{ "subject": "Eddie (Ed / Edgardo) Oliveras", "researched_on": "2026-10-24", "last_reviewed_on": "2026-11-03", "scope": "Public career history and all verified companies found in this research; not an exhaustive all-records search.", "sources": [ { "id": "S01", "title": "Laser Scanning at Universal Studios Japan", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "date": "October 31, 2006", "type": "Authored case study", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2006/10/31/laser-scanning-at-universal-studios-japan/", "note": "Contemporary JMR biography and Japan project account." }, { "id": "S02", "title": "Marketing Techniques for Laser Scanning Service Providers", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "date": "June 3, 2009", "type": "Authored article", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2009/06/03/marketing-techniques-for-laser-scanning-service-providers/", "note": "Identifies Ed as McKim & Creed’s director of 3D imaging and applied metrology." }, { "id": "S03", "title": "Leica HDS Worldwide User Conference — speaker program", "publisher": "Leica Geosystems", "date": "October 26–28, 2009", "type": "Official conference program", "url": "https://leica-geosystems.com/en/services-and-support/-/media/files/archived-files/d9714c32-a6f9-4822-883a-6e0b00a0eef5.pdf", "note": "Ed is listed in the Tuesday 4 p.m. general track; see PDF page 7." }, { "id": "S04", "title": "Full Steam Ahead — NC State boiler-plant documentation", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "date": "May 22, 2010", "type": "Coauthored case study", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2010/05/22/full-steam-ahead-applying-3-d-laser-scanning-to-a-boiler-plant-replacement-project/", "note": "Identifies Ed as scanning lead. The reported 57% figure concerns onsite documentation effort for this project." }, { "id": "S05", "title": "Mainstreaming laser scanning", "publisher": "Geo Week / SPAR · Sam Pfeifle", "date": "April 26, 2011", "type": "Interview report", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/mainstreaming-laser-scanning/", "note": "Interview with FARO’s Ed Oliveras at SPAR International." }, { "id": "S06", "title": "LIDAR Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 2 — contributing-writer masthead", "publisher": "LIDAR Magazine / Spatial Media", "date": "2012", "type": "Publisher masthead", "url": "https://lidarmag.com/wp-content/uploads/PDF/LiDARMagazine_Roe-AreYouASystematicThinker_Vol2No2.pdf", "note": "Ed appears in the contributing writers list. The accompanying editorial is by Gene Roe." }, { "id": "S07", "title": "Merrick adds thermal to airborne lidar", "publisher": "Geo Week News", "date": "February 13, 2013", "type": "Editorial mention", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/merrick-adds-thermal-to-airborne-lidar/", "note": "References Ed’s writing about thermal imagery and LiDAR; not a Merrick project or employment credit." }, { "id": "S08", "title": "Gaylord Palms — FARO Focus3D point-cloud animation", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / Vimeo", "date": "2011 capture event · 2012 credit", "type": "Original portfolio listing", "url": "https://vimeo.com/44383713", "note": "Pointools visualization. Courtesy FARO Technologies, Inc., © 2012. Original thumbnail used; playback not claimed." }, { "id": "S09", "title": "fxguidetv #165 — MARI and HDR reader discussion", "publisher": "fxguide", "date": "January–February 2013", "type": "Self-authored community comments", "url": "https://www.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-165-scott-metzger-on-mari-and-hdr/", "note": "Contemporary comments about GO3D distribution and scanner workflows; not a film-production credit." }, { "id": "S10", "title": "Eddie Oliveras — professional profile", "publisher": "LinkedIn", "date": "Public index retrieved October 2026", "type": "First-person professional profile", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddieoliveras", "note": "Supports ERAU studies/activities, Zendō and current venture identity. Retrieved via search indexing; direct access may require sign-in." }, { "id": "S11", "title": "Oliveras CAD Design, LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed July 21, 2004", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l04000054175-ab413159-5296-4ca6-b5bd-72897864a5dc&directionType=CurrentList&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=OLIVERASCADDESIGN+L040000541750&searchNameOrder=OLIVERASCADDESIGN+L040000541750&searchTerm=OLIVERAS+", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras Jr., manager. Voluntary dissolution October 9, 2006; matched to the scanning professional profile." }, { "id": "S12", "title": "GO 3D, INC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed June 6, 2012", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=domp-p12000051857-8f25e498-5ee7-447d-a23d-7fad177036df&directionType=ForwardList&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=GO32924+L220004291061&searchNameOrder=GO3D+P120000518570&searchTerm=GO2ULABS+LLC", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras listed as PST officer. Historical corporation, inactive since 2018; distinct from the 2025 LLC." }, { "id": "S13", "title": "NSB Outfitters LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed November 22, 2013", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l13000163975-4170a451-de81-45ee-b54d-39bfac37b201&directionType=Initial&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=NSBOHM2+L140001375380&searchNameOrder=NSBOUTFITTERS+L130001639750&searchTerm=NSB+OHM-2,+LLC", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras, managing member. Voluntary dissolution August 17, 2015. Historical ownership, not a current booking link." }, { "id": "S14", "title": "NSB Fishing Charters LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed July 31, 2015", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l15000131324-42aa581e-f512-4310-bf17-accc57adcbe0&directionType=Initial&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=NSBF+L190001714060&searchNameOrder=NSBFISHINGCHARTERS+L150001313240&searchTerm=NSBF,+LLC", "note": "Edgardo