M&E LEADERSHIP TEAM

David W. Coggin, P.S.M.

Vice President

Mr. Coggin, co-founder of Morgan & Eklund, Inc., is the Chief Surveyor/Project Manager and has over 46 years of land and hydrographic survey experience. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company, including project scheduling, client contact, quality control, and supervision of personnel. He is also in charge of our hydrographic survey operations.

His marine-related abilities (i.e., boat handling, rigging, weather, and ocean knowledge) and experience in land and coastal projects, including boundary and topographic surveys, establishing horizontal and vertical control, mean high water line surveys and hydrographic surveys make him a very competent team leader.

CHRIS A. GAMMON, P.S.M.

PROJECT MANAGER

Chris Gammon, with over 42 years of experience, is responsible for all aspects of planning, implementation, and completion of boundary, topographic, geodetic, as-built and photo control surveys, utilizing both conventional and GPS technologies. He is proficient with AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation/ln-Roads, digital terrain modeling, existing ground and design template building, volume calculations including surface-to­-surface and average end area methods, static and real-time kinematic survey procedures, data processing and feature code utilization together with AEC Compliance Standards.

PAUL C. VOUTE, P.S.M.

FIELD SUPERVISOR

Mr. Voute’s extensive desktop and field experience with land, coastal and hydrographic surveys makes him a valuable member of the project team. Mr. Voute is proficient with digital levels, total stations, data collectors, RTK/GPS and GPS procedures. Paul has been the Party Chief for land and coastal projects including boundary and topographic surveys, establishing horizontal and vertical control, route surveys, mean high water line surveys, coastal monitoring and hydrographic surveys.

MATT A. BARKER

FIELD SUPERVISOR

Matt Barker has more than 32 years of surveying experience. He is highly knowledgeable in all phases of surveying, including boundary, topographic, beach nourishment, structural deformation and geodetic surveys. Matt is proficient in using digital levels, electronic total stations, RTK/GPS, data collectors and invar rods. He has been leading and training Morgan & Eklund’s field crews for over 22 years and is a safe operator of small survey vessels and all-terrain vehicles.

Don Donaldson

Hydrographic Project Manager
Mr. Donaldson is a Hydrographic and Cadastral surveyor with over 13 years of experience, being recently promoted to Hydrographic Project Manager. He has conducted surveys in a variety of environments and techniques ranging from dredging and land reclamation, geophysical and sub-bottom, property boundaries, hub and tack, property improvement and FEMA documentation to as-built documentation, and environmental mitigation surveys 
 
Don’s skill set includes proficiency in the use of AutoCAD products; Hypack and Qimera hydrographic software suites; Trimble and Leica workflows; single baseline and Network GNSS surveying for RTK or PPK collection; standard survey tools such as total station, rod and level, and RTK Rover. He is extremely knowledgeable in field troubleshooting and repair of electronic systems and deployment of hydrographic survey systems.

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