GLOBE PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Scientist
- Senior Advisor
- Member of the Canadian Meteorological
- Process Research ORTECH / GPS Consortium Member
Andrew is an atmospheric scientist with over 15 years experience in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. His core fields of expertise are boundary layer meteorology, numerical weather prediction, operational forecasting, climate analysis, dispersion modelling, industrial emission inventories, statistical analysis, data aggregation and data integration.
He has extensive experience in high-performance computing infrastructures and emergent internet technologies that take advantage of the vast amounts of data produced by satellites, monitoring networks, statistical and numerical modelling. Andrew has worked with various stakeholders including government ministries, community groups and industry representatives, bringing a robust scientific rigour and ethics to every interaction. He is an experienced climate risk analyst following the ISO 31000:2099 Risk Management - Principles and Guidelines and has appeared in several court proceedings as an expert witness.
Andrew is a current member of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanic Society and the former chairperson of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanic Society - Queensland. He has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and presented at numerous conference proceedings in the fields of Air Quality, Meteorology, Climate Science and Climate Adaptation.
Job Titles:
- Research Associate / Technical Director, Education Program for Civil Infrastructure Professionals
John established the GLOBE Foundation in 1993, which serves as the parent organization of GLOBE Performance Solutions. Our in-house expert on environmental business and the application of sustainability principles to business ventures, he was recognized in 2011 as one of Canada's Clean16, naming him one of 16 individuals who has done the most to advance the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada.
John has managed projects and advised governments and corporations in all parts of the world for the past 30 years. Until May of 2005 he was also the President & CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and until April of 2007 was Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Education Centre Network and Global Schools Inc. He has been a senior executive with the Government of Canada and served on the National Roundtable on Environment and the Economy where he chaired the Capital Markets taskforce. He is a past Chair of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission and a past Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities, the McCrae Institute, Desert Gold Corporation, Boltons Capital Corp. Tonbridge Power Corp. and on the Advisory Boards of the Simon Fraser University Business School, the Banff School of Management and the East-West Center.
He currently serves as the Chairman of the Green Table Network and as a Director of West Mountain Capital Corp., Advantage BC, and Eco Canada, and is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Ecosystem Restoration Associates Ltd. Though his travel commitments don't leave much spare time, he enjoys spending whatever's left with friends and colleagues on the golf course.
Job Titles:
- Outreach and Programs Coordinator