Oliveras, manager. Historical company; inactive since September 25, 2020." }, { "id": "S15", "title": "GO3D, LLC — Florida filing", "publisher": "Florida Division of Corporations", "date": "Filed July 8, 2025", "type": "Official business record", "url": "https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?aggregateId=flal-l25000313662-099033e2-9154-465e-8c8a-e3d491ecbf0c&directionType=CurrentList&inquirytype=EntityName&listNameOrder=GO3+L000000033820&searchNameOrder=GO3D+L250003136620&searchTerm=GNUM+LLC", "note": "Effective July 7, 2025. Edgardo Oliveras-Cortes, manager. Active when retrieved; 2026 annual report on file." }, { "id": "S16", "title": "University Archives and Special Collections", "publisher": "Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University", "date": "Retrieved October 24, 2026", "type": "Official university archive", "url": "https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/about/departments/university-archives", "note": "Archives Online reports a temporary upgrade interruption. No specific Eddie award or degree recovered." }, { "id": "S17", "title": "Embry-Riddle 2002 directory — matching historical profile", "publisher": "AlumniUS", "date": "Historical profile; date not stated", "type": "Secondary profile mirror", "url": "https://alumnius.net/embry-riddle_aeronau-8086-year-2002", "note": "Leads include 3Space, Wireless Works and earlier FARO roles. Exact chronology requires corroboration; directory year is not proof of graduation." }, { "id": "S18", "title": "Match the Natural Forage", "publisher": "Salt Water Sportsman · George Poveromo", "date": "June 9, 2018", "type": "Expert quotations", "url": "https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/match-natural-forage/", "note": "Quotes Captain Eddie Oliveras on matching bait and natural forage." }, { "id": "S19", "title": "25 Disabled Veterans Are Honored", "publisher": "Keys Weekly", "date": "September 27, 2018", "type": "Community coverage", "url": "https://keysweekly.com/42/25-disabled-veterans-are-honored/", "note": "Names Eddie among the fishing guides. Does not identify him as a veteran." }, { "id": "S20", "title": "Mosquito Lagoon March 2015", "publisher": "Right In Sight Charters · Capt. Justin Price", "date": "Published July 8, 2015", "type": "Contemporary firsthand account", "url": "https://rightinsightcharters.com/2015/07/08/mosquito-lagoon-march-2015/", "note": "Explicitly identifies Eddie as owner of New Smyrna Outfitters." }, { "id": "S21", "title": "CAPT SHOTS — professional portrait album", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / Flickr", "date": "2017 archive", "type": "Original photo archive", "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieoliveras/albums/72157666069872139/", "note": "Album credits Patrick Ruddy. Photographs remain © Patrick Ruddy; original pixels preserved." }, { "id": "S22", "title": "GO3D Studio — shop, tools and projects", "publisher": "GO3D Studio", "date": "Current site", "type": "Business website", "url": "https://go3dstudio.com/links/", "note": "Original outlined GO3D logo recovered from the current website; no recreated artwork." }, { "id": "S23", "title": "GoEV — Rentals, Adventures, Beyond", "publisher": "GoEV", "date": "Current site", "type": "Business website", "url": "https://go3d-ev.com/", "note": "GOEV adventure rentals and experiences." }, { "id": "S24", "title": "CANA Sportfishing — relocation announcement", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras / LinkedIn", "date": "Historical post; exact date not asserted", "type": "First-person business announcement", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eddieoliveras_canasportfishing-daytonabeach-newsmyrnabeach-activity-6430564278150979584-qoQU", "note": "Eddie’s announcement of CANA’s relocation to Islamorada." }, { "id": "S25", "title": "Talking mainstreaming laser scanning with FARO at SPAR International", "publisher": "Diversified USA / SPAR Point Group", "date": "April 26, 2011", "type": "Original publisher video", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_UMFjrHdvk", "note": "Original interview with Ed Oliveras and Sam Pfeifle, linked from the contemporary SPAR article. The slideshow uses its original publisher thumbnail, credited to the publisher." }, { "id": "S26", "title": "Surry Feedwater Heater replacement analysis — McKim & Creed", "publisher": "McKimCreed3D", "date": "August 2, 2010", "type": "Original company video", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyKK94WT-w", "note": "McKim & Creed’s scan and model analysis of a Surry Nuclear Power Station feedwater-heater replacement. The description names Ed Oliveras as the information and quotation contact." }, { "id": "S27", "title": "FARO Technologies — Ed Oliveras historical role listing", "publisher": "BizStanding", "date": "Historical profile", "type": "Secondary professional-history directory", "url": "https://bizstanding.com/p/faro%2Btechnologies%2Binc-172261573", "note": "Matching professional history records Technical Product Manager — Laser Scanner Americas (2006–2008) and FARO Focus3D Account Manager — Southeast (January 2011–June 2012). The 2011 SPAR article independently establishes FARO affiliation that year; exact tenure remains profile-derived." }, { "id": "S29", "title": "Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence — career record", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "October 25, 2026", "type": "Personal account", "url": null, "note": "Eddie confirmed brief employment at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. His 2025 résumé supplies the role, Laser Tracker Sales Engineer — Southeast U.S., and March–October 2024 dates; see S36." }, { "id": "S30", "title": "New Smyrna Outfitters — Grand ReOpening photo album", "publisher": "New Smyrna Outfitters / Facebook", "date": "August 13, 2014", "type": "Original business event photographs", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.785167801535151&type=3", "note": "Photos from New Smyrna