Experience

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  Fisheries and oceans canada

  Apr 1990 - Sept 1990

  Contaminants surveillance technician
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  Ontario ministry of natural resources

  Jan 1992 - Apr 1996

  * Collected biological, physical and chemical parameters by a variety of active and passive techniques.* Analyzed water samples for indicators of primary production. Identified and enumerated larval fish, benthic invertebrates, gastropods and zooplankton collected during surveys to species level. * Completed statistical analyses used to set commercial quota allocations, develop fisheries legislation and policies, and determine the impacts of exotic species invasions on food chain trophic levels.* Captain or first mate aboard 42 foot and 72 foot research vessels. Show less

  • Assistant to Senior Scientist

    May 1991 - Apr 1996

  • Detroit and St. Clair River Remediation Action Plan Habitat Rehabilitation Project Facilitator

    Jan 1992 - Jan 1993
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  Artech consulting ltd.

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Project biologist, environmental studies division

  * Senior biologist and project manager. * Planned and implemented environmental permitting and fisheries studies.

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  Lake erie fish packers and processors association

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1996

  Fisheries biologist, lake erie food web study

  * Collected and processed fish and zooplankton samples, identified and enumerated stomach contents of piscivorous and forage species from Lake Erie commercial fishery. * Created and maintained project databases, completed analysis of data and co-authored technical report for use by the proponents of the study.

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  Interior reforestation co. ltd.

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2006

  Manager environmental sciences section

  * Senior manager of Environmental Sciences business unit. * Forged client base by providing consulting and contracting services to clients, primarily in the Mining, Transportation, Oil and Gas, Hydropower and Forestry sectors. * Led multi-disciplinary team of scientists on large-scale, multi-year projects. Completed baseline condition surveys, environmental assessment, permitting, environmental inspection/monitoring, decommissioning, restoration and effectiveness monitoring.

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  Aecom

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2007

  Senior biologist

  * Project manager and senior biologist preparing environmental impacts studies and approval applications to address requirements of municipal, provincial and federal legislation. * Designing and implementing multidisciplinary workplans. * Provided senior project management, mentored staff and liaised with clients, agencies and stakeholders.

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  Golder associates

  Aug 2007 - Nov 2015

  Project manager, senior biologist, client development

  * Project manager for large multi-disciplinary assignments for clients in the mining, power, linear development, land development, and infrastructure sectors. * Technical discipline lead and Senior Biologist designing and overseeing natural heritage assessments, aquatic baseline characterization studies, effectiveness monitoring programs and fish and fish habitat assessments in freshwater environments. * Specialist for policy interpretation of Fisheries Act, and ecosystem restoration projects integrating engineering, ecology, fluvial geomorphology and bioengineering. Show less

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  Amec foster wheeler

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  Senior environmental manager

  Environment and Infrastructure Division.

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  Balance srm inc.

  Apr 2016 - now

  Owner / director

  *Sustainable Resource Management *Biodiversity*Safety & Risk Mitigation* Environmental Compliance* Collaboration & Strategic Relationships

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  Ontario power generation

  Apr 2016 - now

  Subject matter expert in fisheries, aquatic ecology and environmental impact/ecological risk assessments for OPG Nuclear facilities. Senior advisor providing oversight of avoidance, mitigation and offsetting programs for Fisheries Act Authorizations for Pickering NGS and Darlington NGS. Permitting and regulatory compliance advisor for projects near water, aquatic and terrestrial wildlife at risk and biodiversity. Contract manager for OPG fish habitat bank, and associated habitat and biota monitoring programs and fish production modelling studies. Program lead and author of various submissions to regulatory agencies such as DFO, CNSC, MNRF, Transport Canada and Environment Canada. Show less

  • Environmental Advisor- Nuclear Programs

    Apr 2017 - now

  • Environmental Advisor- Biodiversity

    Apr 2016 - Mar 2017