I am a retired ODOT employee with over 30 years experience in design and CADD. Starting at ODOT as a draftsman in the early 80′s, my first experience with CADD came in 1985 when ODOT bought a VAX 785 mainframe running Intergraph’s IGDS software. I quickly became a leader within the ODOT CADD and design community and was part of the implementation team that oversaw ODOT’s standardization with MicroStation and GEOPAK in the late 90′s. Through the 2000′s I was directly responsible for the development of ODOT’s CADD Standards for GEOPAK Road and Survey.
I started Eric Thomas Consulting LLC in the summer of 2013 and am currently working as a CADD Consultant for the Ohio Department of Transportation.