Experience

Trecan Combustion Limited

• Canada
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • 2016 - Present

  Provides strategic and operational leadership to this market-leading technology manufacturer and exporter. Trecan's product line enables its customers (cities, airports, ports, shopping centres, snow contractors, parking operations, property managers, military bases, distribution centres and others) to overcome the challenges posed by ever-dwindling locations to dispose of snow, ever-increasing haulage distances and costs, the environmental problems created by snow dumps, and security concerns in facilities such as airports. Show less



Wyndale Management Solutions Ltd.

• Halifax

• President

  • 2011 - 2016

  Provided ongoing strategic and operational guidance to the leadership teams of established manufacturers and exporters, facilitated new innovation-related projects, and built capacity in businesses, governments and communities. Examples: - Consultant to the CEO of a manufacturer, addressing strategic and operational matters across all functional areas of the company. - Provided strategic guidance to a European manufacturer, and co-prepared their industrial benefits plan, as part of their successful bid to secure a multi-million dollar energy technology deployment, test and demonstration project. -Established the Business Leaders Roundtable, a peer to peer learning program for CEOs and business owner-managers. - For Genome Atlantic, helped facilitate the development of new Genomics-enabled R&D projects applied to extractive industries, resource management, water treatment, environmental monitoring, and site remediation. Show less



SNC-Lavalin

• Canada
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Short-term

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

  Helped finalize and execute a five year, $50 million contract with a U.S. Government agency, for the provision of engineering and project consulting services in a number of countries. SNC Lavalin executed work in several countries under this contract. Helped finalize and execute a five year, $50 million contract with a U.S. Government agency, for the provision of engineering and project consulting services in a number of countries. SNC Lavalin executed work in several countries under this contract.



The Bloom Centre for Sustainability (BLOOM)

• Canada
• Environmental Services

• Vice President International

  • Sep 2002 - Jun 2010

  Formerly known as the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA).. -Reported to the CEO and Board of Directors on OCETA’s international operations. - Raised Trecan's international project planning, budgeting, staffing, and oversight functions to a new standard of excellence. - Secured millions in new project revenues. -Established strategic alliances with major European and Canadian engineering and international consulting companies, which led to new business. - Advised the Government of Canada in the planning and development creative and practical projects in water and the environment in Asia. This work necessitated included close collaboration with foreign governments, local businesses and NGOs, the scientific community including universities, and others. -Served as Project Director on multi-year, multi-million dollar projects in Asia funded by Global Affairs Canada, in rural water supply, capacity-building and technology performance verification. -Led or participated in planning and due diligence teams for the World Bank, and the US and Canadian Governments, for international projects in Asia and North Africa totaling over $300 million. Sectors included industrial park development, water supply, environmental technology transfer and pollution prevention, urban development, heritage restoration, etc. - Senior Environmental and Social Advisor and Co-leader, Due Diligence team for US Millennium Challenge Corporation, Compact with Kingdom of Morocco. -Conducted strategic environmental assessments and institutional consulting work for the World Bank. -Worked with business owners, industrialists, technology executives, government officials at all levels, NGOs, the scientific community, and communities in North America, South and East Asia and MENA. -Led international workshops and spoke at numerous conferences. -Led successful proposal teams. Show less



Vaughan International Consultants Ltd.

• Halifax, Canada Area

• Vice President

  • Sep 1998 - Sep 2002

  • Reported to the CEO/Owner. • Managed the Confederation of Indian Industry-CIDA Environmental Management Project, a $6.7 million industrial environmental management and corporate sustainability capacity-building project in India. It was a finalist for the Canadian Award for International Cooperation. • Secured new business (example: a $1.6 million professional services contract related to the cleanup of the Sydney Tar Ponds). • Recruited and led teams of technical professionals, field managers and administrators (both employees and sub-contractors) , simultaneously in Canada and overseas. Show less



IEG Ltd.

• Toronto

• Principal

  • Jun 1996 - Sep 1998

  • In partnership with one of Canada's oldest manufacturers of water and sanitation technology, co-founded a joint venture in Central Europe, established a local office, and recruited and directed a marketing and technical team. Over the next decade, this JV carried out a succession of design-build water and wastewater treatment projects for industrial clients. • In parallel with the above, consulted to the Government of Canada and others, in the areas of technology transfer, innovation, and export promotion in emerging markets. Show less



Philip Utilities Management Corporation

• Toronto-Hamilton

• Vice President International Business Development

  • 1994 - 1996

  - Senior-level responsibility for strategy formulation and new market entry, including selection of local joint venture partners and agents. - Secured the first-ever agreement between a Canadian company and an association of five Central European municipalities, for the modernization of their water and sanitation infrastructure. -Led the preparation of Build-Operate-Transfer project proposals by the engineering, legal and finance departments. - Negotiations with cities and industrial operations. Show less



Hickling Corporation and Wastewater Technology Centre

• Washington DC

• Senior Consultant and Senior Associate

  • 1992 - 1994

  Examples of Work Carried Out: • Assisted a major IT services firm in preparing their successful bid to secure a $150 million contract with the Government of Canada. • For a major Canadian engineering firm, prepared the financing plan for a build-operate transfer industrial project in Eastern Europe, in the agro-food sector, through a World Bank/IFC-led international bank syndication. • Planned large, multi-year, multi-million environmental capacity-building projects in China and India for the Government of Canada. These projects were subsequently funded and launched. • Carried out studies on infrastructure, innovation and the environmental industry for the U.S. and Canadian Governments. Show less