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2003

2002

 

 


Presenters


Jeanne Aarhus    Avatech Solutions, Inc.
Mike Arroyo   The Itasca Group
Ronald J. Brys   Envision Graphics LLC
Dan Calistrat    Bentley Geopak
Jan Cella   Bentley
Seth Cohen Rowse Company
Chris Collins   Bentley Geopak
Mark Hilliard   The Itasca Group
Greg Hruby  MnDOT
Dennis Moline  MnDOT
Chris Jennings Bentley
Richard Morrow   Bentley
Patrice H. Rhodes   P.H. Rhodes, Inc.
Dave Sime   The Itasca Group
Eiren Smith   Axiom
Tom Stogdill   The Itasca Group
Craig Tobias   The Itasca Group

Jeanne Aarhus
Avatech Solutions, Inc.
A certified instructor for all levels of AutoCAD and MicroStation, Jeanne specializes in training AEC design and drafting.  Her career spans more than 18 years of hands-on CADD experience.  In addition, she is the technical editor of Onword Press’  “MicroStation consulting, training, and technical support.  During her tenure with Avatech Solutions, she has been instrumental in developing project-based curricula addressing novice, intermediate, and advanced levels of design, drafting, office automation, as well as system support applications and tools.  Jeanne earned her B.S. Engineering Technology from the University of Nebraska.

jaarhus@avat.com


Mike Arroyo
The Itasca Group
Beginning with Intergraph in 1989, as a Senior Customer Engineer, Mike provided MicroStation 3.3 & 4.0 training throughout the Midwest.  In 1994, he left Intergraph and started SoftVision Inc., a company specializing in MicroStation development and support.  Traveling with Greg Bentley throughout the US and Europe, Mike unveiled MicroStation V5.  He continued to do tradeshows and keynotes with Bentley, until joining The Itasca Group in 1995.  Today, Mike serves as Vice President of Marketing for The Itasca Group.

mike.arroyo@itascagroup.com


Ronald J. Brys Envision Graphics LLC Upon graduating in 1976 from MATC in civil highway technology, worked for several civil and environmental engineering firms.  Certified as a licensed land surveyor in the state of Wisconsin in 1981.  While working for engineering firms had the benefit of working on a wide variety of projects in roles ranging from survey crew chief to CADD department manager.  Work experience includes municipal, highway, airport, mapping, and site design projects.  Formed Envision Graphics in 1996 to provide visualization, training in Microstation & InRoads, and CADD consulting services.

ron@envision-graphics.net


Dan Calistrat Bentley Geopak Dan Calistrat is currently employed as a Senior Engineering Consultant for GEOPAK Corporation.  Dan is a registered Professional Engineer and brings 13+ years of experience with computer aided design software to GEOPAK Corporation, now with Bentley Systems, Inc.  10 of those years have been spent working for the land development community as an Engineer and Project Manager of small to large scale engineering projects.  Dan graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and is an active member in the engineering community.
dan.calistrat@geopak.com

Jan Cella
Bentley
Regional Technical Manager, Midwest office, has been with Bentley Systems for two years.  Prior to this he was with Intergraph Corporation for 16 years in various capacities, most recently as Regional Training Manager.  He is also an adjunct faculty member with the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.  Jan has degrees in Design/Industrial Design from Miami University and Rhode Island School of Design.  He has been in the field of CAD technology since 1978.
jan.cella@bentley.com

Seth Cohen
Rowse Company
Seth Cohen has over six years of experience using MicroStation for highway design and civil engineering. He has additional background in AutoCAD, and specializes in providing technical support, documentation, custom training and consulting. Seth is a certified instructor for InRoads, InRoads Site, and InRoads Survey.
seth.cohen@rowseco.com

Chris Collins
Bentley Geopak
18 years experience in surveying, site design and highway design.  Previous post was with the North Carolina Department of Transportation as a Transportation Engineer before coming to GEOPAK as a Engineering Consultant in 1996.
chris.collins@geopak.com

Mark Hilliard
The Itasca Group
Mark is currently the Product Development Director for JCafe Inc., a web-based, learning management development company based in Minneapolis, MN. As the JCafe, Inc. Product Development Director Mark has been responsible for the product development research, functional specifications, and key market trend research for the company's next generation of Learning Management System applications. Mark's unusual combination of experience in network server administration, web and database software development, and 20 years of instructional design experience make him uniquely, well qualified to analyze the current trends in today's web based training applications.
mark.hilliard@jcafeinc.com

Greg Hruby
MnDOT
BS Geography/Cartography from University of MN/Mpls. MnDOT employee since 1988. Has worked in Bridge Design, Photogrammetrics. Geopak supporting Surveys, Design, and DTM-Photo. MicroStation CAD Support for all of MnDOT. Currently MnDOT CADD Data Standards Manager.
greg.hruby@dot.state.mn.us

Dennis Moline
MnDOT

Dennis is the Visualization Supervisor for Mn/DOT.  He holds a B.S. in computer science, and has a strong background in architectural design.  Dennis has been with Mn/DOT for over 23 years.  He started in the Office of Environmental Services, moved to Computer Aided Engineering Services as the DOS Systems Administrator, then work as the technical advisor for Site Development Unit and is now developing the Visualization Program for the Department.

dennis.moline@dot.state.mn.us

Patrice H. Rhodes
P.H. Rhodes, Inc.
Patrice Rhodes of P.H. Rhodes, Inc. is an independent consultant specializing in on-site software training, consulting and support services. Patrice has designed and implemented extensive customized training programs for a variety of clients including utility companies, government agencies, engineering design and manufacturing firms. She also writes and conducts seminars on training and course development for her clients. Patrice has been providing successful support and training programs on Bentley and Intergraph products since 1988.
phrhodes@compuserve.com

 


Dave Sime
The Itasca Group
Dave is a ProjectWise Applications Engineer with the Itasca Group.
dave.sime@itascagroup.com

Eiren Smith
Axiom
Eiren Smith is Vice President for Technology. He ensures that all Axiom products meet a high standard of consistency, intuitiveness and reliability. In addition, Eiren travels the United States and abroad training groups of MicroStation users to best use Axiom tools to suit their specific needs and maximize their productivity.

Tom Stogdill
The Itasca Group
Tom is a Bentley certified MicroStation Institute instructor and has taught a wide variety of MicroStation-related courses. Tom also provides technical support for the Itasca Group's Bentley SELECT customers, technical sales support, and production services. Thom has been recognized twice by Bentley Systems as one of the top three technical support representatives in the Americas and has also received the Bentley Technical Support Analyst of the Year Award.

Craig Tobias
The Itasca Group
Craig’s background and expertise is in mechanical engineering, AEC Services, web technology and programming services.   His primary focus as the head of Itasca Groups'’ ProServices division is professional and technical services, including programming and custom application development, as well as sales support for Model Engineering and Architectural Engineering related to TriForma.

 

 

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