Joe Bima

Joe Bima Seiler Geospatial 35+ years in the industry across Civil Engineering, Surveying Engineering, Geodetic Engineering, Geomatic Engineering, Photogrammetry, GIS/Mapping and industry technology with a passion for assisting the industry with achieving an alignment between the digital verse and physical reality.

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Sheldon Bina

Sheldon is PEC’s GIS Manager and oversees data collection, data compilation, data management, data analysis, QA/QC processes, and configuration of applications. He has experience collecting data utilizing Leica and Trimble GNSS equipment, ESRI Field Maps, ESRI Survey123, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He specializes in ESRI’s ArcGISPro and ArcGIS Online to accomplish data compilation, management, and analysis. He is very thorough in ensuring the GIS deliverables comply with the client’s mapping standards. As GIS has evolved into mobile and web applications, Sheldon has been at the forefront of configuring these applications to increase time efficiency, data accuracy, and collaboration.

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Bryan Boutz

Bryan Boutz is privileged to work on behalf of Bartlett & West with railroads across North America, designing and implementing systems that leverage the power of spatial data to improve safety and efficiency. He believes that geography, as a discipline rooted in understanding relationships, is a universal tool that can contribute to making the world a better place.

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Mike D'Attilio

Mike is a Senior Consultant with Esri, focusing on Emergency Management consulting with various government agencies. Mike has more than 25 years of experience in GIS and working with Esri products and joined Esri 3 years ago, following 8 years at the Kansas Division of Emergency Management.

Roger Denton

Roger Denton is the GIS Coordinator for Atchison County, Kansas. He holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University and a MS in Technical Education from Pittsburg State University. He is  currently a registered Landscape Architect and a CLARB Record holder.

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Jack Faris

Jack Faris has been the GIS Technician for Atchison County, Kansas for four years. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science with a Minor in Geospatial Analysis from Emporia State University.

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Luke Finley

Luke Finley is a Solution Engineer at Esri supporting State and Local Governments in Kansas and across the lower Midwest Region. He has been doing GIS for nearly 10 years in both the public and private sector having previously worked for the Kansas Division of Emergency Management as a GIS Analyst. He enjoys helping geospatial professionals solve problems and implement systems that serve their organizations and community.

Dave Grolling

Dave Grolling, MPSGIS, is a GIS Developer at DASC. With 12 years of GIS experience, he has worked in various industries applying GIS including pipeline engineering, population health, and state government. At DASC he is responsible for programming solutions, project development, outreach, and ArcGIS Online user and content management.

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Daniel Gwartney

Daniel Gwartney, GISP, CFM is a Technical Manager at Benesch with over 20 years of experience in the GIS Industry, with expertise in remote sensing, image analysis, and geospatial automation. He specializes in applying machine learning and deep learning to aerial and drone-based imagery for infrastructure monitoring, land cover classification, and hazard detection. His work includes processing thermal, multispectral, and LiDAR data to extract meaningful features—such as bridge defects, vegetation health, and object locations—and integrating results into actionable tools like ArcGIS Online dashboards. Dan combines over two decades of GIS and water resources experience with hands-on development in Python and ArcGIS to deliver practical, data-driven solutions for planning, mitigation, and asset management.

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Darren Haag

Darren Haag, GISP, is a Principal Consultant with Epoch Solutions Group. He has more than 15 years of experience in the GIS industry and currently focuses primarily on Utility Network implementations. His previous stops include The City of Topeka, KS and the City of Lawrence, KS.

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Matthew Hartung

Matt Hartung is a Data Analyst for the City of Olathe, Ks. He has about 10 years GIS experience. He was working in GIS while in grad school. After obtaining his masters in Environmental Geophysics and a masters in Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing, he worked with the South Dakota School of Mines on their cloud lensing program in order to increase solar array energies, followed by a time at KDHE. After which he worked for The City of Lawrence as a GIS analyst and finally landing with the City of Olathe. For Olathe he works on several tasks including but not limited to GIS applications.

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Clayton Hayes

Clayton Hayes is a GIS Analyst in TREKK’s Kansas City office, with an emphasis in ArcGIS Online solutions, GIS data stewardship, data workflow optimization and custom report graphics. He specializes in the creation and management of GIS data by design and deployment of optimized data workflows with mobile data collection platforms, database management and custom report delivery all compiled and visualized through ArcGIS Online web-based mapping applications.

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Jacob Heck

Dr. Jacob Heck is a geodesist, serving as the National Geodetic Survey’s Regional Geodetic Advisor for the Great Lakes and the interim Appalachian Regional Geodetic Advisor. Jacob has worked for NGS since 2016, previously as a GNSS researcher at the Silver Spring Headquarters. He holds a B.S. in Surveying Engineering from Michigan Technological University, a Ph.D. in Geodetic Science from The Ohio State University, and a Michigan Professional Surveyor license. Jacob is a Past President of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Young Surveyors Network, is a liaison between NSPS and the American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS), and is active within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). In 2020, he was profiled as one of xyHt Magazine's 40 Under 40.