Outfitters’ grand reopening on August 13, 2014, including the ribbon cutting and opening-day gathering." }, { "id": "S31", "title": "Valencia directory — matching historical career profile", "publisher": "AlumniUS", "date": "Undated historical mirror", "type": "Secondary professional-profile mirror", "url": "https://alumnius.net/valencia_college-10136-year-2002-page3", "note": "Historical career profile listing GO3D, FARO, JMR, McKim & Creed, 3Space and SPAR contributions. It repeats the profile in S17." }, { "id": "S32", "title": "Wireless Works — historical profile", "publisher": "BizStanding", "date": "2007 in historical profile", "type": "Unconfirmed organization match", "url": "https://bizstanding.com/p/wireless%2Bworks-13032358", "note": "Historical profile listing a President & Founder role in 2007 and linking to GO3D. The exact company identity and dates are unconfirmed." }, { "id": "S35", "title": "2018 career résumé", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "2018 résumé", "type": "Career résumé", "url": null, "note": "Career résumé covering Southern Laser, Southeastern Surveying & Mapping, Oliveras CAD Design, JMR, FARO, 3SPACE and McKim & Creed, along with education and coursework." }, { "id": "S36", "title": "Career résumés — 2024, 2025 and 2026", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "2024–2026 résumés", "type": "Career résumé", "url": null, "note": "Career résumés listing Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence work in March–October 2024 and New Smyrna Outfitters ownership from 2013 to 2015." }, { "id": "S37", "title": "NSB Fishing Charters — historical TripAdvisor listing", "publisher": "TripAdvisor", "date": "Historical reviews", "type": "Original business listing and guest photographs", "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34471-d9806341-Reviews-NSB_Fishing_Charters-New_Smyrna_Beach_Florida.html", "note": "Original NSB charter listing identifies Captain Eddie. Listed as permanently closed; retained as history, not current bookings." }, { "id": "S38", "title": "CANA Sportfishing — historical TripAdvisor listing", "publisher": "TripAdvisor", "date": "2017–2018 reviews", "type": "Original business listing and guest photographs", "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34346-d11966345-Reviews-Cana_Sportfishing_Charters-Islamorada_Florida_Keys_Florida.html", "note": "Original CANA listing identifies Eddie as captain and operator. All 41 displayed gallery photos recovered; photographer credits preserved." }, { "id": "S39", "title": "CANA SportFishing Charters — Google Maps archive", "publisher": "Google Maps", "date": "Historical listing", "type": "Original business listing and photograph archive", "url": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/4CJSvyxmMaw26r8KA?g_st=ic", "note": "CANA’s historical listing in Islamorada, with photographs from the business gallery." }, { "id": "S40", "title": "CANA Sportfishing at Adventure Yacht Harbor", "publisher": "Daytona Beach Area CVB", "date": "July 12, 2018", "type": "Independent charter business coverage", "url": "https://www.daytonabeach.com/blog/post/seeking-a-fun-day-on-the-water-adventure-yacht-harbor-offers-oceans-of-options/", "note": "Lists CANA Sportfishing and its Luhrs yacht among marina charter operators; documents the service, not the captain's identity." }, { "id": "PRO01", "title": "FARO names Bernd Becker Chief Technology Strategist and Evangelist", "publisher": "FARO Technologies", "date": "February 28, 2012", "type": "Primary corporate announcement", "url": "https://faro.gcs-web.com/node/8031/pdf", "note": "Identifies Dr. Becker as an iQvolution co-founder and describes his laser-scanner development work with his brother. Eddie separately reports working under him in the 2006–2008 FARO Technical Product Manager period." }, { "id": "PRO02", "title": "Surveying, site technology and project-delivery experience", "publisher": "Eddie Oliveras", "date": "October 27, 2026", "type": "Direct professional account", "url": null, "note": "Citywide utilities, roads, sanitary and storm drainage, GPR and underground utilities, GPS site calibration, GPS and laser machine control, robotic construction, mobile mapping including Daytona 500 work, virtual assembly, schedules and spatial logistics. Owner-reported experience; no license or project appointment inferred. Eddie describes campus-scale aerospace assignments, including Kennedy Space Center, and a three-month Piper Aircraft engagement focused on scanning-workflow automation and training. Restricted technical details and project imagery are not part of this public profile. His experience also includes time-critical scanning and model delivery for COVID testing centers during the pandemic." }, { "id": "S41", "title": "Accident Reconstruction – Full speed ahead", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "January 7, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829141140id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Accident-Reconstruction-%E2%80%93-Full-speed-ahead-/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among blog contributors." }, { "id": "S42", "title": "Good insurance? Good coverage.", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "January 16, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829130237id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Good-insurance--Good-coverage-/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among blog contributors." }, { "id": "S43", "title": "Heating up the market for 3D data", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "January 21, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829143031id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Heating-up-the-market-for-3D-data/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among blog contributors." }, { "id": "S44", "title": "Blood, Bullets and Lasers… Oh My!", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "February 20, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130829152454id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Blood,-Bullets-and-Lasers%E2%80%A6-Oh-My!/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among blog contributors." }, { "id": "S45", "title": "Clouds become stars… 3D scanning in entertainment industry", "publisher": "SPAR Point Group / Ed Oliveras", "date": "March 21, 2013", "type": "Archived authored blog post", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130409031226id_/https://www.sparpointgroup.com/Blogs/Vertically-oriented/Clouds-become-stars%E2%80%A63D-scanning-in-entertainment-industry/", "note": "Recovered from an Internet Archive capture. SPAR contributor archive lists Ed Oliveras among blog contributors." } ], "companies": [ { "name": "GO3D Studio / GO3D, LLC", "period": "Current · LLC formed 2025", "kind": "3D technology & services", "description": "Scanning, metrology, and digital workflows. The current Florida LLC lists Edgardo Oliveras-Cortes as manager.", "sources": [ "S15", "S22" ] }, { "name": "GoEV", "period": "Current venture", "kind": "Electric mobility & outdoor adventure", "description": "Electric rentals and outdoor adventure gear, connecting the GO3D story with life outdoors.", "sources": [ "S10", "S23" ] }, { "name": "GO 3D, INC", "period": "Established 2012 · historical corporation", "kind": "Original GO3D business chapter", "description": "Edgardo Oliveras is the listed corporate officer. Contemporary public comments describe scanner distribution and consulting.", "sources": [ "S12", "S09" ] }, { "name": "Oliveras CAD Design, LLC", "period": "Work: 2002–2004 résumé · LLC record: 2004–2006", "kind": "CAD drafting business", "description": "President and owner of a CAD drafting service. The owner résumé and Florida filing record describe different periods of this early technical-business chapter.", "sources": [ "S35", "S11" ] }, { "name": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "period": "2013–2015 · NSB Outfitters LLC", "kind": "Outdoor retail", "description": "Owner and managing member. A contemporary fishing report, historical résumés, and the original 2014 ribbon-cutting photographs document this retail chapter.", "sources": [ "S13", "S20", "S30", "S36" ] }, { "name": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA Sportfishing", "period": "From 2015 · historical charter venture", "kind": "Owner / operator & captain", "description": "Charter fishing from New Smyrna Beach to Islamorada, with published marine expertise and a professional photo archive.", "sources": [ "S14", "S18", "S21", "S24" ] }, { "name": "Zendō Barber Co", "period": "Historical profile · dates unconfirmed", "kind": "Barbering & personal service", "description": "Eddie’s barbering venture, listed on his professional profile. Founding date unconfirmed.", "sources": [ "S10" ] } ], "timeline": [ { "year": "2000–2002", "label": "Education", "track": "education", "title": "Embry-Riddle", "body": "Engineering technology studies at the Daytona campus, with SAE Heavy Lift and model-airplane club activities recorded in the professional profile. The historical résumé records departure in 2002.", "sources": [ "S10", "S35" ] }, { "year": "2002–2004", "label": "2002 and 2003–2004 · résumé", "track": "scanning", "title": "Southeastern Surveying & Mapping", "body": "Land Development CAD Technician in Orlando. Prepared survey drawings, digital terrain models, and supporting land-development documentation.", "sources": [ "S35" ] }, { "year": "2002–2004", "label": "Owner résumé dates", "track": "scanning business", "title": "Oliveras CAD Design", "body": "President and owner of an independent CAD drafting service, serving surveyors, civil engineers, architects, and contractors. The résumé places this work in 2002–2004; Florida records document the LLC in 2004–2006.", "sources": [ "S35", "S11" ] }, { "year": "2004", "label": "Survey equipment sales", "track": "scanning", "title": "Southern Laser, Inc.", "body": "Survey Sales Specialist based in Lutz, supporting Trimble surveying equipment and software for Central Florida survey and engineering customers.", "sources": [ "S35" ] }, { "year": "2004–2006", "label": "Technology & laser scanning", "track": "scanning", "title": "JMR Surveying Group", "body": "Director of Technology & 3-D Laser Scanning in the historical résumé. Authored the Universal Studios Japan project account published in 2006.", "sources": [ "S35", "S01" ] }, { "year": "2006–2008", "label": "Laser Scanner Americas", "track": "scanning", "title": "FARO Technologies · Technical Product Manager", "body": "Managed technical product work, sales and support training, demonstrations, and scanning applications across the Americas, as described in the historical résumé.", "sources": [ "S35", "S27" ] }, { "year": "2008", "label": "Owner résumé; months from profile", "track": "scanning", "title": "3SPACE, Inc.", "body": "Director of 3-D Laser Scanning in Melbourne, managing scanning services with nuclear-plant applications. The historical public profile narrows the year to May–September.", "sources": [ "S35", "S31" ] }, { "year": "2008–2011", "label": "Applied metrology", "track": "scanning", "title": "McKim & Creed", "body": "Director of 3-D Imaging & Applied Metrology. Managed industrial scanning services; listed in Leica’s 2009 conference program and led the NC State scanning work published in 2010.", "sources": [ "S35", "S02", "S03", "S04" ] }, { "year": "2011–2012", "label": "Jan 2011–Jun 2012 · profile", "track": "scanning", "title": "FARO Technologies · Southeast region", "body": "Focus3D sales, support, and distributor development. The owner résumé calls this role Regional Manager; the historical public profile uses Focus3D Account Manager — Southeast. Interviewed at SPAR International in 2011.", "sources": [ "S35", "S27", "S05", "S25" ] }, { "year": "2012–2013", "label": "GO3D & writing", "track": "scanning business", "title": "The original GO3D chapter", "body": "GO 3D, INC was filed in 2012. By January 2013, Ed described his Orlando scanner-distribution and consulting business after direct FARO employment. The same period includes SPAR blog contribution and a LIDAR Magazine contributing-writer