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Professional
Qualifications and Experience of Michael W. Finkbeiner, Professional Land
Surveyor NY # 050352 CT # 16105 4 Maher Ave., Greenwich,
CT 06830 Tel: 203 661-3897 Fax 203
983-5399 E-Mail June 1, 2003 Formed Earth Image Dot Net for underground and underwater tomagraphy, combining ground penetrating radar (GSSI-Sir2000) and depth soundings (Standard Horizon) data with Trimble GPS (XRS) surface mapping to assist in geophysical investigations for archaeology ,cemetery mapping applications and underwater construction. Received certification from Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc in Theory and Practice of Applying Interface Radar in Engineering and Geophysical Investigations. Developed custom software multiplexer to integrate simultaneous signals of GPS satellite signals with subsurface returns. Reflectorless fully robotic total station (Topcon 8000b with RC2 & radio modems) is used for land-side survey work This equipment integrates seamlessly with our Hiper+ (GPS + Glonass) high-precision GPS survey system. For 2002-2005, serving as a director of the Westchester-Putnam Association of Land Surveyors, a chapter of the New York State Assoc. of Land Surveyors (Nysapls.net). |
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1999 - 2003 Partner/Owner in J. A. Kirby Company LLP, a Port Chester, NY surveying and engineering company founded in 1871. Acted as Chief of Surveying, with responsibility for computer networks, CAD configuration of hardware and software, and development of proprietary software for field-to-finish processing of surveying field data files. Developed the JAKirby.com Website, hosted on site by Kirby's own in-house web-server. Organized electronic archive and retrieval databases for 130 years of paper mapping records and field book. Daily activities included directing field crews |
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1998 Started Resource Image and Mapping, Int'l (RIM) to develop software and field techniques to combine laser and other technology for imaging with ZCad programming to create non-traditional mapping products combining raster and vector data with photographic images to create presentation and exhibit maps. |
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1995-1997 Staff Land Surveyor at Redniss and Mead, Inc., Stamford,
CT. Participated in conveyance mapping of Olin Headquarters and Walden
Books headquarters to G E Capital. Mapped wetlands for Rockefeller
Lands subdivison in Greenwich, CT.
Part-time member of the Watchtower Education Center Regulatory
Services Department at Patterson, New York. Specialized in soil and
vegetation analysis of nutrient cycling for a pilot study of New York State's
first permits to utilize tertiary treated sewage effluent for agricultural
irrigation in a public drinking watershed. This involved using
30,000 gallons daily from the Watchtower Treatment Facility for campus
landscape irrigation. The New York
City Dept. of Environmental Protection closely scrutinized this project
for its beneficial downstream effects, in reducing nutrients in the watershed
by vegetative uptake and fixing. During this project, studied water
recycling systems in Florida and California to learn the methodology of
environmental analysis. |
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1991-1994 Land Surveyor/Partner at Ahneman
Associates PC, Greenwich, CT. Utilized Zcad programs to
automate field-to-finish drafting for Topcon equipment. Projects included photogrammetry and
master planning for the John D. Rockefeller III estate in Sleepy Hollow. |
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1989-1990 Consulting Forester/ Prof. Land
Surveyor based at 309 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, Connecticut. Developed
Zcad lisp programs for AutoCad mapping functions. Spent 80
working days as staff programmer at Watchtower
Society, Brooklyn, NY developing surveying relating
applications for the Watchtower CivilCad tablet. This was
installed in over 300 Society engineering workstations worldwide to
assist in construction and planning efforts. |
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1987-88 Partner in Hammons & Finkbeiner,
Surveyors and Foresters. Mapped wetlands and boundary for Rockefeller lands,
Colman & Blake property, Pommeranz/Tuchman property, and other large
parcels of open space/forestry land.
Cemetery mapping projects in NY, Mass,Conn. |
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1984-86 Estate of G. Rockefeller. Worked on
mapping and planning for development of Rockefeller Property. Developed
and marketed Survey.WIZ program for Tandy Model 100 . |
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1978-1983 worked for Godfrey Rockefeller and
his family office at 500 Fifth Ave., New York. (Land Management in
Vermont, Maine, Fla. & Conn. and Fortran programming for Indian Rock
Corp & Asset Records, Inc.) |
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1975-1978 Consulting Forester, specializing in mapping
applications. Editor of Newsletter of Conn. Wood Producers
Association (sawmills and loggers). Again worked with Tim Mellon,
then at Timcor in forest resource procurement for rebuilding the NE rail
corridor. |
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1975 developed and copyrighted Canon Calculators
"Surveyor" software package, which was marketed as a desktop system
worldwide by Canon. |
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1974 –75 Taught surveying and photogrammetry at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science. |
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1973 Began consulting work for Wang
Labs, New Haven office, developing additions to land surveying modules. |
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1971 Completed Yale Master of Forest Science degree. Pursued interest in mapping systems, and began development of Yale Computer Center
Fortran COGO (coordinate geometry computations system). During Summer
1970 worked for Yale Forests in Keene, New Hampshire and Union, Conn.
maintaining on-going research projects and performing boundary surveys and
mapping updates under direction of Prof. David M. Smith. In Mar. '71 began
employment with J. R. Codespoti, Land Surveyor, Stratford, Conn. while
providing computational consulting for land surveying/sub-division work on
IBM 360 system, first at Yale, then through Tim Mellon, Guilford,Ct. |
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1969 Completed Yale BS degree in economics, with thesis/project on commercial paper markets under Prof. Joseph Stiglitz.( Reviewed by Robert Rubin at Goldman Sachs.) After graduation, obtained employment at Cowles Foundation for Economic Research as Fortran Programmer in lead/lag investment analysis of 100 sectors of the U.S. econometric model, assisting Prof. Bishoff. Mathematical model building done in collaboration with Yale Forestry School professional staff led to a Ford Foundation grant to obtain MFS degree there: |
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Summer Activities: 1968 Bartlett Tree Experts. Arborist. Later obtained Conn. ground spray license 1967Yale University Summer Student Employment. 1966 Harvard Summer School. Studied Old & Middle English. Started major in linguistics. 1965 Graduated from William Penn High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Traveled in Europe from May to August, spending 2 weeks with French film director Jacques Tati with a part in his film “Playtime” 1964 Notre Dame University Math Summer Program for High School Students. 1963 Lehigh University Summer Engineering Camp. Exposure to various engineering disciplines. |
Professional Qualifications
and Experience of Michael W. Finkbeiner,
Professional Land
Surveyor NY # 050352 CT # 16105
4 Maher Ave., Greenwich, CT
06830 Tel: 203 661-3897 Fax 203
983-5399