Mr. Ingram is a Licensed Land Surveyor in three states, having been first Licensed in West Virginia in 1975 and later that year in Virginia. Maryland registration was granted in 1981. He is a 1978 graduate of James Madison University holding degrees in Economics and Business Administration.

Prior to retirement in the fall of 2016, Mr. Ingram owned and managed a surveying and engineering firm for over 40 years. During that time he was an active member of several state and national professional associations including the Virginia Association of Surveyors, West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors, Maryland Society of Surveyors, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, National Society of Professional Surveyors, and Surveyors Historical Society. He has held numerous positions in these organizations including Secretary / Treasurer of the National Society of Professional Surveyors for three terms, two terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, multiple terms and past Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Surveyors Historical Society, Chapter President and member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Surveyors, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Surveying in Lansing, Michigan. He was a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET), served on the Surveying Advisory Committee at East Tennessee State University, authored several articles and papers dealing with the history of surveying, and has made numerous presentations related to the ethics and history of surveying and engineering. He continues many of these activities in retirement.

Mr. Ingram resides in Mount Crawford, Virginia, where he is enjoying retirement and learning new skills as a machinist and silversmith as he restores and repairs antique surveying equipment.