Author Archives: Ralph Kephart

About Ralph Kephart

Ralph is a pioneer in geographic information systems. He brings pin point accuracy and cutting edge technology to the property disclosure business. How? He relies on libraries that provide accurate data to the parcel level with a vast library of GIS map layers. That is what you can expect with GeoAssurance. In the late 1990s, Ralph built one of the first GIS companies in the natural hazard and environmental disclosure business, First American Property Data Services. As Chief Operating Officer, he implemented the efficiencies of a paperless intranet order opening and fulfillment system during its critical start up period. In the surveying and title industries he is both a leading engineer and subdivision and commercial consultant. Ralph has conducted extensive title searches on commercial property. For the oil industry, he has done title searches on oil fields and negotiated land rights and easements. Frequently he is called as an expert witness in real property cases. As a General Partner of Bremner, Kephart & Lair, a civil engineering and planning firm, he was responsible for all field surveys. Ralph regularly represented clients before city councils, planning commissions, architectural review boards and technical advisory committees. Ralph has taught college courses in Statistics and Construction Management. At California State University Long Beach, he taught Site Analysis in the Department of Industrial Technology, School of Engineering for five years. He has an established record with governmental agencies, local and state political environments, community development organizations and private business, based on his unique Real Estate knowledge and expertise.