Speakers

Mr. Watson is a licensed/registered professional land surveyor in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. As SAM’s Renewables Market Lead, John’s expertise and skills provide for excellent project assessment and development, risk management, and operations. Formerly Mr. Watson was the Co-founder and President of John F. Watson & Company, a multi-state professional land surveying firm based in Midland, Texas. Mr. Watson’s land surveying experience spans all parts of Texas and surrounding states with extensive experience with renewable energy and other forms of energy and commercial development. John Watson assists renewable clients with various site evaluations, development consulting, title review, site constructability and all forms of boundary, construction and ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys.

 Mr. Watson’s diverse career spanning 35 years in professional land surveying enabled strong working relationships with landowners, title companies, real estate and title attorneys and other land related professionals.  Mr. Watson has performed land surveying and development consulting at the state, national and international levels.  Mr. Watson has provided professional services to hundreds of utility scale wind, solar and battery storage facilities across numerous states and has been a part of the Renewable Generation Industry since 1998.  Apart from renewable energy Mr. Watson has extensive experience with historic boundary retracement, oil and gas and pipeline projects, electric transmission projects, subdivision planning, platting and processing in many metropolitan areas, telecommunication surveys in every major city in Texas and of course performing ALTA/NSPS surveys for all types and sizes of commercial and development properties. These skills and expertise provide for comprehensive, accurate and quality land surveys emphasizing total project commitment to the client and to the public.

 Mr. Watson attended Texas A & M University where he studied Agricultural Economics with a focus on land management and later attended the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in History, Finance minor. He is a Past-President of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and a former Texas Governor to the Board of Governors of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). He currently represents Texas as its Director to the Board of Directors of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS).