Mike Gerrard, P.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Our Mission: Empowering the inevitable.Everyone will be driving electric – are you ready? Charging infrastructure is critical for EV adoption and can synergize with the deployment of other distributed energy resources, disrupting tradition. The result is a Genesis of new Electrical Systems.. ElectroGeneSys.Our Vision: Driving Ontario to the forefront of green technology, then beyond.We are focused exclusively on Clean Tech to help Ontario meet its carbon reduction goals and provide a better quality of life for all, while improving local energy security and user experience.We enable the engineering and effective operation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) through innovative design, oversight and digital systems. DERs include EV charging systems (EVCS), solar photovoltaics (PV) and battery energy storage (BES) systems.Our Values: Humanity, Initiative, Integrity, Ingenuity, PassionWe remain technology agnostic while advising our clients to achieve success as they commit time and money to their DER systems. We plan projects with future scalability in mind and implement through well co-ordinated partnerships to meet expectations of cost, schedule and performance.This is often best achieved using the art of incrementalism - design and build what's best for now; plan for next steps to come later.Commissioning the initial system is merely the beginning. We ensure long-term success by providing ongoing guidance and a user-friendly oversight system to monitor and optimize each DER's behaviour with minimal effort required by its operators - a satisfying experience for all.

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

I was responsible for the direction and evaluation of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering staff and services as they related to Belanger's clients and their agents. I led a team of professional engineers, EITs and students and guided the group’s direction in business development for HVAC, plumbing and electrical engineering services relating to condominium, commercial and industrial building owners. I particularly enjoyed exploring emerging technologies and was involved in establishing the firm's first electric vehicle charging feasibility reports and specifications and other new services including electric preventative maintenance and smoke control systems plans for life safety in buildings. I negotiated for award of proposals and provided oversight of the department's designs to spec/tender mechanical projects and electrical specialties including hydro service upgrades, emergency generator retrofits, lighting upgrades, power distribution analyses, load assessments, electric vehicle charging systems, power distribution designs and electrical system condition assessments. I enjoyed contributing to internal process improvements, team synergies and corporate growth, including:▶ Tripling department size since joining, establishing team hierarchy in both disciplines.▶ Doubling annual mechanical services revenue in 2019 by proactively marketing to targeted clients.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

I have held a variety of consulting roles with TELUS since 2002, all of which have capitalized on my extensive project management strengths, technical expertise, and leadership skills. I served as a consultant for the company’s Mobile Broadband Network Core Engineering unit, which involved collaborating with transmission planners, RAN engineers, and project managers to design connections to cell sites for coverage/capacity of HSPA and LTE wireless networks. I audited and submitted removal orders to decommission old network technologies, review national process, and updated provisioning tools to accommodate new technology rollouts. I also updated models in the circuit inventory database to accurately capture new technologies. ▶ By auditing circuits and issuing removal requests for rapid Eastern network decommissioning in 2014, I was able to help save the company more than $2.5M annually.▶ In an effort to shorten project timelines and open the lines of communication among everyone involved in projects, I refined the SHARP tool I had previously created—a national process for provisioning new wireless services including HSPA, LTE, and Wi-Fi.▶ I delivered network expansion designs in support of the network build in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

I drove information-sharing and process-refinement efforts with 19 departments across five regions, adapting network technologies and testing procedures for the launch of a national network provisioning tool (SHARP) and next-generation UMTS/HSPA wireless network. I collaborated with technology strategy, transmission planning, and RAN engineering to develop new equipment and circuit models and assignment standards for each cell site build. As the Wireless Transmission liaison to all resource deployment plans and capital project requests, I made sure new systems would work within my group. ▶ The comprehensive network operations process model I developed alongside network provisioning teams in both the Wireline and Wireless divisions provide seamless nationwide planning, design, provisioning, build, and monitoring. ▶ I built an innovative provisioning repository tool—which I named SHARP—in 2009; I then played a key role in applying it to the new 3G UMTS/HSPA wireless network. In 2012, I revised the tool in support of the launch of 4G LTE.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

