Mike Harrison - Vice President/Partner
Management and Senior Staff
P: (706) 705-1354 x14
Mike is the third founding partner of ForesTech. Mike’s aptitude for quantitative skills has earned him the reputation of being an innovator in harvest scheduling methodology and profit optimization. With more than 25 years of experience in designing and developing custom software for inventory, growth and yield projection and harvest scheduling, Mike was instrumental in developing ForesTech’s proprietary SiMS software. Mike is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced harvest scheduling analysts in the country, and routinely develops harvest schedules for timber properties in excess of one million acres.
Mike’s international experience included working for the Mondi Paper Company in South Africa as a Forest Biometrician. During that time, Mike also served on the curriculum advisory committee for Stellenbosch University Forest Management (South Africa).
Mike holds a B.S. in Forest Resources and an M.S. in Forest Biometrics from The University of Georgia, and is a registered forester in the State of Georgia (#1906).
Randy Cass - Vice President/Partner
Management and Senior Staff
P: (706) 705-1354 x12
Randy joined ForesTech in 2009 as a spatial information and timber inventory data analyst, and became a partner in 2013. Randy specializes in geographic information systems, database management, inventory analysis, growth and yield analysis, and harvest scheduling. Randy also brings expertise in the integration of forestry and wildlife management, as well as providing assistance on a variety of ongoing related projects.
Randy holds a B.S. in Wildlife Science from North Carolina State University, a M.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Management from The University of Georgia, and a M.F.R in Forest Business from The University of Georgia. Randy is a registered forester in both North Carolina and Georgia.