listing.", "sources": [ "S12", "S09", "S06", "S07", "S31" ] }, { "year": "2013–2015", "label": "Outdoor retail", "track": "business water", "title": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "body": "Owned and operated the tackle and outdoor retailer. The résumé describes purchase in fall 2013 and sale in 2015. Original August 13, 2014 Grand ReOpening photographs preserve the ribbon-cutting celebration.", "sources": [ "S13", "S20", "S30", "S36" ] }, { "year": "2015–2018", "label": "Documented milestones", "track": "business water", "title": "NSB Fishing Charters & CANA", "body": "The charter company formed in 2015. By 2018, Eddie was quoted for fishing expertise and named as a guide in a veterans’ fishing event.", "sources": [ "S14", "S18", "S19" ] }, { "year": "2024", "label": "March–October · 2025 résumé", "track": "scanning", "title": "Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence", "body": "Laser Tracker Sales Engineer — Southeast U.S. Supported portable metrology sales and onsite demonstrations across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.", "sources": [ "S29", "S36" ] }, { "year": "Today", "label": "Current ventures", "track": "scanning business", "title": "GO3D Studio & GoEV", "body": "Current work brings together scanning and metrology, digital tools, electric mobility, and outdoor adventure. GO3D, LLC was formed in 2025.", "sources": [ "S15", "S22", "S23" ] } ], "publications": [ { "date": "2006", "kind": "Authored case study", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Laser Scanning at Universal Studios Japan", "description": "A firsthand account of JMR’s Osaka assignment.", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2006/10/31/laser-scanning-at-universal-studios-japan/" }, { "date": "2009", "kind": "Authored article", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Marketing Techniques for Laser Scanning Service Providers", "description": "Customer needs, practical workflows, and building a scanning business.", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2009/06/03/marketing-techniques-for-laser-scanning-service-providers/" }, { "date": "2009", "kind": "Listed speaker", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Leica HDS Worldwide User Conference", "description": "Program-listed session on serving contractors and owner/operators.", "publisher": "Leica Geosystems", "url": "https://leica-geosystems.com/en/services-and-support/-/media/files/archived-files/d9714c32-a6f9-4822-883a-6e0b00a0eef5.pdf" }, { "date": "2010", "kind": "Coauthored case study", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Full Steam Ahead", "description": "Documenting NC State’s two boiler plants with laser scanning.", "publisher": "The American Surveyor", "url": "https://amerisurv.com/2010/05/22/full-steam-ahead-applying-3-d-laser-scanning-to-a-boiler-plant-replacement-project/" }, { "date": "2011", "kind": "Interview", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Mainstreaming laser scanning", "description": "Sam Pfeifle’s report on his interview with FARO’s Ed Oliveras.", "publisher": "Geo Week / SPAR archive", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/mainstreaming-laser-scanning/" }, { "date": "2012", "kind": "Contributing writer", "topic": "scanning", "title": "LIDAR Magazine masthead", "description": "Listed among contributing writers in Volume 2, Number 2.", "publisher": "LIDAR Magazine", "url": "https://lidarmag.com/wp-content/uploads/PDF/LiDARMagazine_Roe-AreYouASystematicThinker_Vol2No2.pdf" }, { "date": "2013", "kind": "Editorial mention", "topic": "scanning", "title": "Merrick adds thermal to airborne lidar", "description": "Trade coverage references Ed’s writing on LiDAR and thermal data.", "publisher": "Geo Week News", "url": "https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/merrick-adds-thermal-to-airborne-lidar/" }, { "date": "2018", "kind": "Quoted expert", "topic": "water", "title": "Match the Natural Forage", "description": "Captain Eddie’s fishing observations in George Poveromo’s feature.", "publisher": "Salt Water Sportsman", "url": "https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/match-natural-forage/" }, { "date": "2018", "kind": "Community coverage", "topic": "water", "title": "25 Disabled Veterans Are Honored", "description": "Named among the guides supporting a fishing event in Islamorada.", "publisher": "Keys Weekly", "url": "https://keysweekly.com/42/25-disabled-veterans-are-honored/" } ], "photo_stories": [ { "id": "blue-car-work-in-progress", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Personal project archive", "title": "A work in progress.", "caption": "The next chapter starts with seeing what something can become. My original photograph, shared as part of the story of starting again.", "project": "Personal archive · Building what comes next", "date": "Shared October 26, 2026 · Capture date not recorded", "credit": "Original photograph: Eddie Oliveras", "image": "/about/assets/blue-car-work-in-progress.jpg", "width": 1152, "height": 1536, "alt": "Front of a blue classic car partly uncovered in a garage", "career_anchor": "#my-story" }, { "id": "coastal-sunset-original", "category": "scenery", "category_label": "Coastal evenings", "project": "Landscape collection", "date": "Archive photograph · capture date not recorded", "title": "The last light on the water.", "caption": "A low sun, still water, and a dark shoreline from my coastal image archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras image archive", "image": "/about/assets/coastal-sunset-original.jpeg", "width": 1152, "height": 1536, "alt": "A low sun, still water, and a dark shoreline from my coastal image archive.", "source_url": null }, { "id": "coastal-palms-original", "category": "scenery", "category_label": "Coastal evenings", "project": "Landscape collection", "date": "Archive photograph · capture date not recorded", "title": "Blue hour and palms.", "caption": "Palm silhouettes after sunset, preserved in the original frame.