Paul Deram Email & Phone Number

Richmond, BC

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Lead Ready-Mix Concrete Environmental Product Declaration development, publishing, and distribution
• Develop low embodied carbon concrete, and actively promote sustainable options to all levels in the designs process; reduced the average embodied CO2 of concrete sold in the Vancouver area to <230 kg CO2eq/m3
• Implement and enact quality KPI tracking and optimizing initiatives, saving ~30,000 $ per month in raw materials
• Develop custom solutions meeting specific project technical requirements at the RFQ, bidding and supply stages
• Oversee technical projects and training plans for the GVA market area: Focus on EcoPact, sustainable concrete
• Manage 9 union and 5 non-union employees, empowering, guiding development, and resolving conflicts

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Maintained and grew the SIKA concrete admixture portfolio in the British Columbia market
• Provided ongoing concrete related technical support to Ready-Mix, Precast, Block and Mining customers in BC
• Determined pricing, provided quotes, and negotiated final offers with current clients and potential customers

Montreal, Canada Area

• Provided proactive and on-demand technical support for customers in the Quebec and the Maritimes market regions
• Board member for ACI Quebec regional association and ICRI Quebec chapter. Active member at other associations such as Tubecon, CPEQ and CAC regional technical committee
• Consulted with customers on mix design optimization and value selling strategies, assists with developing and overseeing protocols for quality control and DOT’s QA/QC testing procedures
• Provided customers up-to-date technical information, troubleshot concrete and concrete-related issues, promoted new products in the marketplace
• Build strong relationships with local governments, associations and industry professionals
• Conducted technical presentations to architects & engineers, general contractors, and public officials

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Established a centralized QC lab for the Greater Vancouver Area meeting CSA and ASTM requirements
• Supervised and trained QC technicians to test concrete and analyze durability results
• Initiated investigations into non-compliant materials, wrote reports, and recommended corrective actions
• Managed the environmental and the health and safety programs for the QC lab
• Optimized current mix designs, lowering GVA production cost significantly
• Implemented a slurry water re-use program that reduced waste for all GVA concrete plants

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Conducted outreach to educate residents and increase awareness about the new city waste requirements
• Supervised up to 10 teams per evening to ensure coverage of all required neighborhoods in Vancouver
• Supervised a team of 10 in conducting the 2013 waste composition study for Metro Vancouver
• Participated in writing the proposal for the waste composition study
• Compiled and analyzed the data from over 10 000 homes and 100 municipal solid waste samples
• Produced technical memos and the first draft of the final reports for all projects

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Audited green waste coming from the city of Surrey in order to create cleaner natural gas and compost
• Assessed the contamination levels of incoming green waste trucks and kept photographic records

• Facilitated communication to lay the foundations for a joint venture and partnership between GEOSYS and two Brazilian companies (APagri and AgroTools).
• Conducted bi-weekly meetings with each company and other potential clients.
• Taught remote-desktop tutorials on how to use the company software to clients.
• Served as an interpreter during meetings in English, French and Portuguese.
• Designed detailed reports and maps of the Northern European agribusiness sector in 2011.
• Created a questionnaire destined at agri-business companies around Europe.

• Gathered information on the agri-business field in Brazil.
• Contacted leading companies and updated the consulate contact database.
• Wrote “Les leaders de l’agroalimentaire au Brésil 2009” (“The Agribusiness leaders of Brazil 2009”) guide, with contact list. The guide is available for purchase.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

M.Sc. Bioresource Engineering, Engineering

Thesis on the Supplemental lighting orientation and red-to-blue ratio of light-emitting diodes for greenhouse tomato production Article.

Bachelor Of Bioresource Engineering, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Bioresource Engineering Association (VP Finance WInter 2011) Quebec Engineering Competition 2011 (Senior Design.