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Matt Hiland

Matt Hiland graduated from LSU in 1990, and immediately went to work as a GIS Analyst for the Louisiana Geological Survey and the LSU Coastal Studies Institute. He was lured away to Austin, Texas in 1994, and he lived and worked there for thirty years. In that time, he worked for a series of software, engineering, and consulting firms, executing and managing a wide variety of enterprise scale geospatial projects and programs. He has been with Sanborn for almost six years and now resides in Arkansas with his wife of 36 years, where they work remotely, care for aging family members, and try to find time for travel, nature, fishing, and gardening.

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Bryce Hirschman

Bryce Hirschman, GISP, is a Senior GIS Project Manager for JEO Consulting Group. He has more than 30 years of experience in the GIS industry, having previously worked for MJ Harden and Associates, City of Lawrence, KS, Bartlett and West, and Douglas County, KS in various capacities including but not limited to GIS Technician, GIS Analyst, GIS Coordinator, GIS Manager, Systems Architect, and Senior GIS Project Manager.

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Ryan Howell

Ryan Howell is a UAS instructor at Kansas State University Salina who teaches UAS remote sensing courses in photogrammetry, thermography, and LiDAR. He holds a B.S and M.S in Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation from Brigham Young University with a GIS minor and has over 10 years of GIS and remote sensing experience.

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Louise Jennings

Louise Jennings, GISP, is a Senior GIS Analyst at HNTB with over nine years of experience in geospatial strategy, data management, and application development for complex infrastructure and planning projects. They specialize in designing and deploying scalable GIS solutions that drive digital transformation, enhance data transparency, and optimize public engagement and internal decision-making through robust data governance and integrated data sources.

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Kristen Jordan Koenig

Kristen Jordan Koenig grew up in Lawrence, Kansas. She has been in the GIS field since 2006, working primarily for state and county governments. In early 2012, Kristen joined the Kansas Geological Survey at DASC and transitioned to the KGS GIS Division in 2020 as a GIS Developer.

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Melita Kennedy

Melita Kennedy is a Principal Product Engineer for the Esri projection engine. The Esri projection engine includes a library of coordinate system and transformation definitions as well as many functions to define, convert, and manipulate geodetic data. Melita has a MS in Geodetic Science from the Ohio State University ("Go Bucks!") and joined Esri in 1994.

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Jake Kooyer

Jake provides GIS data management, analysis and quality control in TREKK’s Kansas City office. He is passionate about geospatial analysis and the development of maps to inform and support equity among communities.

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Richard Lisichenko

Dr. Richard Lisichenko is a Professor of Geography/GIS and Chairman in the Department of Geosciences at Fort Hays State University. His areas of specialization include: Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Geographic Education, and the Geography of Russia.

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Sherry Massey

Sherry Massey is the Executive Director of the Kansas 911 Board, but her heart is still in GIS. Sherry worked at Dickinson County for 25 years, starting in 911 and ending in GIS and IT. She has been a part of the Board’s GIS Program since 2013, teaching 911 people about GIS and GIS people about 911.

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Brent Miller

Brent Miller oversees DASC’s imagery and LiDAR data storage, downloads and associated services. He is responsible for inventorying and publishing optimized services that contain thousands of files and TBs of raster data currently both on premise and in the new DASC Azure cloud environment. He also works closely with state and local partners on the annual update of the statewide tax unit boundaries, the ongoing maintenance of the rural water district boundaries, as well as works on various other DASC projects as needed.

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Michael Nelson

Mike Nelson is the Supervisor of the GIS team at Overland Park. He has been in that role since 2020 and has served on the OP GIS team for over 25 years.

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Brian Parr

Brian Parr is a senior project manager at Bartlett & West with over 20 years of experience in GIS across both public and private sectors. He leads GIS and data-driven initiatives within the firm’s Rail Group, helping clients modernize systems, manage assets, and make smarter decisions. His background includes work with local governments, regional agencies, and railroads across the central U.S.

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Scott Perkins

Scott is a longtime member of KAM with 40 years of experience collecting, processing and delivering geospatial data from air, land and water. His experience with bathymetry includes serving on the Federal Advisory Committee to NOAA for Hydrographic Surveying. Scott was elected as chair of the Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) committee. During his term the HSRP held public meetings at major US Ports and Harbors to meet with local stake holders and learn about their safety of navigation concerns and bathymetry needs. HSRP travels took Scott to the Ports of Anchorage, Honolulu, New York-New Jersey, Long Beach, Houston, New Orleans, Charleston and Galveston.

