Ambassador Spotlight ‘Jon Geffre’

Introducing Brand Ambassador Jon Gaffre who is covering South Dakota, USA:

How did you get into surveying? When I was young, my uncle was a land surveyor and always had the latest and greatest technology. As a middle schooler, I thought he was one of the coolest adults I knew. When my parents would travel out of town during the week, I would stay at my aunt and uncle’s house. I would try not to get caught looking over my uncle’s shoulder while he was catching up on miscellaneous drafting tasks in CAD. One day, my uncle had me help him with a level loop, and I was hooked.

What are your plans as a Brand Ambassador? I plan to continue to work with South East Technical College to assist in their survey program. I also plan to host a trigstar event in eastern South Dakota, and want to start meeting with my local high school to read, and talk about surveying with the students.

Tell us a bit about what you do: I perform multiple boundary surveys in the area. I also spend a lot of time flying drones and processing LiDAR and photogrammetry.

Anything else you’d like to add? I currently serve as YSN Vice President, and am a founding member of SD YS Chapter. I work extensively with our local college.