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WORK EXPERIENCEMarket Development and Stakeholder Relationship ManagerPattern Energy Facility Manager Pattern EnergyMeikle Wind (British Columbia's largest wind generating facility)Service ManagerVestasCape Scott Wind FarmLocal GovernanceAlberta and British Columbia, progressing upward to Chief Administrative Officer,Municipal operations.Canadian Coast GuardWORK EXPERIENCE (specifics)Market Development Stakeholder Relations.Tier 1 Wind Field Operations. Leading all substation, BOP, turbine maintenance and repair. Implementing operation safety protocols.Developing a culture of safety and transcendent employee safety practices.Substation management, switching, maintenance's.Improving performance and profitability within the framework of operation plans.Developing strategies for improved maintenance, diagnostic and operation to reduce costs.Recruited, developed, and managed personnel.Ensured professional standards and matrix development of personnel.Community relations.Developing new renewable opportunities.Local government. Volunteer to Senior Management.Various roles in public service. Working with Indigenous Peoples. Elected to Municipal Office.Canadian Coast Guard. Search and Rescue, aids to navigation, boating safety.

ARTICLES (highlighting safety)Opportunities for Change: Opportunities for change are all around us. Past practices need not dictate our future... Above the Line: Living Above the Line is a commanding life skill, a foundation for communication and collaboration. Where, “Living below the Line” is contrary...The Interactive Safety Meeting: There is an underlying limit on a central component of working memory, with an average attention span of...The Black Swan: The unexampled events, the outliers; things that have never happened before, inculcating a deeper sense of responsibility that unforeseen does not mean unforeseeable... Within Oneself: Modern Motivation Science has identified many factors that affect the degree...Enhancing Community Resilience by Empowering Youth: Review of LiteratureHolistic Safety: The medical practice has for years been thinking of health as a “holistic” process. Safety, like health, should also be thought of in this way. A twenty-first century holistic safety model...Driving Safety in Rural Areas: Driving to and from work is a significant safety hazard; according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration the average work-related...Trailer Safety: There is a lot more to towing a trailer than just hitching up and taking off down the road...What Safety Means to Me: Holistic, interconnected, social, economic, and environmental. The need for a wider, not narrower, understanding of safety. Safety is not about picking the low laying fruit, it is about getting into the branches...Youth Engagement and Disaster Risk Reduction Education: Not only does self-education take place, but the community also gains new insight. Family vulnerability decreases, as youth are equipped to act independently to help others who may be unaware...