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras image archive", "image": "/about/assets/coastal-palms-original.jpeg", "width": 1536, "height": 1152, "alt": "Palm silhouettes after sunset, preserved in the original frame.", "source_url": null }, { "id": "coastal-dusk-original", "category": "scenery", "category_label": "Coastal evenings", "project": "Landscape collection", "date": "Archive photograph · capture date not recorded", "title": "Evening along the coast.", "caption": "The changing sky and waterfront at dusk, from my personal landscape collection.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras image archive", "image": "/about/assets/coastal-dusk-original.jpeg", "width": 1536, "height": 1152, "alt": "The changing sky and waterfront at dusk, from my personal landscape collection.", "source_url": null }, { "id": "eddie-flyfishing-2014", "category": "fishing", "category_label": "Fishing archive", "project": "New Smyrna chapter · Fishing with Captain John Tarr", "date": "October 16, 2014", "title": "A day on the flats.", "caption": "An original fishing photograph identified as Captain Eddie Oliveras in Captain John Tarr’s published gallery.", "credit": "Photo: Captain John Tarr / Tailhunter Outdoor Adventures", "image": "/about/assets/eddie-flyfishing-2014.jpg", "width": 2316, "height": 2316, "alt": "Captain Eddie Oliveras holding a fish beside the water, as identified by the publisher", "source_url": "https://www.tailhunteroutdooradventures.com/photo-gallery", "career_anchor": "#career-outfitters" }, { "id": "cana-fish-display", "category": "fishing", "category_label": "Islamorada · CANA archive", "title": "Stories from the fishing days.", "caption": "A fish display preserved in the CANA Google Maps listing.", "project": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Date not recorded", "credit": "From the CANA Google Maps listing", "image": "/about/assets/cana-fish-display-maps-preview.jpg", "width": 384, "height": 512, "alt": "A row of fish displayed against a blue marina wall", "source_url": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/4CJSvyxmMaw26r8KA?g_st=ic", "career_anchor": "#career-charters" }, { "id": "cana-after-dark", "category": "fishing", "category_label": "Islamorada · CANA archive", "title": "After the day on the water.", "caption": "CANA illuminated at the dock after dark, from the charter’s Google Maps listing.", "project": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Date not recorded", "credit": "From the CANA Google Maps listing", "image": "/about/assets/cana-after-dark-maps-preview.jpg", "width": 384, "height": 512, "alt": "The stern of the CANA charter boat at night", "source_url": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/4CJSvyxmMaw26r8KA?g_st=ic", "career_anchor": "#career-charters" }, { "id": "bayside-marina-catch", "category": "fishing", "category_label": "Islamorada · CANA archive", "title": "The Islamorada chapter.", "caption": "Bayside Marina and a day’s catch, from the CANA Google Maps listing.", "project": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Date not recorded", "credit": "From the CANA Google Maps listing", "image": "/about/assets/bayside-marina-catch-maps-preview.jpg", "width": 512, "height": 384, "alt": "Bayside Marina sign and a display of fish", "source_url": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/4CJSvyxmMaw26r8KA?g_st=ic", "career_anchor": "#career-charters" }, { "id": "cana-at-the-dock", "category": "fishing", "category_label": "Islamorada · CANA archive", "title": "CANA at the dock.", "caption": "The charter boat at the marina, from the CANA SportFishing Charters Google Maps listing.", "project": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Date not recorded", "credit": "From the CANA Google Maps listing", "image": "/about/assets/cana-at-the-dock-maps-preview.jpg", "width": 360, "height": 240, "alt": "CANA charter boat moored at an Islamorada marina", "source_url": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/4CJSvyxmMaw26r8KA?g_st=ic", "career_anchor": "#career-charters" }, { "id": "spar-2011", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Industry event", "date": "2011", "title": "On the show floor.", "caption": "At SPAR International, Ed talks with Sam Pfeifle about the FARO Focus3D and the growing usefulness of laser-scanning data.", "credit": "Original video thumbnail · Diversified USA / SPAR Point Group", "image": "/resume/assets/ed-oliveras-spar-interview-2011.jpg", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "alt": "Ed Oliveras and Sam Pfeifle during the 2011 SPAR interview, with a FARO scanner at the booth", "link_label": "Watch the original interview", "sources": [ "S05", "S25" ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_UMFjrHdvk", "project": "FARO Technologies · Southeast region", "career_anchor": "#career-faro-later" }, { "id": "surry-2010", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Industrial scanning", "date": "2010", "title": "Making complex spaces visible.", "caption": "McKim & Creed’s published Surry feedwater-heater replacement analysis. The company video names Ed Oliveras as its project-services contact.", "credit": "Original scan/model thumbnail · McKim & Creed / McKimCreed3D", "image": "/resume/assets/surry-feedwater-analysis-2010.jpg", "width": 962, "height": 720, "alt": "Original McKim & Creed scan and model visualization for Surry feedwater-heater replacement analysis", "link_label": "View the company’s project video", "sources": [ "S26" ], "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyKK94WT-w", "project": "McKim & Creed · Industrial scanning", "career_anchor": "#career-mckim" }, { "id": "gaylord-2011", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Portfolio archive", "date": "2011–2012", "title": "A different view of Gaylord Palms.", "caption": "A point-cloud view from Eddie’s original portfolio, created with FARO Focus3D and Pointools. The archive describes a 2011 capture and credits the video in 2012.