Experience

CKP & Associates

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jun 2010 - Present

  Technology strategy consulting services for: - Oil sands and heavy oil - Production, refining and upgrading - Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) - Industrial water optimization/reduction, treatment and re-use - Environmental strategies (air, water, land) Experienced executive-level services for: - Identifying and evaluating technology and innovation options - Technology commercialization support - Strategic planning and visioning - Facilitation and negotiation - Technical / Strategic reporting, writing, editing - Effective strategic communications - Multi-stakeholder and JIP relationships - IP management strategies - Government relationships and funding - Grant proposals Available to provide proficient and efficient support to your initiative or company, whether you need a few hours of my time or much more. For excellent examples of my recent work, please go to: https://ieaghg.org/publications/technical-reports/reports-list/9-technical-reports and look for reports numbered 2019-04 (Shell Quest CCS Project), 2018-05 (Air Products' Port Arthur Carbon Capture Project) and 2015-06 (SaskPower Boundary Dam Integrated CCS Project). Here is a webinar covering the highlights of the aforementioned SaskPower Boundary Dam CCS report, given Nov 4 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQcxy4hbet8 Show less



Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Specialist-Energy and Sustainability & Lead Grants and Proposals Coordinator, Facilities

  • Sep 2021 - Jun 2023

  Leading the collaborative development of Facility Management's first Sustainability Plan. Developing partnerships, securing funding, enabling innovation to assure the growth of sustainable facilities and programs that support a productive, learning, safe and healthy environment for students, staff, and applied research projects / programs. Leading the collaborative development of Facility Management's first Sustainability Plan. Developing partnerships, securing funding, enabling innovation to assure the growth of sustainable facilities and programs that support a productive, learning, safe and healthy environment for students, staff, and applied research projects / programs.



NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Suncor Applied Research Fellow, Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS)

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

  With the new reality of <$50 oil, the pressure is on for oil sands companies to reduce operating costs to ensure sustainability and profitability. This can be achieved through better understanding of oil sands processes via monitoring. The Suncor Applied Research Fellowship will focus on identifying promising new sensors (developed by inventors), facilitating field trials, and assuring rapid commercialization to assist oil sands producers in driving down costs while continuing to improve environmental and social responsibility. Areas of focus include oil extraction and production, water management, GHGs, and tailings management and reclamation. After establishing a solid foundation for a first-ever NAIT-SAIT applied research partnership/platform focused on improving economic and environmental sustainability of SAGD boiler operations, I left NAIT to pursue a number of growing consulting opportunities. I will continue to contribute to the innovation ecosystem in Western Canada and beyond in different ways. Stay tuned! Show less



Teck Resources Limited

• Canada
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Engineer, Technology Pilot Projects

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

  • Technical planning and design for a $22 million, one-year surface water technology treatment pilot at an active coal mine to facilitate technology choice for full-scale water treatment facility due to come online in 2018. • Water treatment is required to meet regulation for removal of selenium, trace metals, nitrate, sulphate and other constituents of concern to the regulators of the Elk Valley watershed. • Ongoing role on a casual basis as strategic technology advisor, engineer and team coach/mentor. Show less



CH2M

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jun 2014 - Oct 2014

  Restructuring the lab to strengthen its market niche in water and soil treatability technology evaluation.

• • Jul 2013 - Oct 2014

  Strategic leadership role in the Water Business Group with a focus on water technology consulting for energy, mining and industry.



