Barry E. Savage, PLS

Barry Savage is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor with over four decades of experience in boundary retracement, dispute resolution, engineering surveys, and site development. He currently serves as Manager of Survey Products at the Tennessee Valley Authority, where he leads a team of 15 surveyors and technicians responsible for producing over 700 land descriptions annually across an 80,000-square-mile service area. His work supports TVA’s infrastructure, including 16,000 miles of electric transmission lines and 40,000 miles of riverfront property.

Barry is also a dedicated educator and has served as adjunct faculty at Cleveland State Community College since 2000, where he teaches courses in boundary law, geomatics, and modern survey techniques. He has developed curriculum for certificate and associate degree programs and led student field studies retracing historical surveys, including those of Henry David Thoreau. He’s known for making technical topics approachable and engaging and has led hands-on projects retracing historic surveys—including the original Tennessee–Georgia and Tennessee–Mississippi state lines. He’s also served as a survey consultant for high-profile projects, including the Ocoee Whitewater venue used in the 1996 Olympics.

A nationally recognized speaker, Barry has delivered seminars and workshops across the U.S. on topics such as boundary law, land description interpretation, and conflict resolution in surveying. He has served as an expert witness in numerous federal and state court cases. In 2025, he was honored with the Phillip R. Carter Lifetime Achievement Award by the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors.