Résumé of Murray Marien, SLS, P.Surv.

Personal Data

• Birthdate: May 12, 1952
• Sex: Male
• Marital Status: Happily Married
• Address: 222 Willoughby Crescent Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7H 4W7
• Telephone: (306) 373-6293 (home) - (306) 955-7121 (work)

Current Employment

Since 1985 I have been the sole proprietor of Saskatoon Land Surveyors. I am registered as a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor. In addition to land surveying, I am under contract to maintain two small network systems and several web sites. Duties include computer upgrading and maintenance,  installation of operating systems, backup of data, installation of software, training of staff when required, maintenance of web sites, both Intranet and Internet, maintenance of e-mail servers and domain registration. Operating systems include Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Windows NT/2000 Server and Linux.

Professional Activities

I currently serve on several committees for the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association, including chairman of the Practice Committee, Annual General Meeting committee, and a couple of ad hoc committees. The Practice Committee has just completed a $20,000 cost analysis study for the association. In addition I sit on the Board of Examiners and set the Practical Computation Exam for the Association. I also sit as a representative of the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association on the Western Canadian Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors.

Education

• 1970 - Graduated from Biggar Composite High School, Biggar, Saskatchewan
• 1974 - Technical Certificate in General Drafting, Caribou College, Kamloops, BC
• 1985 to 1989 - 45 credits in Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Selection of Software Developed

• 1984 Coordinate Geometry for Hewlett Packard Calculators - Marketed in Western Canada
• 1984 Precise Azimuth of Sun/Star for Hewlett Packard Calculators - Marketed in Western Canada
• 1985 Least Squares Adjustment for Horizontal Survey Networks - internal use
• 1985 Least Squares Adjustment for Vertical Survey Networks - internal use
• 1988-1999 NewCAD system for mapping Provincial Base Map - Internal use and marketed to select group
• 1993 Recovery of Base Map data from AutoCAD drawings - contracted by SaskGeomatics, SPMC
• 1994 Conversion of NTS Map Sheets to MapInfo GIS - contracted by Heritage Branch, SK. Municipal Gov't
• 1997 FixNode and FixASCII Projects for Saskatchewan Geomatics - contracted by SaskGeomatics, SPMC

Web Sites Developed and Maintained

• Digital Mapping Systems
• Personal Web Site (Marien Page)
• Peters Surveys Ltd. (Internal Use Only)
• River City Canada

Network System Maintained

Other Activities (Hobbies)

Repair and maintenance of computer systems. Building computer systems from used parts for family and friends. Development and maintenance of network systems and web sites on both Linux Apache and Windows NT IIS systems.

I also maintain a couple of name servers on the internet. This is new in 2000. It is normally the responsibility of large organizations like universities or ISP's. With Internet domain name registration changing to an automated system and the huge demand for domain names, it's difficult to find an organization that's willing and able to keep up with the changes. I had a couple of computers connected to the Internet so I solved the problem by setting up name servers of my own.

Last updated: Sunday, September 03, 2006
Visits since August, 2000: 1352