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras portfolio · Courtesy FARO Technologies, Inc., © 2012", "image": "/resume/assets/gaylord-pointcloud.jpg", "width": 2400, "height": 1340, "alt": "Original Gaylord Palms atrium point-cloud image from Eddie Oliveras’s portfolio", "link_label": "Watch the portfolio animation", "sources": [ "S08" ], "source_url": "https://vimeo.com/44383713", "project": "Gaylord Palms · Original scanning portfolio", "career_anchor": "#gaylord-palms" }, { "id": "outfitters-ribbon", "category": "milestones", "category_label": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "date": "August 13, 2014", "title": "A new chapter on Canal Street.", "caption": "The storefront ribbon cutting from New Smyrna Outfitters’ Grand ReOpening celebration on August 13, 2014.", "credit": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Original Facebook event album", "image": "/resume/assets/outfitters-ribbon-2014.png", "width": 640, "height": 427, "alt": "New Smyrna Outfitters storefront and a group gathered behind a red ribbon", "link_label": "View the original event photo", "sources": [ "S30" ], "source_url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=785167821535149&set=a.785167801535151", "project": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Owner", "career_anchor": "#career-outfitters" }, { "id": "fly-fishing-film-tour-2014", "category": "milestones", "category_label": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Community", "title": "An evening for the fishing community.", "caption": "The original 2014 Fly Fishing Film Tour artwork. New Smyrna Outfitters hosted the April 11 screening at HT’s Pub 44, alongside Capt. Brian Clancy’s tournament. Tour poster, not a photograph of the event.", "project": "New Smyrna Outfitters · Fly Fishing Film Tour", "date": "April 11, 2014 · Event listing", "credit": "Tour artwork: Fly Fishing Film Tour / New Smyrna Outfitters event listing", "image": "/about/assets/fly-fishing-film-tour-nsb-2014.png", "width": 360, "height": 468, "alt": "Original 2014 Fly Fishing Film Tour event poster", "source_url": "https://events.eventgroove.com/event/10547", "career_anchor": "#event-fly-fishing-2014" }, { "id": "captain-cana", "category": "fishing", "category_label": "CANA Sportfishing", "date": "Captain archive", "title": "At the helm of CANA.", "caption": "Charter fishing is part of the same working life: time on the water, local knowledge, and service to the people aboard.", "credit": "© Patrick Ruddy · Eddie Oliveras archive", "image": "/resume/assets/eddie-oliveras-captain.jpg", "width": 1024, "height": 683, "alt": "Eddie Oliveras seated at CANA’s helm wearing a CANA cap and shirt", "link_label": "View the original portrait", "sources": [ "S21" ], "source_url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieoliveras/38212044046/", "project": "NSB Fishing Charters / CANA · Captain", "career_anchor": "#career-charters" }, { "id": "go3d-field-survey-original", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Project archive", "project": "Surveying & construction", "date": "Field archive · assignment date not recorded", "title": "In the field.", "caption": "Original site-control and field-measurement photograph from my project archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras project archive", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-field-survey-original.jpg", "width": 3049, "height": 2683, "alt": "Original field measurement at an active construction site", "source_url": null, "tags": [ "tools" ] }, { "id": "go3d-industrial-capture-original", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "project": "MetrologyWorks · Extension tube", "date": "Field archive · assignment date not recorded", "title": "A little more reach.", "caption": "A MetrologyWorks extension tube in my industrial field setup.", "credit": "Original field photograph: Eddie Oliveras · Extension tube: MetrologyWorks", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-industrial-capture-original.jpg", "width": 1581, "height": 2109, "alt": "MetrologyWorks extension tube mounted on a tripod in an industrial facility", "source_url": "https://www.metrologyworks.com/" }, { "id": "go3d-industrial-structure-original", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Project archive", "project": "Industrial as-builts", "date": "Field archive · assignment date not recorded", "title": "Existing conditions, documented.", "caption": "Steelwork and pipework from the industrial project archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras project archive", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-industrial-structure-original.jpg", "width": 1024, "height": 768, "alt": "Original industrial structure and pipework", "source_url": null }, { "id": "go3d-point-cloud-review-original", "category": "projects", "category_label": "Project archive", "project": "Scan processing & review", "date": "Field archive · assignment date not recorded", "title": "From capture to a model.", "caption": "A point-cloud review image from the original project archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras project archive", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-point-cloud-review-original.jpg", "width": 4032, "height": 3024, "alt": "Original point cloud review on a GO3D laptop", "source_url": null }, { "id": "go3d-outdoor-laser-scan-original", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "project": "FARO · Field scanning", "date": "Field archive · assignment date not recorded", "title": "FARO, in the field.", "caption": "Laser-scanning equipment from my industrial field archive.", "credit": "Eddie Oliveras project archive", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-outdoor-laser-scan-original.jpg", "width": 3024, "height": 4032, "alt": "Original outdoor laser scanner at an industrial facility", "source_url": null }, { "id": "go3d-forensic-events-2013", "category": "milestones", "category_label": "Original GO3D · Event archive", "project": "GO3D · IPTM Special Problems / IHIA Symposium", "date": "May 20, 2013 · date printed on announcement", "title": "Taking 3D into the forensic community.", "caption": "My original GO3D announcement promoted forensic and accident-reconstruction events in St. Pete