| Bruce Anderson Bruce Anderson is one of Canada's most respected public opinion researchers and strategic communications advisors. In 1980, he was appointed Special Assistant to the Federal Minister Responsible for Government Communications. In 1983, he joined Decima Research, and was appointed President of Decima in 1989, at the age of 32. Mr. Anderson left to become a founding partner of the Earnscliffe Strategy Group and helped lead that highly regarded company for 15 years. He rejoined Decima as CEO in 2004, as and led the company for 4 years of growth, during which it was twice named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. After completing a transaction with Harris Interactive in 2008, Mr. Anderson opened his own research boutique. In 2013 he became Chairman of Abacus Data, one of Canada’s fastest growing young research companies. In 2012, he helped found a new advertising boutique, i2 Ideas and Issues Advertising, which blends creative and media planning skills to build winning public affairs campaigns. The firm has become a leader in its market, serving a wide range of industries including mining, oil and gas, pipelines, telecom, banking, defense and security and urban transit. Mr. Anderson advises many blue-chip corporate clients and industry associations and has done years of in-depth polling on politics and public policy. He has worked extensively with the Canadian Energy Pipelines Association. He has served as a top advisor for several political leaders in the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties. He is one of Canada’s leading commentators on public opinion and political affairs, a regular member of the CBC’s popular At Issue panel and writes a weekly online column for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. | |
| Carey Arnett Carey is President of Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners. Carey has 20 years of diversified experience in the energy industry, including most recently managing and directing growth, operations, and strategic development for one of Canada’s most experienced pipeline and facility construction, and pipeline integrity contractors. Close alignment with leadership teams has allowed opportunities for hands-on involvement in creating strategic direction, innovative solutions, and contributing to long-horizon success for the businesses that A&B serves. Carey is currently a Director for several private businesses, a Governor with the Calgary Petroleum Club, and a Board Member and Vice Chair for CEPA Foundation. Before joining as Vice Chair of the Foundation, Carey served as Chair of the Audit Committee. | |
| Rob Beamish Rob Beamish recently joined CEPA Foundation in January 2017 as its new Executive Director. Rob has fifteen years of experience with TransCanada in a range of areas including field operations, gas control, IT and facilities planning; his most recent position in 2015 was Director of Supply Chain Services where he led multiple teams across North American as well as Supply Chain’s transformation initiative and continuous improvement program. The remainder of his 30+ years of experience was spent in the innovation sector helping Alberta’s early stage technology companies grow their businesses. In this area, he has held positions of VP Operations at Calgary Technologies Inc., founding CEO at Tecterra, Director at Climate Change Central and Executive Director, Clinexus. Rob has also founded two consulting firms that provided innovation management consulting to small businesses, governments and crown corporations in the domains of energy, clean tech, health technology and information technology. Rob has sat on the boards of the Ability Society, InfoTech AB (Banff Venture Forum), Calgary Angel Network and Nipika Mountain Resorts. Rob is a Professional Engineer with a civil engineering degree and an MBA from Queen's University as well as a Masters of Environmental Design from the University of Calgary. | |
| Dean Bergen In his role within the Natural Resources vertical since 2012, Dean is part of a team of specialized industry professionals with expertise in developing and deploying strategic workforce solutions for the Natural Resources industry. The Natural Resources industry vertical team manages some of Kelly’s largest and most complex talent supply chains. Our clients are engaged in some of the most difficult and remote regions of the world while facing enormous challenges in finding, retaining, and deploying their internal and external workforces. Safety, compliance and other associated risks are critical to success. The Natural Resources team at Kelly is dedicated to consulting with customers to give them a competitive advantage in accessing their critical talent resources. Based in Calgary AB, Dean’s focus is on the Canadian Energy industry. Dean joined Kelly in 2007 and brings over 15 years of experience in account and service operations management, including contract and technology implementations. In Dean’s current role, he is focused ensuring service excellence across all of Kelly’s operational units, as well as solution design, development, and implementation of a wide range of workforce solutions. Utilizing his market knowledge, to adjust for and take advantage of current and future trends, to address the talent gaps within our clients. Dean holds a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Calgary. | |
| Geoffrey Cann Geoffrey Cann is an independent management consultant with over 30 years of advisory experience with the oil and gas industry. Following an early career with Imperial Oil, he joined Deloitte, where he carried out several hundred consulting assignments in Canada, the US, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Australia and the Caribbean. He specialises in digital innovation in oil and gas, teaches regularly at The Haskayne School of Business, produces a weekly article and podcast on digital issues in energy, and is writing a book on the impacts of digital on oil and gas, to be published in 2019. His many clients have included Enbridge, TransCanada, Suncor, Husky, Encana, North Atlantic Refining, and KNOC. | |
| Cyril Elbers Cyril is a public affairs and communications leader with over 15 years of experience in the natural resources, government, and non-profit sectors. Passionate about sustainable development, Cyril has led strategic programs for the oil and gas industry, including socio-economics, community investment, CSR reporting and supplier diversity. He obtained a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and is an active Board member in Calgary’s non-profit community. | |
| Court Ellingson Court Joined Calgary Economic Development in 2014 as a Project Manager and Economic Strategist. He works with government, non-profit and the private sector on the implementation of Building on our Energy: The 10 Year Economic Strategy for Calgary. From 2008 to 2014 Court worked in community economic development as a Senior Consultant with Millier Dickinson Blais (now MDB Insight) after working in Indonesia for six years as a Country Program Manager with CUSO International. Through his role implementing Building on our Energy, Court is a member of the Stewardship Group with imagineCALGARY, participates in the Thrive Community Economic Development Network and sits on the implementation committee for Enough for All, Calgary’s poverty reduction strategy. | |
