Todd Pugsley, Ph.D., P. Eng. Email and Phone Number

I am a people-focused leader committed to diversity, equity, & inclusion with a record of progressive leadership experience and increasing accountability in the private sector and academia. I have deep understanding of all stages of the technology & innovation spectrum, from basic R&D to commercial deployment, and I am driven to find solutions to complex problems in support of corporate sustainability and financial targets. I have a sincere interest in people, their career aspirations and their strengths. I enjoy leading, mentoring, and coaching to help my direct and indirect reports and mentees progress toward their career goals while working on challenging and relevant problems and opportunities.I often refer to the expression, "strategy without execution is a daydream and execution without strategy is chaos"; leaders should be committed to both. I have the unique combination of strategic thinking skills and technical breadth to present a strategic opportunity at a high level ('the what'), communicate in appropriate detail how the opportunity will be realized ('the how'), and then lead and support subject matter experts to execute ('the do').I also have sophisticated communication and leading by influence skills to effectively lead and support cross-functional, integrated teams to solve complex problems and to engage with internal and external stakeholders, including leveraging government funding in support of technology and R&D projects.