Beach.", "credit": "Original GO3D event announcement · retained as published", "image": "/about/assets/go3d-forensic-events-2013.png", "width": 647, "height": 663, "alt": "Original GO3D announcement listing IPTM Special Problems and IHIA Symposium in St. Pete Beach on May 20, 2013", "source_url": null, "career_anchor": "#career-go3d-inc" }, { "id": "mw-smr-nests-heart", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "A little heart in the kit.", "caption": "MetrologyWorks SMR nest “pucks,” arranged in a heart.", "project": "MetrologyWorks · SMR nests", "credit": "Original photograph: Eddie Oliveras", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-targets-original.jpg", "width": 3024, "height": 4032, "alt": "MetrologyWorks SMR nest pucks arranged in a heart", "source_url": "https://www.metrologyworks.com/products/laser-tracking-tooling-accessories/", "date": "Field archive" }, { "id": "field-kit", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "Ready for the job.", "caption": "The instruments and accessories that travel with the work, shown in my original field-kit photograph.", "project": "Field equipment & accessories", "credit": "Original photograph: Eddie Oliveras", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-field-kit-original.jpg", "width": 6955, "height": 2876, "alt": "Ready for the job. The instruments and accessories that travel with the work, shown in my original field-kit photograph.", "source_url": null, "date": "Field archive" }, { "id": "leica-field-instrument", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "A steady reference.", "caption": "A Leica instrument from my field archive, part of the surveying and measurement side of the work.", "project": "Leica · Surveying instrument", "credit": "Original photograph: Eddie Oliveras", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-survey-instrument-original.jpg", "width": 3024, "height": 4032, "alt": "A steady reference. A Leica instrument from my field archive, part of the surveying and measurement side of the work.", "source_url": null, "date": "Field archive" }, { "id": "control-and-reference", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "The details that hold it together.", "caption": "A field reference setup from the project archive. Good work starts with good control.", "project": "Site control & metrology", "credit": "Original photograph: Eddie Oliveras", "image": "/assets/heritage/go3d-survey-control-original.jpg", "width": 1576, "height": 2100, "alt": "The details that hold it together. A field reference setup from the project archive. Good work starts with good control.", "source_url": null, "date": "Field archive" }, { "id": "einscan-trak", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "EinScan Trak.", "caption": "One of the scanning tools in my current kit.", "project": "SHINING 3D · EinScan Trak", "credit": "Official manufacturer product image", "image": "/assets/equipment/trak.png", "width": 1200, "height": 1200, "alt": "EinScan Trak. One of the scanning tools in my current kit.", "source_url": "https://us.einstar.com/", "date": "My working kit" }, { "id": "einstar-rockit", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "EINSTAR Rockit.", "caption": "Portable scanning for the work that comes to the studio or takes me into the field.", "project": "SHINING 3D · EINSTAR Rockit", "credit": "Official manufacturer product image", "image": "/assets/equipment/rockit.jpg", "width": 1200, "height": 1200, "alt": "EINSTAR Rockit. Portable scanning for the work that comes to the studio or takes me into the field.", "source_url": "https://us.einstar.com/", "date": "My working kit" }, { "id": "matterport-pro3", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "title": "Matterport Pro3.", "caption": "A capture tool in my kit for spaces, properties, and site documentation.", "project": "Matterport · Pro3", "credit": "Official manufacturer product image", "image": "/assets/equipment/pro3.png", "width": 265, "height": 945, "alt": "Matterport Pro3. A capture tool in my kit for spaces, properties, and site documentation.", "source_url": "https://matterport.com/pro3", "date": "My working kit" }, { "id": "msi-dragon", "category": "tools", "category_label": "Tools & instruments", "project": "MSI · Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Norse Myth", "date": "Current workstation", "title": "The new Dragon.", "caption": "My Dragon workstation is part of the toolkit behind GO3D Digital Systems.", "credit": "Official MSI manufacturer image · transparent margins trimmed only", "image": "/about/assets/msi-titan18-dragon.png", "width": 1434, "height": 1424, "alt": "MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Norse Myth laptop, official manufacturer image", "source_url": "https://in.msi.com/Laptop/Titan-18-HX-Dragon-Edition-Norse-Myth-A2XWX/Overview" } ], "owner_updates": { "updated": "2026-10-26", "self_description": [ "Entrepreneur", "College dropout", "The power of one, backed by GO3D Digital Systems" ], "approved_lines": [ "In my darkest days, I knew God had a plan…", "A designer is always willing to restart.", "We bounce back when we take losses." ], "education": "Owner confirms college dropout; no degree-completion claim is made." }, "event_additions": [ { "date": "2014-04-11", "name": "Fly Fishing Film Tour — New Smyrna Beach", "host": "New Smyrna Outfitters", "venue": "HT’s Pub 44", "source": "https://events.eventgroove.com/event/10547", "note": "Held alongside Capt. Brian Clancy’s Mosquito on the Fly III tournament benefiting Casting for Recovery; do not attribute sole tournament organization to Eddie." } ], "personal_collection_updated": "2026-10-26", "professional_experience_update": { "date": "2026-10-27", "recommendations_source": "S10", "recommendations_order": [ "Dr. Bernd-Dietmar Becker", "William Kenneth Krueger" ], "strategy": "Strategic design and technology partnership. Subcontract assignments are outside the invitation.", "aerospace_privacy": "High-level owner account only. No assignment date inferred. No restricted technical detail, facility plan or project image published." } }