Defining Boundaries with Peta Cox

In this episode of Defining Boundaries , Peta sits down with Jan Francke, a geophysicist, inventor and self described explorer who has spent more than 35 years working with ground penetrating radar and near surface geophysics. Born in Vancouver and raised between Canada and Australia, Jan shares how curiosity, competition with himself, and a desire to explore what others were not looking at shaped...

In this episode of Defining Boundaries , Peta Cox sits down with Rebecca Formanek , a Category A Hydrographic Surveyor and offshore professional, to talk honestly about building a career guided by curiosity, resilience, and a deep connection to the ocean. From growing up on the NSW South Coast to mapping the seafloor on research vessels across Australia, the United States, Europe, and the Pacific,...

In this episode of Work Worth Doing , Peta Cox sits down with Tam Relia , CPA, financial coach, and founder of Cents & Solutions , to unpack what financial wellbeing really means for business owners, and why understanding your money is about far more than profit. Tam works with women and small business owners who are passionate about their work but were never taught how to truly understand, ma...

In this conversation, Peta Cox interviews Brett Grocock, a Mine Surveyor leader with over 24 years of experience. They discuss Brett's unconventional journey into surveying, the importance of mental health in high-pressure environments, and the significant technological advancements in the industry. Brett shares his experiences working in various locations, including Kalgoorlie and internation...

In this episode of Work Worth Doing, Peta sits down with Josh Stone, engineer turned business owner turned coach to talk honestly about the state of our industry and what it really takes to build sustainable, people-centred consultancies. From the “race to the bottom” in fees to burnout, leadership, culture, and redefining self-worth, Josh brings real insight shaped by decades of experience across...

Work worth doing is a defining boundaries side series exploring the human side of technical industries. Hosted by Peta Cox, founder of WiSE network and Collective. These conversations look at leadership, culture, well-being and the future of our workforce. This series challenges, old norms and invites listeners to push boundaries, lead with purpose and create work that truly matters. I hope you en...

We’re not just surveyors, we add a lot of value in a lot of different ways. Join two old surfies talking about the ocean, sharks, the love of the water and surveying.. Born and Bred on the North Shore of Sydney, Dave Lovell, our quiet mild mannered Director and Surveyor at CMS Surveyors talks about how he ended up in Surveying, from mining Engineering to running a company, with over 80+ staff with...

Somewhere at an undisclosed location, there may have been a catch up of friends for a someone's 40th birthday... Darren (Booth) & Tom (Casey) drove the 4.5+ hours each to be here so I thought we should have a casual catch up... They may or may not have had a couple of beers before I arrived... Some interesting topics were discussed. Some silly buggers had! All in all this is just a catch u...

Meet Georgia!!! How often do you get to hear the stories of a young, professional, female registered surveyors? Georgia is the typical, fun loving outdoorsy, adventuring Surveyor. Georgia is a Registered Surveyor at Land Titling Solutions also known as LTS. Born and bred in Nelson, New Zealand, completing her degree at Otago University before moving to Australia and pursuing her registration. Geor...

An American in Canada!! Meet Jason Halttunen a Survey Technologist from 3D Geomatics in British Columbia. He is a Survey Technologist working at 3D Geomatics. He calls himself a certified Survey Geek, so you can imagine that we got along well. We talk about working in both metric & imperial, and how you survey in other countries, Sammy, who the heck is Sammy?? to the intricacies of pin cushions, b...

Alison was born and bred in Sheffield in the North of England. With a love for Maths she was told she should be a teacher. This thought was not for her, she wanted something more fulfilling. Through various trials and tribulations, Alison found her way to Surveying. Listen on for her adventures of how she ended up in surveying and now is the founder and chief executive for Class of your own, brini...

Laren Collen was born in South Africa and now resides in Perth Australia. His journey has gone from surveyor to Surveying & Engineering Industry Lead (ANZ) at Hexagon Geosystems, a company at the forefront of digital solutions that capture, measure, and visualize the physical world. In this role, he collaborates with trusted distribution partners, international product teams, and valued clients to...

Listen in to our Sunday night LIVE interview from Cairns. I got to sit down and have an impromptu chat with Jemma Picco, Registered Cadastral Surveyor (Land Surveyor) and her role as the Principal Surveyor at the Department of Resources in Queensland. Amongst all things surveying we also discussed the importance of mentoring formal or informal and being in the position of role model for younger su...

