Certificates/FRIS
  • County and State Boundaries
• Doug Suttles
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Title Fraud
  • UgCS Flight Mission Planning

Instructors:

Gary Thompson, PLS
Gary is the Deputy Risk Management Chief, North Carolina Emergency Management/Risk Management and Chief of the North Carolina Geodetic Survey/Risk Management/NC Emergency Management. He has held a professional license as a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in North Carolina since 1980. He has served as president of both the North Carolina Society of Surveyors (NCSS) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Gary is an emeritus member of the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBEES) and a commission member of the ABET Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission.

Steve Garrett, CFM
Steve Garrett has worked for North Carolina Emergency Management for over 20 years. He is currently serving as the State NFIP Coordinator. Previously, Steve served as a planner for the Risk Management Section of North Carolina Emergency Management; providing outreach and technical assistance for Floodplain Management and the Floodplain Mapping Program, overseeing the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between NCFMP and NCDOT, and managing the LOMR Review Partners Program. Prior to working with Risk Management, he was a grant project manager and environmental specialist with the Hazard Mitigation Section. Steve earned a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and a Master of Science in Natural Resources Management from North Carolina State University.

Doug Suttles, PLS
Doug Suttles assumed leadership of Suttles Surveying in 2016 but began his career in 1990 after obtaining an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Surveying Technology from Coastal Carolina Community College. He has been involved with surveying since 1986 and his expertise includes data management and output from AutoCAD and various software packages as well as information technology management. Doug has served as a Council member of the North Carolina Electronic Recordation Council for 10+ years as well as being a member of the following associations and boards. The North Carolina Society of Surveyors (Foothills Chapter President), Director of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors Education Foundation, Member of Western Piedmont Community College Advisory Panel, Member of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors Education Enhancement Committee, Chairman of the McDowell County Utility Coordinator Council (UCC) and is the co-chairman of the Burke/Caldwell Utilities Coordination Committee.