| Grant Gabrielson In his role within KellyOCG, Grant leads a team of solution experts that design and implement Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions for some of the largest, most complex clients of KellyOCG. These solutions are specifically designed to provide our clients with advanced management of their continent labor workforce as well as more effective/efficient recruiting processes for their direct hire employees. Additionally, Grant’s team is responsible for designing talent advisory consulting engagements specifically around Employee Value Proposition (EVP), enabling KellyOCG clients to better understand how they can make themselves more attractive to potential contingent and full-time candidates. Prior to his role in the Integrated Workforce Solutions organization, Grant was the KellyOCG Vertical Lead in the Natural Resources vertical, with responsibility for the overall client satisfaction and success of 12 Natural Resources clients. Grant joined KellyOCG in 2015 and brings 12+ years of experience in the contingent labor management and Vendor Management Solution software business, with a primary focus in the Energy vertical. Grant holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Nebraska and calls Denver, Colorado home. | |
| Ron Genereux Ron joins Energy Safety Canada as Vice President, Operations. With more than 30 years of oil and gas industry experience, Ron builds on his extensive operations and project management knowledge to champion operational performance for Energy Safety Canada. Formerly on secondment from Suncor as a member of the Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA) leadership, he joined our team when OSSA and Enform merged to become Energy Safety Canada in October 2017. Ron was an integral part of the Suncor senior leadership team, and was a key team member that created the Major Projects group. As Vice President, Productivity and Construction, Ron was most recently accountable for ensuring all Suncor growth projects were executed in a safe manner to support improved productivity and sustainability. Ron holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), holds an Alberta First Class Power Engineers’ Certificate, is a board member and Best Practices Chair with the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA), and a board member of the Alberta Construction Safety Association and Buildforce Canada. | |
| Vik Kohli Vik Kohli is Director of Engineering Services for Enbridge’s Liquids Pipelines assets within North America. In this role, Vik provides strategic and tactical leadership for engineering matters to ensure safe and reliable operations. Vik is heavily involved in culture shifts related to process safety management, engineering governance and asset management. Vik has over 15 years of energy pipeline experience in general management, engineering, operations and project management. Vik first joined Enbridge in 2001, moving through several engineering positions before transition to operations. In 2004, Vik moved to the Midwestern US area to work in field operation where his responsibilities included emergency planning and response, maintenance planning and project integration. In 2007, Vik returned to Canada where he held a number of management roles related to project development and project execution, until moving into his current role in 2011. Vik earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada, a Coaching Certificate from Royal Roads University in British Columbia, Canada and holds Masters in Business Administration degrees from Cornell University in the United States and Queens University in Canada. Vik is a registered Professional Engineer in Alberta, registered Project Management Professional, Advisory Board member for the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada and Board member and Vice Chairman with the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) Foundation. Previous to joining the CEPA Foundation Board, Vik was Chair of the CEPA Foundation Quality Culture steering committee. Vik is also actively involved with the Canadian Standards Association as a member of Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems standards committee and a proud and active supporter of the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer and the United Way. | |
| Dale Posein Dale Posein is the Chief Operating Officer of Ledcor Pipeline. During his 35-year career with Ledcor, Dale has gained broad experience – starting his career as a summer student and working as a laborer in many different divisions. He’s progressively gained the right knowledge, skills, and experience in pipelining to take on more senior positions along the way. These have included Superintendent, General Superintendent, Operations Manager, Vice President, and his last role of Senior Vice President. His construction experience has been diverse and includes Pipeline, Fiber-optics, Road Building, Mining, Facilities and SAGD projects throughout North America. Dale’s leadership and drive to improve the effectiveness and safety of his teams and the work they do has been integral to the growth and success of Ledcor’s pipeline operations. In his current role Dale is responsible for operations, project management, project leadership and project execution for all pipeline contracts. Dale works closely with clients and project teams building strong relationships and fostering mutually beneficial programs. Dale is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association Foundation (CEPA) and also sits on the CEPA Foundation Planning Committee. | |
| Jamie Saulnier Mr. Saulnier graduated from NAIT in Edmonton, AB in 1994 as a Journeyman Welder. In 2001, he started an industrial construction company focusing on capital projects in the mining, forestry and oil sectors. In 2008, with the realization of pending labor shortages facing Canada, Jamie set out to build a training and development program that would give Aboriginal people the tools required to enter the Canadian workforce. What followed was the creation of Running Deer Resources; an Aboriginally-owned firm that builds Customized Engagement Strategies to maximize opportunities for Indigenous people and Industry, and Working Warriors; a human resource database that produces a national skills inventory of the indigenous workforce and assets related to economic development. The success of this initiative has landed Jamie on the pages of the Globe and Mail, Winnipeg Free Press, CBC Radio and several trade magazines. He has also participated in several round table discussions with Industry, Government and Aboriginal groups regarding labor shortages in Canada. | |
| Jackson Wesley Jackson Wesley is an Elder of High Honour in the Stoney Nation community. As one of the few Pipeholders, he has important responsibilities in the Spiritual Care of the Community and he holds a very high level of respect in the Stoney Nation. | |
2018 CEPA Foundation Fall Meeting
Monday, September 17th, 2018 - Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB
