Education: BS – Southwest Missouri State University Registrations: Missouri Land Surveyor Number 1970 Affiliations: Ozarks Chapter, Missouri Association of Professional Land Surveyors President – 1992 Missouri Association of Registered Land Surveyors Director 1987 through 1990 National Society of Professional Surveyors Rick started as a survey technician in 1971, progressed through surveying and project coordination in the 1970’s. In the 1980’s he worked as a Drafting Contractor, Associate Coordinator, surveyor in Saudi Arabia and opened his own surveying company in 1981. By 2001 he added a Director of Construction for a major company to his resume; overseeing jobs in Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts and Texas. His own surveying company is still in operation today.