Experience

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  Total Power Limited

  • Canada
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Power Solutions Consultant

    • Jul 2000 - Present

    Supporting engineers in Ontario, Alberta, BC and the Maritimes, and assisting all branches with engineer training via Generac's Professional Development Seminars, as well as creating and presenting code-related seminars for generator applications. Also responding to general engineering everyday technical inquiries relating to new projects. Providing consulting services on retrofit & replacement projects, where code upgrades are necessary and fuel choices are changed. Promoting new products from Generac Power Systems through consulting engineers and assisting engineers with implementation of new technologies. Supporting internal sales and projects implementation teams on specification and code compliance. Submitting updates for tender specifications when necessary, as well. Familiar with CSA B139 and B149.1 fuel codes as they relate to generator installations.

  • Projects Manager, TPL Installations division

    • Jun 2003 - Apr 2014

    Sales & management of turnkey generator installation projects, indoor and outdoor, residential, commercial, and industrial. Complete project management including sub-trades, engineering, permitting and commissioning. Installation design including civil layout and generator sizing using OEM software applications. Customizing of individual customer requirements for control and code compliance.Size range 6kW to 3MW and above.

  • Sales Representative, Projects and Estimating Manager

    • Jul 2000 - Jun 2012

    2000 - 2008 Sales of generators, automatic transfer switches, small switchgear and UPS systems. Serviced technical sales to engineers and designers. Sale & supply of turnkey projects for above products, including electrical, mechanical & civil installation requirements. Key account manager for Home Hardware warehouses across Canada, and Aviva Insurance Co.2008 - 2012 managed technical projects group for head office, including designers, estimators and coordinators.Company is industrial distributor for Generac Power Systems, Eaton Electrical transfer switches, and Asco Power transfer switches

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  CSA Group

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Member Technical Committees (Voluntary)

    • Dec 2004 - Present
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Presently Chair (1st term) of CSA C282 Technical Committee for Emergency Electrical Power Supply for Buildings National Standard for Canada. Active member of the C282 Technical Committee since December 2004.Also active voting member of CSA Z32 Technical sub-Committee for Essential Electrical Systems for Health Care standard for Canada. Member of the Technical sub-Committee since 2008, also member of task force to harmonize Z32 Standard with C282 Standard for 2009 edition.Active member of Canadian Electrical Code C22.1 Section 46 Technical sub-Committee since 2019, and Section 24 since 2022.

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  WESCO Distribution

  • Mississauga

  • Sales Representative

    • May 1995 - Jul 2000
    • Mississauga

    Inside Sales Rep. 1995 to 1998(Outside) Sales Representative 1998 to 2000Specialist in molded case circuit breakers and automatic transfer switches. Sold all electrical products carried by company to industrial accounts, managed supply chain accounts for large users also.

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  Genkoh Enterprises

  • Mississauga

  • Project Manager

    • Dec 1993 - Mar 1995
    • Mississauga

    Project Manager for new generator sales projects.Kohler generator distributor.

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  Peel Engine Service Co. Ltd.

  • Mississauga

  • Project Coordinator

    • Jul 1980 - Dec 1993
    • Mississauga

    Parts Manager through 1983. Service Manager through to 1985. Project Coordinator 1985 - 1993 for new generator sales/mfg projects.Manufacturer of gas & diesel generators, also distributor for Onan Corp. from 1982 to 1988. Distributor for Kohler generators 1988 to 1993. Responsible for design & manufacture of customized indoor & outdoor generators for industrial applications, and other custom products such as frequency converters, gas-powered fan sets for tennis bubbles, and portable distribution boxes for the military. Familiar with many brands of engines and alternators.

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  A.R. Oliver (1977) Ltd. & Mandem Inc.

  • Downsview

  • Project Coordinator

    • Sep 1977 - Jul 1980
    • Downsview

    Originally shipper, then Parts Manager, then managed new generator sales projects. Company was Kohler generator and engine distributor. Originally owned by Gord Lagden of Lagden Equipment, Montreal. Became part of Mandem in 1979 by buy-out.

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  A.R. Oliver Ltd.

  • Don Mills

  • Shipper

    • Jun 1977 - Aug 1977
    • Don Mills

    Shipping & receiving parts orders for generators and marine engines.Kohler generator and engine distributor, Westerbeke & Universal marine engine distributor