Title
VP Operations
Company
Energy Safety Canada
Bio
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.