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Avantika Ramekar

Avantika joined Prairie Engineers in 2024 as a Geospatial Scientist. She served on a committee with the American Association of Geographers (AAG), where she actively contributed to advancing geospatial knowledge and research. At Prairie Engineers, she applies her expertise in GIS across a range of projects for teams specializing in natural resources, hydrology, and civil engineering. Her past research has taken her to rural areas of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, gaining valuable field experience. Currently, she is engaged in projects involving key agencies such as the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and others.

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Amy Roust

Amy Roust, GISP, is the IT GIS Administrator for the City of Lawrence, Kansas. She loves applying geospatial technology to simplify workflows as well as sharing knowledge by teaching and presenting. Her recognitions include awards from Esri (2021 SAG Award), the Mid America GIS Consortium (2020 Outstanding Contribution in GIS Service), the GISCI (2019 Map Contest winner), and the Kansas Association of Mappers (two-time most valuable member). Amy has an M.A. in Geography from the University of Missouri.

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Micah Seybold

Micah Seybold, GISP, is a 25 year employee with the City of Lawrence, Kansas. where he has worked as a GIS Intern, GIS Analyst, and GIS Manager.

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Chris Sims

Chris Sims is a GIS Analyst for Overland Park and is the GIS emergency preparedness project lead. He has over 7 years of experience in the GIS field, including three years at Overland Park and four years with the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office.

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Kevin Skridulis

Kevin Skridulis, GISP, is a GIS Project Analyst with over 30 years of experience in geospatial analysis and mapping. He joined the AIMS department of Johnson County, Kansas in 2019, after working in the County Appraiser’s Office since 1993 as both a GIS Technician and Analyst. Currently embedded within the Appraiser’s Office as part of AIMS, Kevin specializes in agricultural use delineation and contributes to a wide range of mapping and technology-driven initiatives that support the Appraiser. He earned both his B.A. and M.A. in Geography from the University of Kansas.

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Cherie Smith

Cherie Smith is a seasoned Data (GIS) Analyst at the City of Olathe, bringing over a decade of experience in the GIS sector. Cherie has both, a degree in geography and a certification in GIS. Her prior roles include work at the Platte County Assessor's Office and a private plat book company, where she specialized in providing custom GIS and mapping solutions tailored primarily to the needs of rural counties.

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Will Trimble

William Trimble is a GIS Developer for the Kansas Data Access & Support Center (DASC). He has spent the last 10 years working as a GIS Specialist in TN and KS at both the state and local levels, with a focus on NG911. As a Developer for DASC he supports the collection, processing, and aggregation of 911 data for the state of Kansas NG911 project and associated 911 initiatives.

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Kirk Webb

Kirk Webb, GISP, is the GIS Coordinator for Jefferson County, Kansas. He has 30 years of experience in the GIS industry, having worked in forestry, county conservation, Union Pacific Railroad, Corps of Engineers and the State of Missouri redistricting.

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Tyler Wehr

Tyler Wehr, GISP, has a Master’s in Geographic Information Science from Northwest Missouri State University and works with LAZ Parking in Kansas City, Missouri. LAZ partners with the City to manage and analyze everything related to parking, from meters and mobile apps to garages and enforcement.

Tyler focuses on making sense of parking data through GIS, Power BI dashboards, and day-to-day analytics that help shape how the City approaches its evolving parking system.

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Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams "Survey123 Jedi"

I’m a wife, a mom, and an unapologetic spreadsheet enthusiast ~ so it’s only natural that I found my calling with Survey123 Connect.

Everything changed for me on May 2, 2022, when a car accident shifted my perspective. During recovery, I had to relearn GIS and Survey123 from scratch. That experience uncovered something powerful: while watching my own teaching videos, I discovered the gaps in how I explained things. It was humbling ~ and transformative. That journey didn’t just make me stronger with the tools; it made me a more patient and thoughtful instructor.

Now, I’m here to share that clarity with you.

I earned my MSGIS degree from the University of Redlands in 2018, just a few miles from the Esri campus ~ many of my professors were Esri staff. I retired from Environmental Resource Management in July 2025, where I led Survey123 training and mentorship for GIS teams.

I’ve built Survey123 solutions for industries ranging from utilities and archaeology to demolition work for pharmaceutical companies. If you can dream it, I can build it.

My mission is to train the next generation of Survey123 Padawans and Jedi.

When I’m not building forms or teaching workshops, you’ll find me mountain biking, hiking, camping, or scrapbooking. I’m also a big fan of Star Wars, Marvel, and the Hallmark Channel.

I’d love to hear about your superpowers ~ feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.

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