John Zafiropoulos also known to his mates as Zaf. John is a graduate Senior Surveyor working for RPS (Rygate surveyors when we recoded last year) in Sydney. John grew up in Greenacre and growing up he wanted to be an architect. He holds a Bachelor of spatial science with honours from USQ otherwise known as University of Southern Queensland and also a  Bachelor of Construction management. He has be...

Recorded late last year....I spoke to Brett who is a Senior High School Geography Teacher and project manager at Wavell State High School just north of Brisbane, who specialises in using geospatial technologies in the classroom. Listen in to this amazing Teacher about how he shares his passion for GIS with his students. Brett hails from Kingaroy, Queensland and grew up in Kumbia. Growing up, Brett...

Young Surveyor, Ryan hails from South Africa. He is a Surveyor who has travelled to Australia with his wife who was 31 weeks pregnant. Coming from nothing & not being able to pay for university, he had a two year gap before going from his dream of Architecture in High School to enrolling in Cartography. After enrolment, Ryan decided to covert his studies to Surveying. We discuss how companies...

Mark Billsborough is a cadastral endorsed Registered Surveyor and  the Managing director of the company Bennett & Bennett in Queensland. He was born in Brisbane and grew up in Goondiwindi. As a kid Mark wanted to be a doctor but completed his first surveying task in grade 12, where he did Tech Drawing that required him to do a detail survey for an assignment using a plane table. Prior to...

Newly appointed Senior Vice President, Civil Infrastructure Solutions at Trimble, Patricia Boothe, also known as Patty has spent the last 22+ years with Trimble. She was most recently the senior vice president of Trimble Autonomy. Patty fosters an environment of "customer comes first" and is focused on the performance of the division and her team. Her leadership style is influenced by her bre...

Stephanie Michaud is Strategic Marketing Manager at Trimble, responsible for strategic marketing activities within the Geospatial field solutions portfolio, spanning GIS, Survey and Emerging Markets. Stephanie is my second Canadian growing up in British Columbia, while spending some time as a teen living in Ecuador to gain travel and life experience with her parent who were science teachers. She l...

Riley is my first Canadian on the podcast and he is the Marketing Director of Monitoring and Tunneling at Trimble. He has been with Trimble since 2016 as a Product Manager intern.  Riley believes this episode will bring him Stardom, I hope it does lol!  Riley took the Technical route of surveying by completing his Geomatic Engineering Technology Certificate (Trade School) in Canada. He i...

Jason Evans, Portfolio Manager, Trimble Positioning Services and New York State registered and licensed land surveyor. His first career was in paramedicine which led him to contract work with the defence. His second career lead him to Surveying, beginning his career at the SUNY-ESF Ranger School in Wanakena, N.Y.,  completing his Associate Degree in Applied Science before working al...

Known as the Brazilian Soccer player in Trimble, Boris (Skopljak) is the Vice President, Surveying & Mapping Strategy and Product Marketing, Boris has a surveying background originating from Croatia, in the survey engineering field and is dedicated to making a positive impact. Boris has such passion for our industry and the technology I didn’t want to stop talking to him about his adventures a...

Sliding doors and two seconds of separation lay between my guest this week and myself. Digital Data was deeply discussed in this episode. My guest, Brett Casson, who is the Senior Principal Major Projects, Autodesk Australia was born in Tamworth, before moving to Jervis Bay, actually Huskisson... (YES MY HOME TOWN, well right next door!!!) before completing his HSC at Shoalhaven High (YES MY HIGH...

Today I speak to Phil Fedor. Phil is a Survey Project Manager at Bowman and Registered Land surveyor in Arizona and Certified Survey Technician through the National Society of Professional Surveyors. Born in Syracuse, N. He is now based in Phoenix Arizona with his two girls, lovely wife and beautiful horses. Growing up, Phil wanted to be a cowboy before moving onto a Rockstar as a teen. He began h...

In my very first face to face interview... shall I say I was very nervous!! I wasn’t sure if this conversation was going to be had, with the rival of Holden & Ford… But we’re grown adults & put our personal beliefs aside lol. Tim is the Director of Locate & Map in Sydney specialising in Subsurface Utility mapping . Tim is a second gen surveyor and growing up he always wanted to be a su...