Bob joined the training and consulting firm EnvisionCAD in 2000 and became a partner in June of 2002.  He has specialized in the software MicroStation & InRoads from Bentley Systems, Inc. Mr. Mecham is an industry expert in the implementation, configuration, development, and customization of the two software applications MicroStation and InRoads. Bob instructs MicroStation classes ranging from fundamentals to advanced productivity. He has extensive experience using, implementing, and instructing both InRoads Survey and InRoads Site Design. Bob received his degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the Madison Area Technical College in 1992 and has over a decade of experience in the use, implementation, and management of software and CADD systems. He has worked for a wide range of organizations providing services from general survey and engineering services to specific applications such as landfills and site design.

As Operations Manager, Jessica Scheidler is in charge of making sure everything that happens behind the scenes at EnvisionCAD runs smoothly and efficiently. Jessica comes to EnvisionCAD from Filene Research Institute in Madison, WI. As membership and development manager, she secured donations to ensure cooperative finance institutions had access to and maximized the nonprofit’s research, innovation, and impact programs. Prior to that, she managed a comprehensive stewardship and recognition program and oversaw grants and fundraising events as part of Overture Center for the Arts’ development team. Jessica has also been the assistant director of the Wausau Center for the Visual Arts and coordinator for the Wausau Festival of Arts. When Jessica’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and kids, good eats, art, decorating and anything outdoors.

Geoff has been working in the civil/survey industry since 2000 as a survey crew chief and civil designer. He has worked on a variety of projects from survey field to finish surveys, DOT plans, lead grading on landfills and site plans. Geoff has experience working in both MicroStation and Civil 3D and has led the transition to Civil 3D from previous design softwares at several engineering firms. When Geoff is not busy coaching a youth mountain bike team, he and his wife can be found checking out the local music scene with a craft beer in hand.

Vern is a senior Transportation Engineer and has worked in the industry for several decades. He developed a passion for Computer Aided Design while obtaining a master’s degree in civil engineering at Purdue University. He began his career with a large national consulting firm in Indianapolis, Indiana before transferring to Florida. In Florida, Vern joined Intergraph Corporation and was instrumental in implementing many CADD installations of InRoads and MicroStation. He joined the Florida Department of Transportation to help the department move to model-centric design. As the State CADD Engineer for FDOT, he was instrumental in leading BIM, Digital Project Delivery, Document Management and CADD to GIS efforts while coordinating the Standards, Custom Development, Training and Support activities. He is a past President of the International Highway Engineering Exchange Program (HEEP) organization. Recently, he began teaching as an Adjunct Engineering Professor for the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, instructing undergraduates in classes related to Civil Engineering Graphics. His experience spans across all civil technical areas on survey data, geometry, geotechnical, drainage, traffic plans, structures, and utilities. He has trained and supported many engineers and designers over the years on civil applications like GEOPAK, InRoads, OpenRoads, and Civil3D.

Beginning his career as a conventional draftsman in 1985 with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), Chris Ferree moved into Computer Aided Drafting and Design in 1986. In the early 1990’s Chris developed and taught the InRoads curriculum used by ODOT for the next 15 years. During that same time, Chris was the main support technician for MicroStation and InRoads. In 2006 Chris moved to Colorado, working as a consultant with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). There he developed and taught CDOT’s InRoads training program and was instrumental in the development of their workspace configuration. Additionally, he was CDOT’s Help Desk technician for 13 years. In this capacity, Chris wrote numerous “How To” workflows outlining many of the processes used by CDOT in the CADD environment.

Robert has 35 years’ experience as a civil engineer and is licensed in the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. After graduating from Tennessee Technological University, Robert spent 12 years with the Tennessee Department of Transportation in the Roadway Design Office and later served as Regional Manager in the Survey Office. From 2000 to 2006, Robert worked for Robert G Campbell and Associates in Knoxville, TN where responsibilities included roadway, site and utilities design projects. Joining Bentley Systems in March 2006, Robert served on the Product Management team for OpenRoads Designer. In this role, Robert guided the development team by writing specifications for OpenRoads tools and workflows, testing developed software and customer interaction to help make the tools meet the needs of the civil engineering user base. After a brief hiatus from EnvisionCAD into a private engineering practice with Vaughn and Melton Engineers in Knoxville, TN, Robert is happy to once again be a part of the EnvisionCAD team and guide our clients with training and consulting in 3D civil engineering.

Eric joined the EnvisionCAD team in March 2012. He provides Civil3D and Autodesk Infrastructure software consulting, management and production assistance. He has specialized in the Autodesk Infrastructure software Civil 3D and provides expertise in the configuration, development, implementation, management, and custom workflow integrations for the software. Eric’s education concentration has been in design technologies. As a Civil CAD Manager, he led the designing and implementing of all of the CADD software procedures and standards, including preparing teaching materials and training all in-house engineering staff Autodesk software up through AutoCAD 2012 and Civil 3D. As a Civil Designer, he has an excellent grasp of three dimensions and strives to understand each project as a whole and as a sum of parts. Eric has nearly two decades of experience in the development and management of data for civil engineering design and construction projects ranging from roadway development, urban infrastructure, to oil and mining sites and facilities.

Since completing his degree in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University, Steve has accumulated fifteen years of experience in the AEC industry. His experience spans all phases of design from conceptual to final construction documents delivered on both Autodesk and Bentley platforms. While he specializes in geometric design and modeling of linear projects, Steve has also provided three-dimensional modeling for simple and complex site design projects. Following ten years of civil engineering design, Steve followed his passion for process and workflow into design technology systems support and management. While at a national AEC firm, Steve supported over 150 engineering and design applications, serving as a subject matter expert for numerous applications, including GEOPAK and Civil 3D. As the Manager of Design Technology, Steve oversaw teams tasked with all aspects of design technology application support from installation and licensing to software customization and training as well as the organization's document management system, ProjectWise. Steve is a Certified Civil 3D Professional, active with the Mid-America CADD Community and has been a speaker at Autodesk University.

As a civil designer and technician in the Civil Engineering discipline for over 25 years, Patrick has comprehensive experience with Bentley software including MicroStation, GEOPAK, and OpenRoads. Patrick spent the last 10 years as a senior designer working on large-scale traditional and design-build roadway projects for multiple DOT’s. He has extensive experience as both a designer and as a lead technician responsible for all plan production requirements. He also has experience in all stages of roadway design projects from concept to final design. In addition to design and production responsibilities Patrick provided end-user CAD support, trained staff on Bentley products identified CAD training needs for staff and also designed and managed annual training budgets.

Steve joined EnvisionCAD in September 2024 and has over three decades of experience working in the CADD industry. After starting with drawing site plans for the Iowa Leaking Underground Storage Fund, he went to work for the Iowa DOT running the computers for resistance testing of the road surface. He then moved to soils design where he wrote criteria for drawing soils layers and enabling the road design sections the opportunity to put soils layers in cross sections, and eventually to DOT CAD support. Steve was the driving force behind the DOT’s implementation of ProjectWise, including appearing before the State of Iowa Technology Review board to explain the advantages of ProjectWise. Steve then went to work for a consultant where he directed the upgrade from MicroStationV8 to ORD, writing standards, element templates, and code to create projects with the appropriate directories needed. Steve received a Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University in Industrial Technology with a minor in Training and Development.  Steve spends his free time finishing up the tiny home he and his wife built by themselves on 29 acres of timber and looking after 8 horses,  75 chickens, 40 ducks, 12 turkeys, 6 goats, and a llama.

Bryan joined the EnvisionCAD team in October 2013. He provides a variety of CAD Management services. As a CAD Technician, he provides expertise in AutoCAD and Civil 3D production, support and development services. He has been using AutoCAD and Autodesk products since 1998 and has used his knowledge of CAD software and internet technology to provide drafting and design support and CAD management services for engineering firms and design-build contractors. Bryan has training in mechanical design and has gained experience in the civil, environmental, and structural engineering fields while working on a variety of projects for state, municipal, and private clients. His project history includes 2D and 3D CAD modeling of waterworks and wastewater systems, transportation systems, floodplain and stormwater management design, landfill design and operation, earth retention design, deep foundation systems and much more. He is skilled in creating plans and documentation for the entire engineering process as it evolves from the initial survey and design, on to the permit process, through the creation of engineering plan sets, cycling through changes made during bid preparation and review, and finally ending with construction and as-built drawings. He is an avid researcher and has never been reluctant to leverage a new technology or evaluate a new solution in order to solve an engineering or production issue.

David joined the EnvisionCAD team in June of 2021 and specializes in MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer support and training. Among his 25+ years of experience working with Bentley products he has experience in the areas of architectural, Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering drafting and design. Prior to joining EnvisionCAD, David was at MaineDOT for 16 years in the Bridge Program, where he produced plans and assisted in the maintenance of the Bridge Program’s customization and trouble shooting of MicroStation and InRoads. During his last year at there, he provided CADD Support to all of MaineDOT. He then moved on to Georgia DOT for 4.5 years playing a key role in GDOT’s implementation of ORD-CE. David’s mission at EnvisionCAD is to provide the most comprehensive support possible, for that specific client, for their specific needs. He strives to provide this as a servant leader, empowering the client to grow in their knowledge and giving them the tools to increase their productivity. During his free time, David can be found spending time with his wife Lisa and his family. He enjoys reading the Bible, praying and spending time at church, watching his daughter play field hockey, spending time in Maine, cheering on the Boston Bruins and working in the yard.

After spending years in marketing for companies spanning multiple unique industries, Casey enjoyed five years of teaching prior to the pandemic. Casey then embraced the opportunity to support the Department of Health Services as a Business Analyst where she provided testing solutions and other important data and technology systems improvements to communities throughout Wisconsin. Casey's experience in teaching and as a Business Analyst provides a combination of asking the right questions and understanding varied communication and learning styles. Off the clock, Casey enjoys traveling with her husband and three sons, singing and musical theater, coaching high school cross country, and reading. She is a published author/illustrator of two children's books.

Rod joined EnvisionCAD in March 2007 and has nearly three decades of experience working in the CADD industry. He led the IT evaluations of Bentley InRoads and AutoDesk Civil 3D at Wisconsin DOT in their overall CAiCE replacement evaluation. He also led the MicroStation V7 to V8 upgrade effort at Wisconsin DOT which included updating not only the CADD standards to accommodate the changes in the file format but also updating legacy MDL and macros to work in the new environment. Rod received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin in Cartography and a Master of Science in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences from George Mason University. Rod has extensive experience in CADD as well as the areas of GIS, cartography, plotting, scanning, raster editing/manipulation, publishing, and file/data translations. In all of these areas, he has produced custom tools and developed workflows to enhance productivity between diverse sets of applications. He instructs MicroStation classes ranging from fundamentals to advanced applications.