Whom we talked to in 2012
One of the things we pride ourselves on here at SPAR is that we are a true journalistic operation, reaching out into the community that we cover and actually asking people questions and writing down the answers. We happened to have an intern on-hand, so we thought we'd actually show you just whom we've talked to over the last year.
Below is a list, alpha by first name (like we said, he was an intern), of everyone directly quoted by SPAR in 2012 (not just quoted from a press release or something), along with the story in which they are featured. Want to be interviewed by SPAR? Do something interesting and tell us about it.
Aaron Morris, CEO,
Allpoint Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No46-Allpoint-launches-new-take-on-rapid-indoor-scanning/
Abe Reichental , CEO, 3D
Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No17-Stratasys-to-merge-with-Objet/
Abe Reichental, CEO, 3D
Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/Bringing-coloring-book-simplicity-to-3D-printing/
Abe Reichental, CEO, 3D
Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No41-3D-Systems-buys-Rapidform/
Adam Metallo,
Smithsonian: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No5-Scanning-at-the-Smithsonian/
Akihiro Iwata, Toshiba: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No26-Using-tablets-for-3D-facility-management/
Alistair Tofts, director
of sales and marketing, Correlated Solutions: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No3-Using-3D-for-bridge-safety-testing/
Anders Rhodin, business area director,
Trimble: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No15-Why-did-Trimble-buy-a-UAV-manufacturer-/
Ann Lewandowski, project
coordinator, The University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No7-U-of-Minnesota-launches-lidar-workshops/
Artem Yukhin president
and chairman, Artec Group: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No30-Like-a-commercial-version-of-Kinect-/
Ben English, director of
marketing, Faro: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No53-Take-a-Faro-for-a-test-drive/
Benoit Fredericque,
product manager, MicroStation/Descartes Point Cloud: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No19-Getting-a-tour-of-the-new-Descartes-and-ProjectWise/
Bernard Frischer, editor
in chief, DAACH: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No34-New-academic-journal-to-focus-on-3D-models-of-cultural-heritage-sites/
Bernard Frischer, head,
Frischer Consulting: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No19-A-YouTube-for-3D-models-/
Bernd Becker, director of
marketing, FARO: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/FARO-CEO-Number-1.aspx
Birgitta Foster,
assisting director, building SMART Alliance: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No23-First-ever-consensus-based-BIM-standard-released/
Bob Hickey, senior VP of
business development, Photo Science: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No28-Photo-Science-acquires-MJ-Harden/
Bob Vasquez, survey
manager, David Evans and Associates: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No42-The-scanning-behind-the-Shuttle-move/
Bolaji Bamowo, head naval architect, Harris
Pye: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No14-Harris-Pye-takes-3D-on-board/
Bre Pettis, co-founder
and CEO, Makerbot: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No12-Show-me-the-data/
Brian Bailey, geospatial
services director, Surveying Solutions: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No36-Surveying-Solutions-launches-RaLi-–-mobile-lidar-for-rail/
Bryn Fosburgh, vice
president, Trimble: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No20-Trimble-to-acquire-Google-SketchUp/
C.D. Schempf, senior VP
of sales and marketing, Tesla Offshore: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No38-Tesla-uses-3D-for-rapid-underwater-response/
Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No27-Autodesk-commits-to-as-built-BIM,-cloud/
Carlos Velazquez, head, Epic Scan: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No18-Will-photogrammetry-make-laser-scanning-obsolete-/
Cathy Lewis, VP of global
marketing, 3D Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol11No1-3D-Systems-to-buy-Geomagic/
Cathy Lewis, VP of global
marketing, 3D Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No31-3D-Systems-buys-photo-to-model-technology/
Cathy Lewis, VP of global
marketing, 3D Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No4-What-does-3D-Systems-$135-5m-buy-of-Z-Corp-mean-for-3D-data-acquisition-/
Charles Mony, president,
Creafrom: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No14-Creaform,-EADS-partner-for-3D-application-R-D/
Charlie Whyman, business
development manager, 3D Laser Mapping: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No23-New-dedicated-forum-for-forensic-laser-scanning/
Chris David, group
technical director, Harris Pye: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No14-Harris-Pye-takes-3D-on-board/
Chris Gibson, vice
president, Trimble: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No3-Trimble-acquires-Swiss-firm-Plancal/
Chris Scotton, CEO, ClearEdge:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No51-ClearEdge--‘The-most-ambitious-release-we’ve-ever-done’/
Chris Scotton, CEO,
ClearEdge: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No36-Bring-extracted-pipes-into-Revit-/
Chris Scotton, CEO,
ClearEdge: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No31-DARPA-new-Innovation-House-to-focus-on-imagery-analysis/
Chris Tucker, president,
SarPoint: https://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No1-Why-did-SarPoint-dive-in-on-that-new-Riegl-VMX-450-/
Christian Hesse, founder,
P3D: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No32-Industry-vet-invests-in-portable-laser-scanning/
Chuck Boyer, director of
business, Lidar: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No5-Aerial-Services-to-increase-lidar-presence/
Dale Lutz, co-founder and
VP of development, Safe Software: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No4-Another-rider-on-the-billion-point-bandwagon/
Darcy Detlor, president,
MicroSurvey: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No6-What’s-next-for-MicroSurvey-/
Dave Henderson, director
of Geospatial Solutions, Topcon Positioning Systems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No42-Topcon-updates-entry-level-mobile-scanning-system/
David Boardman,
president, URC Ventures: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No18-Will-photogrammetry-make-laser-scanning-obsolete-/
David Dustin, head,
Dustin Productions: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No39-New-way-to-get-point-clouds-into-3ds-Max/
David Fitzpatrick,
general manager, Trimble 3D Scanning: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No37-Talking-with-Trimble-about-the-Faro-OEM-deal/
Dean Bowman, research
director, Bentley: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No46-What-Bentley-means-by-strategic-alliance-with-Trimble/
Deke Smith, executive
director, building SMART Alliance: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No23-First-ever-consensus-based-BIM-standard-released/
Dennis Hirota, head, Sam O. Hirota Inc.: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No9-Surveying-in-the-year-2020/
Doug Pritchard, head,
CyArk Europe: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No41-Pritchard-heads-new-CyArk-Europe-office/
Duane Redding, head, Redding
Forensics: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No42-Laser-scanners--Coming-to-a-store-near-you-/
Duann Scott, head of
communications, Shapeways: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No30-Where-Shapeways-and-industry-meet/
Elmer Bol, director of
reality capture, Autodesk: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No23-Autodesk-releases-E57-plug-in/
Eric Hoffman, CEO,
Quantapoint: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No10-Laser-scanning-by-itself-isn’t-what-they-need/
Erwin Frei, investor, P3D:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No32-Industry-vet-invests-in-portable-laser-scanning/
Eugene Liscio, head, AI2-3D:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No35-U-of-Toronto-launches-3D-forensics-course/
Faraz Ravi, Pointools
founder, director of product management for point clouds, Bentley: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No19-Getting-a-tour-of-the-new-Descartes-and-ProjectWise/
Gary Farrow, VP 3D data
capture business management, LFM Software: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No11-Aveva-announces-LFM-User-Meeting/
Gary Farrow, VP, LFM
Software, AVEVA: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No17-AVEVA-Laser-Modeller-now-available-for-purchase/
Gene Quinn, vice
president, Volkert Inc: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No18-Lidar-technologies-shown-to-cut-design-time-and-cost/
Geoff Jacobs, senior VP
of strategic marketing, Leica: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No41-Leica-debuts-the-ScanStation-P20/
George Loy, operations
manager, Tesla Offshore: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No38-Tesla-uses-3D-for-rapid-underwater-response/
Graham Hunter, founder,
3D Laser Mapping: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No5-3D-Laser-Mapping-appoints-Jon-Chicken-as-managing-director/
Grant Fredericks, owner,
Forensic Video Solutions: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No13-Adding-laser-scanning-to-reverse-projection/
Greg Richards, supervisor
for public relations and events, Faro: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No53-Take-a-Faro-for-a-test-drive/
Huw Roberts, VP of Core
Marketing, Bentley: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No46-What-Bentley-means-by-strategic-alliance-with-Trimble/
Ian Madin, chief
