Hailing from a resource town on the north shore of Lake Superior, I grew up surrounded by the untamed northwestern Ontario wilderness and an endless supply of creative inspiration. My early exposure to the mining, pulp and paper and hydroelectric industries instilled me with a deep appreciation for the economic benefits of natural resource development. However, after seeing the damage caused by these industries, I became committed to finding a way to improve the balance between economic growth and environmental protection.

Having been recognized by for my track record as a business leader, I tackle all new ventures the same way I approach life: with enthusiasm, commitment and a desire to make a positive impact. Whether I’m managing a major project, volunteering for a community event or hitting the trails, I pride myself on being a hard worker who is driven to succeed.

Experienced technically-minded IT professional who takes an organized and systematic approach to life with a deep desire to gain an understanding of how the technology systems around us work and integrate. By understanding technology you gain insight; leveraging that insight gives you the ability to fix the processes, not the symptoms.

Phil has 12+ years working in the IT industry, with experience across different industries and different countries. Covering tech support for a large national cell phone company, networking underground mining operations, managing 2PB of data spread out nationally for a large ISP, maintaining a 1000+ VM environment for a large gaming studio. Phil also holds current industry certifications from Netapp and VMware.

Phil has extensive experience with enterprise storage and virtualization and handling all the bits in between to connect, monitor, document and maintain these systems. Phil has experience with large and small projects; from a million dollar project to design and deploy high performance 190TB centralized all flash storage system for a virtualized game build environment, to designing, setup/hosting and monitoring a web site like this!

Allison has formal training in environmental science and sustainability, and 12 years of experience working with the resource industry to systematically identify and manage environmental risks in a fair, informed and sustainable way. Allison’s career has taken her all over the world and given her exposure to a wide range of environmental and social conditions; this helps Allison develop creative solutions to even the most daunting challenges.

Specialties: Environmental management, risk assessment, incident response and investigation, management systems (ISO 14001), auditing, legal compliance, strategic planning, environmental monitoring, data management, emissions reporting, community engagement, corporate social responsibility, health and safety, mine closure, corporate culture, sustainability reporting (Global Reporting Initiative)