Experience

WestWillow Environmental Inc.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Environmental Scientist/ Owner

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  WestWillow Environmental Inc. offers environmental consulting services to undertake environmental assessments, remediation, reclamation, spill response, SMP’s and pre-disturbance work. I can also help you with portfolio or project management, business development, training, mentoring, reporting and senior review.My experience is predominantly in clean and dirty soil & groundwater work associated with oil & gas but I have a strong background and experience in everything from agriculture to biophysical work to BD to First Nations consultation. I am very familiar with Saskatchewan & Alberta and have a great network throughout western Canada within oil & gas, forestry, agriculture, water resources, research/development, mining, electricity, infrastructure, development, government, real estate, cannabis sector and First Nations. I also have several great international contacts, I speak Spanish and I am a Professional Agrologist in both Alberta and Saskatchewan.I have an immense knowledge and respect for First Nations culture and customs; I have long-standing relationships with several Saskatchewan First Nations and Tribal Council Chiefs. I would love the opportunity to play an instrumental role in improving the duty to consult processes and contributing to long term economic growth in order to provide opportunity and prosperity for the First Nations I grew up with. I also have direct experience engaging with First Nations and Indigenous communities as a consultant.



Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Regional Manager/ Senior Environmental Scientist/ Marketing and Diversification Leader

  • Oct 2019 - May 2020

  - Leading the build-out of the Lloydminster location and expansion into Saskatchewan for the company.- Wrote and executed the Lloydminster and area business plan. - Utilized regional market knowledge and vast established network to diversify business and grow client base.- Key member of the Marketing and Diversification team within the company.- Senior portfolio mangement of Saskatchewan clients and technical projects.- Responsible for recruitment, hiring, management, mentoring and training of staff.- Operations and logistics management for Lloydminster and Saskatchewan.- Technical review of projects and portfolios to recommend cost-effective risk-based approaches.



WL Ranch Ltd.

• Ranch Hand/ Manager

  • Jan 1992 - Apr 2020

  - Family ranch that I worked at throughout high school, college and university and am currently still involved in. - Performed many mechanical procedures on farm vehicles and machinery.- Operated all types of farm machinery including tractors, swathers, three-tonne trucks, chain saws, ATV’s and side by side’s.- Farm labour including fencing, calving cows, carpentry and plumbing.- Managed ranch including workload and employees during busy calving and haying seasons.



Matrix Solutions Inc.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Environmental Scientist

  • Oct 2010 - Sep 2019

  - Program Manager and regional client accountable for two large oil and gas clients.- Business growth, client development and recruitment.- Managing several complex LNAPL and regulatory Approval sites.- Thorough knowledge of Alberta and Saskatchewan guidelines and regulations.- Experience with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and fixed wings for assessments of spill sites.- Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan reclamation leader and mentor.- Led wildlife rescue and response teams on a large river spill including live animal capture, setting and monitoring of live traps as well as release of rehabilitated animals.- Training and mentoring of numerous junior, intermediate and senior staff.- Experience decommissioning, assessing, remediating and reclaiming electrical substations.- Working on communications protocols, presentations and consultations with First Nations communities in order to rebuild strained relationships with oil and gas clients.- Senior technical review of contaminant and reclamation reports.- Developing and conducting complex field activities as part of Soil Monitoring Programs, technical Phase 2 ESA’s and remediation programs as well as reclaiming disturbed leases back to sustainable ecosystems.- Experience with Risk Assessment and Risk Management of contaminated sites, conceptual site model development and conducting data-gap analyses.- Developed groundwater assessment programs, provided technical support to field groundwater staff and provided interpretation of groundwater data, particularly in relation to correlated soil and surface water data.- Wealth of experience in working with clients and stakeholders to provide remedial action plans taking into account site specific contaminants, pathways and receptors and using site specific guidelines (Tier 2) or exposure control with the help of numeric modelling and "outside the box" thinking to provide cost effective environmental solutions.



Biogenie, a division of Englobe Corp.,

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Nov 2010

  - Drafting of proposals.- Management of remediation and reclamation projects for Imperial Oil Limited.- Experience with bioremediation of hydrocarbon impacted soils.- Management, coordination and supervision of technical field staff.- Management of project budgets and time tables.- Prepared Reclamation Certificate Applications including writing pre-site, Detailed Site Assessment (DSA), Phase 1, 2 and 3 ESA and remediation reports, as applicable. - Drafting of proposals.- Management of remediation and reclamation projects for Imperial Oil Limited.- Experience with bioremediation of hydrocarbon impacted soils.- Management, coordination and supervision of technical field staff.- Management of project budgets and time tables.- Prepared Reclamation Certificate Applications including writing pre-site, Detailed Site Assessment (DSA), Phase 1, 2 and 3 ESA and remediation reports, as applicable.



Wiebe Environmental Services Inc.

• Canada
• Environmental Services

• Project Coordinator

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  - Conducted Phase 2 ESA’s including groundwater monitoring well installation.- Sampled groundwater monitoring wells and conducted spill response.- Prepared reports for spill response, remediation, Phase 2 and 3 ESA’s and groundwater.- Supervised remediation projects including alluing of hydrocarbon impacted soil and management of land treatment areas. - Conducted Phase 2 ESA’s including groundwater monitoring well installation.- Sampled groundwater monitoring wells and conducted spill response.- Prepared reports for spill response, remediation, Phase 2 and 3 ESA’s and groundwater.- Supervised remediation projects including alluing of hydrocarbon impacted soil and management of land treatment areas.



NorthWind Land Resources Inc.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Scientist

  • May 2003 - Aug 2007

  - Conducted pre-construction site assessments and soil surveys.- Managed over 50 projects for Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.- Supervised projects including land reclamation and contaminant excavation for clients such as Provident Energy, PrimeWest Energy, Canadian Forest Oil and Cansearch Resources.- Developed and managed the Phase 2 ESA division of the company.- Continued professional development through scientific journal research, government and colleague correspondence and regulation review.- Monitored vegetative growth and overall sustainability on well sites.- Performed DSA’s on cultivated, grassland and forested sites.- Managed Phase 1, 2 and 3 ESA’s. - Prepared Reclamation Certificate Applications including writing pre-site, DSA, and Phase 1, 2 and 3 ESA reports, as applicable.



G-Chem Environmental Ltd.

• Environmental Technician

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2001

  - Administered pre-site assessments.- Conducted gas migration tests, including isotopic analyses, on oil and gas wells.- Gained hands-on knowledge of processes and procedures on oil and gas drilling rigs while operating as extended rig staff, conducting drill mud sampling and logging.- Performed drawn down, potable water and isotopic composition tests on residential water wells. - Administered pre-site assessments.- Conducted gas migration tests, including isotopic analyses, on oil and gas wells.- Gained hands-on knowledge of processes and procedures on oil and gas drilling rigs while operating as extended rig staff, conducting drill mud sampling and logging.- Performed drawn down, potable water and isotopic composition tests on residential water wells.