Dr. Michael J. Olsen has over 2 decades of experience working with lidar and other geospatial technology for a wide range of collaborative applications such as transportation asset management, construction, geohazards, and cultural heritage. He holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Utah. He is the CEO and co-founder of EZDataMD, which is a tech transfer spinoff company from OSU. He is currently a Professor of Geomatics in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at OSU, an Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering, Past-President of the Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society, Technical Director of the NSF Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Rapid Facility, and Director of the Cascadia Lifelines Program. He has served as the principal investigator for a wide range of research projects for funding agencies such as NSF, TRB NCHRP, NGS, Oregon DOT, and PacTrans. Dr. Olsen has published over 100 peer-review journal or conference papers, delivered over 100 presentations and seminars, and taught and/or co-organized dozens of workshops, conferences, and short courses focused on geospatial technologies including lidar and UAS photogrammetry.