TELUS Mobility is Canada’s second-largest cell phone provider. I worked with the Network Support Systems team in Corporate Engineering to develop tools used for planning, designing, provisioning, and building the network. I surveyed user needs and researched industry standards to develop comprehensive guidelines for modeling, naming, and capturing network inventory.▶ I researched, documented, and led the upgrade of the in-house legacy circuit management system that had been built on the ARS platform, TEMS. I followed strict IT functional requirements for documentation and change management protocols to upgrade the live system and provide enhancements. ▶ I published a 168-page network inventory standards guide called “Network Element & Circuit Naming Rules—Rules for Consistent Defining, Naming, and Describing Network Elements and Circuits at Telus Mobility.” The guide provided a tool for accurate and efficient inventory control. ▶ The network operations provisioning process model I developed documents roles and responsibilities, as well as determined inputs, outputs, and durations of each activity. ▶ I upgraded the CircuitVision system in BC, which included converting four million records, developing the business case to purchase enterprise Sun servers and Oracle databases, and negotiating with the software vendor. I then expanded CircuitVision to Eastern Canada by consolidating thousands of circuits and related transmission equipment onto a single system. CircuitVision is still used today as the principal wireless circuit inventory source.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

I prepared RFPs and negotiated with vendors for multimillion-dollar digital access cross-connect switch system (DACS) equipment purchase, identifying the most cost-effective and future-friendly solution. ▶ By auditing the circuits of the Durham Region Police Services, I was able to ensure more reliable support of their iDEN (Mike) network. ▶ When TELUS launched an initiative to move away from leasing circuits, I developed MW circuit and equipment naming standards to support the company’s national build. My efforts created a circuit management system (NetMGR)—a MS Access database that deployed MW circuits in Eastern Canada to meet an aggressive transport build program. ▶ In a cost-saving measure, I established a new vendor relationship that allowed TELUS to purchase the most up-to-date switching equipment at the best price, saving the company $250k for the national DACS implementation.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

My first role with TELUS involved leading the design and support for the installation and operation of transmission equipment to expand wireless networks including backbone, last mile transmission to cell sites, and trunk circuits for voice traffic connections to switches. I chaired cross-functional team meetings to optimize network costs and manage all transmission changes. ▶ I standardized the new model of echo canceller for maximum voice quality; I also negotiated for the lowest price among major suppliers. ▶ One of the major projects I was involved in during this time period was a national project to upgrade 911 services to E911, which ensured greater public safety services.

Riptide was a start-up niche internet service provider for small businesses. As Engineering Manager, I led all network engineering management efforts including wire centre co-location design and deployment of access connections to client sites for high-speed Internet service over DSL. I evaluated new access and transmission technologies including ATM and IP, developed network element standards, and created a comprehensive network database. I also developed and tested cross-functional process flow for efficient network build. ▶ I captured the company’s entire inventory of network equipment and circuits in a single repository.

As Transmission Planning Manager, I led a team in developing access and backhaul architectures, issuing plans to optimize cost, and evaluating network architectures. I also negotiated leased transmission contracts with major suppliers to minimize the recurring costs of building national wireless networks. ▶ I governed Clearnet’s second-largest operating budget, which exceeded $2M monthly.▶ I presented “Transmission Strategy” to CEO George Cope and his executive team. ▶ I oversaw Mike network expansion into Alberta with fibre and MW transport build; I also released a transmission plan to connect the second Toronto switch site.

As Infrastructure Engineering Manager, I led a group designing space, power and cabling for Sprint’s international network including site design, security, fire, power, HVAC, equipment racks, outside plant fibre optic cable builds, and inside premise cable management.I also directed civil and power engineering team supporting network projects, evaluating design proposals and test plans, planning resources, managing Capex and Opex budgets, reporting and approving design specifications. Represented Engineering department during development of facilities management database, conducted RFP’s for DC power plants, negotiated purchasing contracts and oversaw CCDC2 construction bids for building expansions.▶ I assumed responsibility in assessing risk with vendors and management to support aggressive space and power growth demands without interruption to Sprint’s rapidly growing network.

I planned and budgeted projects with presentations to executive steering committee for approval, conducted vendor and product analyses, generated work and purchase orders, established network standards, and provided technical support. I also engineered ongoing expansions of the Sprint Canada transmission network including SONET ring synchronization, power upgrades, echo canceller and digital cross-connect growth, co-ordinated installation activities.▶ I deployed a synchronization scheme for SONET ring transmission system circumnavigating Lake Ontario, working with Sprint U.S. in successfully building the first cross-border network for these two companies.

Bachelor Of Applied Science & Engineering, Engineering Science, Aerospace

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