Chad Balser Email & Phone Number

•Align the companies’ Business Strategies, Goals, and Vision with Technology •Research IT trends, Hardware, and Software to keep up to date with technology•Develop company technology strategies, goals, to improve efficiency, growth, and competitive advantage.•Develop implementation plans, calculate ROI, purchase, implement, train users, and maintain solutions.•Focus on change management, user involvement, education, and buy-in of technology based changes.•Directly support the Administration Department – Finance, HR, and Marketing.•Handle a majority of the end user support, questions, and assistance in their daily tasks.•Assisted in developing Bayer Becker's UAS Drone program - Mapping, Modeling, and built custom 1000mm Hexacopter•Licensed UAS Pilot•Developed and implemented a 21 week (two hour) training course for Civil 3D company-wide•Manage Phone, Data, Mobile, and IT service accounts.•Setup entire Network Infrastructure, Servers, WAN, LAN, Firewalls, Printers, Plotters, and external services.•Build CAD Workstations, and upgrade, repair, or retire as needed.•Maintain all the Hardware and Software across all 4 offices.•Installed Telephone cable, Network Cable, terminals, jacks, and manage the phone system•Maintain the company website, and update the structure regularly to support Marketing goals and changes needed•Hired and managed several employees and cooperative education students•Managed improvement teams to implement large company-wide changes and improvements.•Selected as a Bayer Becker Associate in 2006•Championed a Civil 3D Template and Implementation Team to assist with the migration from AutoCAD & Eagle Point to Civil 3D.•Helped lead a team to promote and redefine our corporate Values, Mission, and Vision – “Built to Last”•Assisted with many of the 3D Rendering projects and transferring model data from the different programs from Civil 3D > Sketchup > 3dsMax > Illustrator > Photoshop to help produce marketing graphics and models.

•Split the IT Administrator Role between multiple offices – I typically supported Mason and Covington•Championed a CAD Layering Standards Team and developed the first company-wide layer standards•Implemented CAD standards in plotting (CTB migration to STB)•Held a company-wide training session for new CAD standards•Worked on the Core Values Team to help identify the company’s Core Values•Worked with Architectural Department and helped develop workflows to assist importing AutoCAD designs into rendering software.•Developed new LISP programs and routines for AutoCAD and updated many of the existing routines we were using.•Used my Construction Staking Experience to review plans and suggest improvements based on experience of building techniques in the field.•Assisted with Construction observation on several projects•Design and Draft; Site Plans, Subdivision Plans, and Utility Plans (Storm, Sanitary, & Water) •Design and Drafted Conceptual Drawings, Preliminary Plans, Road Layout and Design, Lot Layout, Setbacks and Easements, Utility Design, Grading, Dirt Volumes, Balancing Sites, Storm Drainage Areas, and Flood Zone Calculations and Mitigation Plans.•Worked directly with the Civil Engineers to support their Design and AutoCAD Drafting needs.

•Coordinated three field crews running out of Bayer Becker's Mason Office.•Support Crews by assisting on-site as needed•Prepare Survey crews with Field Calculations, and Staking Plans•Reduced Field Work into AutoCAD Base Maps•Survey Plats, ALTA Surveys, Boundary Resolution, GPS Post-Processing•Member of the Bayer Becker Safety Team•Facilitated Development of Bayer Becker Field Coding and Linework Standards •Supported the Mason office users with any Computer Issues

•Full time Crew Chief of Two / Three man Survey crew•Survey Field Preparation including Scheduling, Calculations, Boundary Recon Sheets off Legals and Survey Plats, Roading Setup and GPS planning•Boundary Surveys, Construction Staking, Topographic Surveys, ALTA Surveys, and As-Builts•GPS Location using Static, Fast-Static, and RTK•Downloading Field data and importing into AutoCAD, checked Field Work and TIN accuracy•Training of Co-ops, Rod Men, Instrument Men, and Future Crew Chiefs

•Member of a Two Man Land Survey Crew•Operated Prism Pole and Sight Line – Location and Stakeout•Set Stakes and Survey Markers/Monuments•Operated a Total Station and Data Collector – Topographic Location and Stakeout•Recorded Notes (Angles, Distance, Elevations)•Calculated Cuts-Fills and Angles-Distances•Transitioned to Calculating Most of the Day’s Work•Filled in as Crew Chief as needed

•Member of a Two Man Land Survey Crew•Operated Prism Pole and Sight Line – Location and Stakeout•Set Stakes and Survey Markers/Monuments•Operated a Total Station and Data Collector – Topographic Location and Stakeout•Recorded Notes (Angles, Distance, Elevations)•Calculated Cuts-Fills and Angles-Distances•Calculated House Stakeouts at night “Off the Clock” to Learn/Practice Calculations