Canadian Oilsands Network for Research and Development

• Calgary, Alberta

• Executive Director (CEO)

  • Dec 2010 - Mar 2013

  • Successful delivery of the 2013 CONRAD Oil Sands Clay Conference with a record net income. • Effective and seamless transition of production-related innovation activities to PTAC during 2013. • Effective and seamless transition of environmental activities to COSIA during 2012 and 2013. • Successful delivery of the 2012 CONRAD Oil Sands Water Technology Conference with a record net income. • Restructured the Canadian Oilsands Network for Research and Development (CONRAD) to better align with evolving members’ needs. • Planning, staffing, and performance management for a new CONRAD Secretariat during 2011. Update March 2013: CONRAD has ceased operation and is in the process of being dissolved after nearly two decades of successful collaborative innnovation that has facilitated rapid expansion of the industry through new technology deployment..The oil sands industry is focusing its collaborative efforts on COSIA, www.cosia.ca, and PTAC, www.ptac.org Show less



Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Director, Water Environmental Priority Area (EPA)

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

  • Led team development of a critically important scope of work and strategic plan for the Water EPA within COSIA, a new industry-wide collaborative organization established in early 2012 to assure accelerated environmental performance across the oil sands industry. • This work formed part of an overarching water technology-focused joint-venture agreement between the fourteen shareholder oil sands operating companies (representing 90% of production). • Led team development of a critically important scope of work and strategic plan for the Water EPA within COSIA, a new industry-wide collaborative organization established in early 2012 to assure accelerated environmental performance across the oil sands industry. • This work formed part of an overarching water technology-focused joint-venture agreement between the fourteen shareholder oil sands operating companies (representing 90% of production).



PTRC

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director (CEO)

  • Aug 2007 - May 2010

  • Ensured the long-term success of PTRC, both financially and as a nationally recognized, significant technology leader, doubling its funding (cash and in-kind), through: - establishment of a new Business-led Networks of Centres of Excellence, Sustainable Technologies for Energy Production Systems (STEPS), at the PTRC ($50M over 4 years); - establishment of Canada’s first deep saline, CO2 geological sequestration demonstration project, Aquistore ($100M over 5 years); - assured new funding for essential wellbore integrity and risk assessment studies in the IEA Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring Project ($5M), vital to assure safety and security of long-term geological storage; - expanded its industry consortium project portfolio three-fold by including commercial pilots; and - adopted best business practices for human resources and financial management. • Promoted the goals of the PTRC with industry and public sector funders, securing stable funding. • Established a safety culture and professional integrity standards, both internally and within partner organizations. Show less



IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project

• Canada

• Project Integrator

  • Jan 2006 - Jul 2007

  • Initiated development of a ground-breaking Best Practices Manual for CO2 geological storage, a step-by-step guide for CO2-EOR operators to gain access to future GHG credits (published in 2012). • Facilitated the blending of a variety of divergent technology and policy cultures from around the world, to ensure that common goals and objectives were met, and to maximize the impact and reach of the project’s results and deliverables. • Effectively communicated results to executives within industry partner and international organizations. • Invited Panelist at UNFCCC 24th SBSTA Workshop on CO2 Capture and Storage for development of international GHG reduction project eligibility requirements under the Kyoto Accord (2006). Show less



Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2000 - Dec 2005

  • Planned, built, led, and managed multi-million-dollar, national energy research alliances with partners in industry, governments, international organizations, and universities. Orchestrated the success of resulting collaborative programs by establishing a new system for screening, evaluating, selecting and stage-gating projects to ensure value for all interests. As a result, the program significantly exceeded its results expectations. The aforementioned system was subsequently adopted government-wide.• Developed key strategic and communications plans for senior government executives to heighten profile of nationally-significant energy investments, and expand federal and federal-provincial partnership oil sands R&D programs, leading to increased funding during a period of financial government cutbacks. Show less

• • May 1995 - Dec 1999

  • Managed intellectual property and legal contractual functions for multi-million-dollar national R&D programs focused on new technology critical to the sustainability of the oil industry.• Managed and improved key industry and government relationships, by ensuring priorities were led by industry needs, thereby facilitating industry uptake and deployment of Crown-owned IP. • Provided business planning and communications support to senior department executives.

• • Mar 1990 - Apr 1995

  • Developed analytical and optical tools for solving complex processing challenges in the oil sands industry.• Managed on-site testing at commercial pilot operations under the immediate scrutiny of industry collaborators.