Klein Collins Geomatic Model

Mr. Isidro Xavier Garza Related Seminars and Products

President

Isidro has been in the Geospatial & Land Surveying industry for over 30 years and has learned so much, but still has so much to learn.  In January of 2020, his wife Meredith and himself launched Gratia Geomatics, LLC where he is the Owner\President and she is the Vice President\Business Development Director. Our vast experience in the Private Commercial sector and local Municipalities have allowed us to work on some Dynamic projects in Harris and Montgomery Counties and look forward to growing our vision into a successful business! We launched our business with 4 employees and have successfully grown it to 23 employees and running 4 to 6 crews daily.

Isidro has been in the Geospatial & Land Surveying industry for over 30 years and has learned so much, but still has so much to learn.  In January of 2020, his wife Meredith and himself launched Gratia Geomatics, LLC where he is the Owner\President and she is the Vice President\Business Development Director. Our vast experience in the Private Commercial sector and local Municipalities have allowed us to work on some Dynamic projects in Harris and Montgomery Counties and look forward to growing our vision into a successful business! We launched our business with 4 employees and have successfully grown it to 23 employees and running 4 to 6 crews daily.

Isidro began his surveying career in 1992 as a rodman for Trevor Carnegie & Associates and worked his way up the ranks over the next few years. In 1998 he enrolled full time at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and graduated Cum Laude in 2000 with a degree in GIS with an emphasis in Geomatics.

Deborah Bronner-Westerduin Related Seminars and Products

Deborah Bronner-Westerduin serves approximately 26,000 students as the Director of Career & Technical Education Pathways in Klein Independent School District. Deborah’s expertise includes organizational leadership, business partnerships, innovative program design, and professional speaking.

As Director of Career & Technical Education (CTE), Deborah implements and oversees fifty-five CTE Pathways offering a coherent sequence of courses for three to six years to prepare students for college and career success. Deborah expanded opportunities for students to earn Industry-Based Certifications after becoming Director in 2017. To date, approximately 21,000 professional certifications and licensures have been earned by students. She began CTE Dual Credit courses in Klein ISD to give students the opportunity to earn high school and college credit at the same time while focusing on career preparation. Currently CTE Dual Credit courses represent half of all Dual Credit opportunities in the district. In 2017 she developed the first Accelerated College Pathway in the district and has since established a total of eight high school college pathways with the outcome for students to earn a college credential prior to high school graduation, either a College Certificate or Associate Degree.

Deborah was recently recognized by Sigma Kappa National Sorority for her community leadership and she was named a 2022 Klein ISD Superintendent’s Initiative Award Recipient for the development of innovative CTE Pathways, including the Geospatial Engineering and Land Surveying Accelerated College Pathway. She is active with the local Chamber of Commerce serving on the Education/Workforce Committee and a member of numerous professional organizations.

Deborah may be followed on Twitter @KISD_Deborah and her Linked In profile is DeborahWesterduin.

Connor Brown Related Seminars and Products

I am a third generation land surveyor and have been around the surveying profession my entire life. I started working in surveying professionally as a rodman with EGA & Associates in Lufkin (Michael Parker, RPLS 4527). I then moved into the office as a CAD Technician with Texas Surveying Associates in Lufkin (A.L. Hargraves, RPLS 2075). I interned as a CAD Technician with ELS Surveying & Mapping Inc in Tyler (E. L. "Buster" Sartain RPLS 1978) while finishing up my degree. After working as a GIS Technician for a few years with the San Jacinto County Appraisal District after college, I decided I wanted to get back into surveying and worked as a CAD Technician/Instrument Man/Survey Party Chief with the City of Conroe (Steven Estes, RPLS 5631 and Bill Patterson, RPLS 6030). Needing more boundary experience to get licensed, I then moved to Goodwin-Lasiter-Strong in Lufkin (Gary Brown, RPLS 4654) as an Instrument Man/Survey Tech/Project Surveyor/Survey Department Manager. I obtained my SIT in 2009 and my RPLS in 2012. In 2014, I transitioned back to ELS Surveying & Mapping, Inc in Tyler as a Project Surveyor and became licensed in New Mexico and Colorado in 2016 and Oklahoma in 2018. I am currently the Vice President of ELS Surveying & Mapping, Inc. My experience in surveying includes route surveys, civil design/topographic surveys, ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys for commercial and residential properties, large acreage boundary surveys, and oil and gas regulatory/permitting surveys. I have been involved in surveying projects across Texas (in 74 counties so far) and in Southeastern New Mexico.

Shane Neally Related Seminars and Products

Shane received his AAS Degree in Surveying in 1992 from Tyler Junior College and in 2000, obtained license as a Registered Professional Land Surveyor.  Shane is Partner and Vice-President of Stanger Surveying Tyler LLC and has 30 years’ experience in surveying with 28 of those at Stanger, performing boundary, topographic, route surveying and oil and gas surveying.  Shane developed and presented the “Becoming an SIT” seminar at the first TSPS spring Symposium and has co-presented the TSPS brand “Professional Ethics” course for TSPS Chapter No. 4.  Shane is an active member of TSPS, both on the Chapter and State level, having served as TSPS President in 2014 and has served as Chairman of the Chapter Activities Committee, Co-Chair of the SurPAC Committee, as Chapter 4 President and current Chapter 4 Secretary-Treasurer.  Shane is also the Treasurer of the Texas Surveying Foundation, Inc.  Shane was awarded the Chapter President of the Year award in 2004, the Young Surveyor of the Year award in 2010, Surveyor of the Year award in 2020 and several Presidential Awards.