Owner and founder Mark W. Nolte graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1981. After graduation he worked his way up in the general construction industry to various management positions including acting as construction project superintendent for a multi-million-dollar interstate highway and bridge project in 1988. In 1990, Mark left general construction to begin the apprenticeship process resulting in his professional registration as a land surveyor in 1992. He then established Nolte Land Surveying later that same year.