scientist, DOGAMI: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No14-Lidar-enables-new-tsunami-evacuation-web-portal,-app/
Ilya Rylskiy, chief of
the remote sensing data department, ARKON: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No9-Surveying-in-the-year-2020/
Jason Geng, Vice
President, IEEE ITS Society: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No32-A-new-take-on-3D-volumetric-display/
Javid Khan, founder and
managing director, Holoxica: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No31-Kickstart-my-3D-art/
Jay Freeland, CEO, Faro: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/FARO-CEO-Number-1.aspx
Jay Freeland, CEO, Faro: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No38-Faro-CEO-Freeland-weighs-in-on-Trimble-OEM-deal/
Jesus Zertuche, systems
engineer, Fugro Chance: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No31-Fugro-dives-deep-into-underwater-3D/
Jim Van Rens, president,
Riegl USA: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No9-Surveying-in-the-year-2020/
John Lupton, president,
Geosight: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No24-New-laser-scanner-for-mining-applications/
John Palatiello, executive
director, MAPPS: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No33-What-the-Highway-Bill-means-to-you/
John Palatiello, executive
director, MAPPS: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No11-MAPPS-to-Iowa/
John Ristevski, co-founder, Earthmine:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No47-Nokia-to-acquire-earthmine/
John Ristevski,
co-founder, Earthmine: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No33-Why-Mars-matters/
Jon Chicken, sales
director, 3D Laser Mapping: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No5-3D-Laser-Mapping-appoints-Jon-Chicken-as-managing-director/
Jonathan Coco, Engensus
Measurements: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No11-Heating-up-the-point-cloud/
Jonathan White, manage
product technical support, Measurement Devices Limited: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No21-MDL-hires-to-create-new-Technical-Services-division/
Joseph Krol, VP and GM, Americas,
Siemens: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No43-What’s-VRContext-do-for-Siemens-/
Ken Mooyman, president, Hexagon
Geosystems: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No6-What’s-next-for-MicroSurvey-/
Kevin Bredeson, director
of virtual construction, Pepper Illinois: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10N06-As-built-BIM-growing-at-Pepper-Construction/
Lawrie Jordan, director
of imagery, Esri: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No17-GIS-is-quickly-moving-into-the-future-with-3D/
Lon Addison, conference
co-chair, VSMM: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No36-VSMM-2012-wraps-up,-big-plans-announced-for-2013/
Lori Collins,
co-director, AIST: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No11-Digging-deep-into-3D-at-USF/
Lukáš Vodehnal, project
manager, Quantum 3D: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No29-Mobile-lidar-ground-penetrating-radar-on-the-Czech-highways/
Magnus Larson, survey
engineer, WSP: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No34-WSP-invest-in-new-mobile-mapping-solution/
Marco Bacchiochi,
application specialist - 3D imaging products, Codevintec: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No29-Laser-scanning-aboard-the-Costa-Concordia/
Mark Iadicola, engineer,
NIST: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No3-Using-3D-for-bridge-safety-testing/
Mark Rood, Stemar
Engineering: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No49-Meeting-the-demands-of-a-challenging-offshore-environment/
Mark Skellenger, vice
president, KS Associates: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No6-A-scanner-lands-in-Cleveland/
Matthew McKinley,
VP-Americas, Comos, Siemens: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No43-What’s-VRContext-do-for-Siemens-/
Max Lobovsky, Co-founder,
Formlabs: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No44-How-does-Formlabs-view-3D-data-capture-/
Michael Raphael, head, Direct
Dimensions: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol11No1-3D-Systems-to-buy-Geomagic/
Michael Raphael, head, Direct
Dimensions: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No48-MakerBot-retail-store-launches-ShapeShot-scanning-booth/
Michael Weinberg, staff
attorney, Public Knowledge: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No8-Do-you-have-permission-to-scan-that-building-/
Mike Sekerka, COO, Neptec
Technologies: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No50-New-player-in-laser-scanning-hardware,-software/
Nick Koziupa, product
manager, KScan3D: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No33-KScan3D--Professional-grade-software-to-support-Kinect/
Nick Palatiello,
assistant executive director for external affairs, MAPPS: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No33-What-the-Highway-Bill-means-to-you/
Ola Rollén, CEO and
president, Hexagon AB: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No4-Hexagon-acquires-surveying,-mapping-software-firm-MicroSurvey/
Ola Rollén, CEO, Hexagon:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No26-Hexagon-CEO-teases-data-as-a-service,-consumer-play/
Oliver Bürkler, senior
technical product manager for laser scanners, Faro: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No51-What’s-up-with-Faro’s-App-Center-/
Pascal Martinez, VP of
sales and marketing, Acute3D: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No22-Can-you-help-us-densify-our-point-cloud-/
Patrick Cunningham,
president, Blue Marble Geographics: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No7-Can-you-handle-the-Z-/
Paul J. Kinder Jr., West
Virginia University: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No18-Lidar-technologies-shown-to-cut-design-time-and-cost/
Paul Tice, visualization
specialist, i-Ten Associates: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No9-Selling-visual-communication/
Peter Rieger, product
manager, Airborne Laser Scanning: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No9-Riegl-touts-two-new-scanners-at-user-conference/
Phil Manning, head of
the Palaeontology Research Group, University of Manchester: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No12-Lasers,-CT-scanners,-and-synchrotrons/
Philip Church, VP of
sensors, Neptec Technologies: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No50-New-player-in-laser-scanning-hardware,-software/
Ping Fu, CEO, Geomagic: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No16-The-touch-and-feel-of-a-3D-model/
Radu Rusu, CEO, Open
Perception: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No28-Non-profit-launched-to-advance-open-source-point-cloud-processing/
Radu Rusu, software
developer, Willow Garage: https://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No1-Point-Cloud-Library-is-stocking-its-virtual-shelves/
Ralph Rio, ARC: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No41-Where-is-the-laser-scanning-market-going-/
Rob Dingess, president
and CEO, GTMA: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No13-The-intersection-between-mobile-scanning-and-autonomous-vehicles/
Rob Merry, geomatics
manager, AeroMetric: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No7-Aerometric-lands-Kansas-contract/
Robert Kayen, U.S.
Geological Survey: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No18-Safety-is-key-when-scanning-after-a-disaster/
Sam Billingsley, VP, GDM:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No12-Survey-firm-GDM-sells-3D-imaging-arm/
Simon Bennett, senior
product business manager, Aveva: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No45-E3D--‘The-marketplace-is-changing’/
Steve Ball, founder and
chairman, MDL: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No10-MDL-acquires-Thomas-Engineering/
Stuart Woods, VP and
general manager, Velodyne: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No36-Velodyne-augments-executive-management,-lands-Caterpillar-deal/
Tim Lemmon, oil,
chemical, and gas market manager, Trimble: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No37-Talking-with-Trimble-about-the-Faro-OEM-deal/
Tom Charron, VP of marketing
and product management, Rapidform: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No42-Why-did-3D-Systems-buy-Rapidform-/
Tom Greaves, executive Director,
CyArk: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No48-CyArk-brings-laser-data-to-Zynga/
Tom Greaves, executive
director, CyArk: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No35-CyArk-launches-new-web-based-point-cloud-viewer/
Tom Greaves, executive
director, CyArk: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No3-CyArk-names-new-executive-director/
Tom Kurke, COO, Geomagic:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No8-Do-you-have-permission-to-scan-that-building-/
Tony Gray, manager of
data management, Fugro Chance: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No31-Fugro-dives-deep-into-underwater-3D/
Travis Reinke, COO, Measurement Devices Ltd: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No5-MDL-beefs-up-American-operations/
Travis Reinke, COO,
Measurement Devices US: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No29-Mobile-scanning-systems-–-for-rent-/
Ulrich Schreyer, head,
TechNetGmbH: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No43-Fewer-targets,-same-accuracy-post-registration/
Vincent Rossi, Smithsonian:
http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No5-Scanning-at-the-Smithsonian/
Vladimir Kadatskiy, engineering
support manager, Riegl USA: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No9-Riegl-touts-two-new-scanners-at-user-conference/
Wayne Miller, archive
project manager, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center: http://www.sparpointgroup.com/News/Vol10No20-CLICK-Bulletin-Board-to-shutter,-May-9/