Meet the Speakers:

Stephen C. Chino, Jr., PLS is a professional land surveyor for Siteworx Survey and Design in Paducah, KY and has been involved with Surveying/GIS/GPS work and projects since 1997.  He graduated from Grayson County High School in 1994 and received his Bachelor of Science in Geography from Western Kentucky University in 1999.  While there his major emphasis was in GIS/GPS technology with a minor in City and Regional Planning.  After working for a private surveying firm, he obtained his professional licensure in 2008.  Mr. Chino is also Remote Pilot Certificate holder and has been since 2018.

Professional Organizations

•  Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (Past President 2018-2019)
• Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors
• National Society of Professional Surveyors
• Boy Scouts of America (District Chairman for Four Rivers District)

Mr. Chino resides in Paducah, Kentucky with his wife Sheryl, son Aiden (14) and daughter Olivia (8).

Jonathan Payne, PLS runs a private surveying consulting firm in Trigg County Kentucky.  He has been licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor since June of 2000.  His journey to becoming licensed began while working on a BS degree in Civil Engineering Technology and a MS degree in Engineering Technology from Murray State University.  This was followed by several years working, in a supervised capacity, for firms in Western Kentucky in areas of boundary, transportation, and subdivision surveys.

After achieving licensure, Jonathan began his own small surveying firm.  In private practice, he has concentrated on boundary retracement and subdivision surveys.  Having taken a brief break from private practice, Jonathan served as the instructor of record for the surveying courses at Murray State University from August 2013 until May 2017.  

Robert Smith, PLS is the owner of Smith Land Surveying and Consulting Forestry, Mr. Smith has been licensed since June 2009. Mr. Smith has an Associates degree in Pre-Professional Forestry from Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smiths NY and a Bachelors degree in  Natural Resources from the New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse NY.  A central New York native, he has been a resident of Kentucky since April of 1990 beginning work with the Kentucky Division of Forestry and in the mid 90’s he began working for local surveyors and an engineering firm along his way to owning his survey and forestry business.  In his down time Bob enjoys traveling, hunting, fishing and spending as much time as he can with family and friends.