PEOPLE
With over 1,200 employees and 28 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.
Stephen Pearce
Structural Engineer – St. John’s
Steve is a structural engineer with over 25 years of experience providing engineering services to industrial, government, municipal and private clients.
Taran Peters
Transportation Engineer – Winnipeg
Taran has over 23 years of experience in transportation and municipal engineering. He has led teams on specialty projects, such as bus rapid transit design and construction, and in a P3 and owner’s engineer role.
Jennifer Petruniak
Executive Director, Integrated Systems – Toronto – North York
Jen has extensive experience in the fields of natural resource management, project management and operations management. She has spent much of her career in professional services and gained progressive experience through a variety of management and leadership roles.
Rory Pickard
Manager, Transportation – Fredericton
Rory has over 17 years of consulting experience in the field of civil infrastructure. Rory routinely works with municipalities to prioritize infrastructure improvements and identify short and long-term system upgrades.
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.
Karl Repka
Project Manager – Vaughan
Karl is a Civil Engineer with over 20 years of experience in Land Development.
Glen Rockett
Electrical Engineer – Halifax – Bayers Road
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
Project Manager – 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.
Gordon Shields
Board Member – Toronto – North York
Gordon is an experienced director and management consultant. He has extensive experience in large scale transformation, technology strategy and implementation, and mergers & acquisitions through his work as a partner at a major global consulting firm.
Derek Stapleton
Discipline Lead, Electrical Facilities – Halifax – Bayers Road
Derek has over 30 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
Business Development Manager – Windsor
Karl has over 30 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 Chair – Toronto – North York
Larry is an experienced director having over 35 years of professional services and Board related experience. Larry has served as a Board member for several publicly traded and private companies.
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
Project Manager – 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.