Technical Skills:

• GPS control survey methods
• Survey network calculations and adjustments
• Geodetic surveying techniques
• Hardware and software customization for productivity
• CAD and COGO software expertise

Personal Skills :

• Training and instruction
• Public speaking
• Human resources management

Personal Background:

Thomas was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He excelled at math at high school and led to his love of land surveying. He moved up to Namibia and there the travel bug hit his family. Over a period of five years they traveled to the United States (twice) as well as visiting the United Kingdom, France, Comoros Islands, Mauritius and the Bahamas. The whole family fell in love with the USA and knew that one day they wanted to move here.

Mark and Thomas contacted each other in 1999 and this led to the family moving to the Pacific Northwest. Thomas ran a private survey company in Namibia and shares a similar outlook to Mark on running a successful and thriving survey practice.