Management Team

Mr. Peterson has over 30 years experience in the right of way and land related services.  His areas of expertise include project management, title research and analysis, surface, mineral, leasehold, title curative, and due diligence.  Mr. Peterson has worked with major utility companies developing a system to acquire all of the distribution easements covering approximately 50,000 square miles.  He has played an integral part in working with large municipalities in land development and road expansion projects in the Southern California area. In 1983, Mr. Peterson founded Empire Oil Company, a successful North Dakota oil and gas acquisition company still in operation today.  After relocating to Southern California in 1999, he joined up with Mr. Maldonado to create what is today known as Spectrum Land Services, an Inc. 5000 company. Joe is currently responsible for new business development, daily operations, budgeting, and public relations for Spectrum Land Services.  Mr. Peterson is a graduate of the University of North Dakota with his B.S. in business in 1976.  He is an active member of the IRWA, Orange County Chapter and the LAAPL (Los Angeles Association of Petroleum Landmen.)

Mr. Campbell has over 25 years of experience in management, right of way acquisition, and extensive expertise in the oil and gas industry. He is an experienced project manager, permit and environmental coordinator and supervisor. He has been involved in site selection, permitting, appraisal reviews, feasibility studies, and industrial & commercial real estate sales for public and private entities. He has worked in many areas of the western U.S. and the Pacific Rim including China and Alaska. Mr. Campbell is an excellent communicator and has experience with numerous public presentations to the general public as well as municipalities. Mr. Campbell attended the University of Texas and Trinity University in Austin, Texas. Mr. Campbell is an active member of the LAAPL (Los Angeles Association of Petroleum Landmen.)

Mr. Chen has six years of experience negotiating, mediating, analyzing, and performing due diligence of real property acquisitions.  Mr. Chen has worked with the City of Glendale Water & Power obtaining water and electrical right-of-ways as well as acquiring and managing leaseholds.  Mr. Chen has also worked with the City of La Canada-Flintridge and Willdan Engineering to obtain hundreds of easements for a citywide sewer installation project.  He has been involved in numerous acquisitions for Southern California Edison’s SCENet fiber optic project and railroad crossings.  Mr. Chen has extensive experience acquiring right-of-ways for AES Wind Generation, Inc.  He is currently involved in a major project involving acquisition of numerous properties for Southern California Edison and their Tehachapi Renewable Energy Transmission Project.   Mr. Chen graduated from San Diego State University in 1998 with a B.A. and then went on to California Western School of Law to earn his J.D. in 2002.

Mr. Triggiani brings over 30 years of experience in real estate services including acquisitions, development, and surveying. He was a program manager for MWD (Metropolitan Water District) interfacing with executive staff from the BLM, US Department of the Interior, National Parks, Fish and Wildlife and the EPA. He has experience in directing, planning and managing all activities for major right of way and acquisition projects such as the acquisition of 23,000 acres of land from the US Bureau of Land Management for MWD’s Desert Acquisition Program. Richard is currently a project manager for a critical project of acquisition for a major California utility company. Mr. Triggiani holds a BA from California State University at Northridge and a MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu.