PEOPLE
With over 1,100 employees in over 25 offices, mentorship and local leadership play key roles in Dillon’s success. We invite you to meet our Board of Directors and Partners. Our Partner group provides direction, guidance, and support to our team members across Canada.
Dave Poole
Environmental Engineer – Calgary
Dave has over 30 years of experience in the areas of risk management, environmental management, sustainability, strategic planning and policy development.
Richard Pope
Biologist – Vancouver
Richard has over 38 years of experience in the assessment of both marine and freshwater resources. His project experience is extensive and varied. Richard’s experience extends across Canada as well as internationally.
Kate Preston
Discipline Lead, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design – Hamilton
Kate is a Landscape Architect and Project Manager with over 20 years of professional experience in urban and streetscape design, park development and revitalization projects, trails design, and waterfront development.
Glen Rockett
Electrical Engineer – Halifax – Chain Lake Drive
Glen is an electrical engineer with experience in electrical design of commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential facilities, site monitoring and contract administration during construction.
James Sheppard
Operations Lead, Engineering (Transportation & Facilities) – Sydney
James has over 13 years of design and drafting experience for municipal projects. He has completed design projects with focus on water supply, subdivision design, street design, wastewater collection and site design.
Derek Stapleton
Electrical Engineering Technologist – Halifax – Chain Lake Drive
Derek has over 29 years of experience as an electrical engineering technologist specializing in the electrical building design field.
Stephen Stone
Planner – Saint John
Stephen has over 12 years of experience in municipal, rural and regional, and indigenous community planning. Stephen is passionate about demystifying the planning process for clients and is adept at forecasting context-specific trends.
Karl Tanner
Planner – Windsor
Karl has over 28 years of experience in land use planning, land development approvals, project management and project advisory services, in both urban and rural environments.
Larry Taylor
Board Member – Toronto – North York
Larry is an experienced director having over 30 years of professional services and Board related experience.
Andrew Thalheimer
Manager, Contaminated Sites Management – Halifax – Chain Lake Drive
Andrew has over 35 years of experience in conducting and managing contaminated sites. He has managed numerous sites involving complex hydrogeologic settings and contaminant transport modeling, including LNAPL.
Howard Trofanenko
Bridge Engineer – Calgary
Howard has over 34 years of experience delivering transportation infrastructure projects in southern Alberta.
Patrick Turner
Managing Director, Land Development – Vaughan
Patrick is a 15-year industry leader known for his meticulous attention to detail, dedicated pursuit of approvals, and professional courteous manner with clients, municipal staff and project team members.
Betsy Varghese
Discipline Lead, Waste Management – Toronto – North York
Betsy has over 20 years experience in waste management and is Dillon’s technical strategist for the Waste Management group.
Brent Visscher
Structural Engineer – Kitchener
Brent has over 16 years of experience specializing in the field of bridge engineering. He has been involved as a project engineer and project manager on a variety of projects.
Stephen Wall
Discipline Lead, Electrical – Ottawa
Stephen is an electrical engineer with over 18 years of experience in transportation electrical as a designer, design lead, and project manager.
Ron Weatherburn
Discipline Lead, Transportation Construction Observation & Field Services – Winnipeg
Ron is an associate and professional engineer at Dillon with more than 29 years of professional experience. He has a wide range of roadway and northern airport design, construction, and maintenance experience.
Jeff White
Board Member – Saint John
Jeff White is a senior financial executive with over 25 years of experience leading growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity offerings in the technology sector.
David Wiebe
Transportation Engineer – Winnipeg
David is a transportation engineer with over 24 years of experience in transportation infrastructure projects including project management, specification, detailed design and contract administration.
Alexander Williams
Discipline Lead, Water/Wastewater – Saint John
Alexander is a Civil Engineer with over 10 years of experience in water/wastewater engineering, stakeholder engagement, and infrastructure engineering.
Andrew Wilson
Executive Director, Corporate Services – Oakville
Andrew has over 35 years of experience in business management, project management, environmental engineering and geoscience.