Ambassador Spotlight ‘Matthew Ek’

Welcoming our latest Brand Ambassador, Matthew Ek from Maine, USA!

How did you get into surveying? Survey internship while attending University of Maine for a Civil Engineering Degree. That hooked me on surveying and I changed my major the next semester.

What are your plans a Brand Ambassador? I loved Math in school and would like to speak with students and teachers, so that they can see surveying as a potential profession.

Tell us a bit about what you do: I’ve been a land surveyor for 38 years, and at the same firm for 33 years. We’ve grown our survey team from 1 PLS with 6 techs to 15 PLS’s with 25 techs. I concentrate now on mentoring our newer, and seasoned, PLS’s. Helping them achieve the their goals and the path that they would like to follow.

Anything else you’d like to add? Surveying is a great career for someone that likes to be outside but still gets to use some of the latest technology. You get to work on different sites and help people what is often their most expensive purchase, their home.