Mr. Kaufmann founded Spotlight Geophysical Services in 2009 and has over 27 years of geophysical consulting experience, including positions of Vice President and Senior Geophysicist at Technos, Inc. and post-graduate experience at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  He holds a M.S. degree in Geophysics from Georgia Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Geophysicist in the State of California.  He has led geophysical investigations of the Panama Canal expansion, nuclear power plants, Superfund sites, and other high-profile projects within the United States and abroad. Mr. Kaufmann is an expert in the use of microgravity for karst investigations and has been instrumental in the development of geophysical methods in shallow marine environments.  He is author and co-author of over thirty professional papers that focus on the application of geophysical techniques and has recently co-authored a textbook on Terrestrial Gravity.  He has served as a Board member of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) and a Section officer for the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG).