NEI - Key Persons


Barbara Poche

Job Titles:
  • Operations
  • President / Louisiana

Chris Cothron

Job Titles:
  • Survey Sales
Chris serves NEI's north Louisiana customers and leads the terrestrial scanning and forensics team. Chris has been with NEI since 2015 and loves providing geospatial solutions to customers. Chris is passionate about the technology he sells. He always tells his clients to "Hit the easy button" and use the technology to make more money. Chris is originally from Morgan City, but now calls Baton Rouge home. He has a love for the outdoors and loves playing golf, softball, hunting, fishing, or snowboarding!

Cristy Cormier

Job Titles:
  • Customer Experience Specialist / Louisiana

Debby Barcella

Job Titles:
  • Software Maintenance Inside Sales / All Territories / 800 - 949 - 1446

Eric Bock

Job Titles:
  • Support
  • Training & Technical Support Manager

Freddie Chautin

Job Titles:
  • Rental Manager & Technical Support

James Kaltenbach

Job Titles:
  • Shipping and Receiving Coordinator

Jeannine Hightower

Job Titles:
  • Mapping & GIS Team Lead
Jeannine started with NEI in 1995 and serves as the MGIS Team Lead & MGIS Salesperson for the state of Georgia. As team lead, Jeannine is the liaison between the team and sales manager. She works with new and existing clients in the State of Georgia for Trimble Mapping and Advanced technologies. Jeannine loves meeting clients and loves sharing information on the best products on the market to fill their GPS needs! Jeannine works out of NEI's Atlanta office and is a true team player! In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, camping, and spending time with family and friends.

Josh Bettis

Job Titles:
  • Survey Sales / Arkansas, Tennessee

Josh Patin

Job Titles:
  • Service Team Lead / Service Technician / Louisiana

Kelli Guidry

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Director of Operations / Louisiana

Ken Comeaux

Job Titles:
  • Director of Service / Louisiana
  • Service

Kevin Cormier

Job Titles:
  • MGIS Sales
Kevin is NEI's MGIS Sales consultant in Louisiana. His passion is Keeping customers up to date with new advanced technologies and making sure they get the support they need. Kevin has been a part of the NEI family for over 13 years and was in the oil industry prior to that. He is from the small town of Gueydan where you can usually find him cooking or doing woodwork. Kevin, AKA "Turtle," has also been a professional musician for over 25 years!

Kevin Rainey

Job Titles:
  • Survey Sales
Kevin is a licensed professional surveyor with over 40 years of experience. After 32 years at the MSDOT, he joined NEI in 2019 as the survey and construction sales consultant in Mississippi. Kevin loves meeting Mississippi engineering and land surveying companies and getting to try out all the new Trimble equipment. His approach is not just about getting the sale. He, and the NEI service team, offer such great knowledge and support. Even with decades of experience, he always tells his clients to get back to the basics - regardless of the equipment you use, GPS or Total Stations, always apply good surveying principles. When he's not surveying or selling, Kevin enjoys spending time with family and grandchildren.

Lane Cook

Job Titles:
  • Construction Inside Sales

Lane Leblanc

Job Titles:
  • Technical Support

Liz Monju

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Services / Louisiana

Robert Martin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Survey Team Lead
  • Senior Survey Team Lead / Survey & Construction Sales
  • Survey & Construction Sales
Robert Martin helps surveyors in all facets of the surveying industry solving their most difficult problems from field to finish. It takes hard work, patience, dedication and a lot of technical savvy to solve problems and Robert has the passion and commitment to meet the task. Robert has been in his current position in survey sales with NEI since 2006 and is now serving as the Senior Technical Team Lead in Survey Sales with a team and territory spanning into 6 states. Robert's hometown is in Arkansas and he now lives in South Mississippi which is a strategic location to fulfill his role at NEI. He is licensed as a surveyor in both states. On the surface Robert Martin is a serious professional with the technical skills to face the challenging technological evolutions and sophistication of the surveying industry today. Robert works hard and is committed to stay ahead of the changes and technological advancements. Underneath that technological mind lies the heart of a country boy, and the honesty, integrity and work ethic that was passed to him from his dad at a young age. Robert has a spirit of generosity combined with the desire to help others solve difficult challenges, and the know how to back it up. He has been surveying for decades since 1986 and his opinions are highly valued. People trust him, they also respect his experience and judgement. Robert was nominated and elected by his peers to serve as President of the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors in 2011-2012. As a member of the Arkansas and Mississippi associations of professional surveyors, Robert has committed his time for years to speaking engagements and educational seminars. He specializes in many types of training whether one on one, classroom, web-based or video, Robert can be trusted to train and coach surveyors to promote confidence in both the field and the office. As a surveyor, Robert Martin understands the demands and processes of achieving a good deliverable. As a prior business owner himself, Robert also understands the demand for productivity along with other facets of running a business, from the purchasing of the best equipment, adequate user training, all the way down to the importance of marketing. Robert's success is rooted in experience, he is deeply involved with GPS equipment and the user experience. He focuses on product design through analysis of user behavior and usability testing of GPS equipment. Having a knowledge-based approach to surveying not only results in improvement of the user experience, but in optimization of training and consulting clients. You can see for yourself on Robert's YouTube channel "Surveying with Robert" along with the likes of some 4000+ subscribers, and you can stay connected by subscribing HERE.

Ryan Poe

Job Titles:
  • MGIS Sales
Ryan is NEI's Mapping and GIS Sales Consultant for Mississippi. He earned a master's degree from Delta State University in GIS and Remote Sensing and has worked in the industry for over 10 years. Ryan provides training and support of geospatial and mapping needs to all existing and new customers in Mississippi, as well as educating customers with new strategies and techniques of Trimble hardware and software. One of Ryan's favorite things about this industry is interacting and meeting new people every day to help them in the best way possible. When he's free, Ryan enjoys hunting, fishing, golf, baseball, football, and cooking. Ryan loves selling the best GIS equipment, but he feels what makes NEI different is the customer service! Customers have the local state representative support any time they need and have in house support at NEI and Trimble. If there is a problem, Ryan knows the team will help in a quick and timely manner.

Stacey Rabalais

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager / Louisiana

Stephen Herpin

Job Titles:
  • Survey Sales

Tommy Nugent

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician / Louisiana

William Poche

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Director of Sales / Louisiana