DYNAWISE - Key Persons


George Coppus


Gerry Beitel

Gerry Beitel is an experienced Human Resources Professional with national and international experience in the Oil & Gas, Transportation & Health Care environments He has lead HR functions in Yemen and Canada and has held a number of senior manager level HR Roles that have included employee relations, incentive compensation, benefits, organizational metric development, HR strategy and workforce planning. Gerry graduated with an MBA from the University of Calgary and has presented and published papers on Workforce Planning, Strategic Benefits Redesign, Performance Management, Diversity and Ergonomics. Included among his key achievements is managing the development of an operations improvement program that resulted in over a $100 Million of benefits for Canadian Pacific Railway. His ability to bring business focus and broad HR experience to organizational opportunities has allowed him to successfully work with organizations to achieve outstanding business results.

Kevin Bennett

Job Titles:
  • CTO - Technology and Delivery
With over 25 years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry in North America, Kevin Bennett works to deliver business systems integrated with technological supports. Having spent much of his time working with the operational side of his clients, Kevin has gained insight as to how to work with people and business systems leverage technology to make the business more efficient.

Tom Whitehead

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Management Consultant
Tom is a Management Consultant with over 30 years experience in the application and management of technology to deliver business value. Working as a consultant, as an employee of a contracting firm, and within an operating company has given Tom an insight into the roles and contributions of the various stakeholders in the successful application of technology to business opportunities. Tom has worked in environments ranging in size from 20 to 30 team members to large corporate bodies with up to 60 000 employees. In addition, Tom has worked in multi-party projects and ventures in private, public and regulated sectors where negotiation, teamwork and the ability to see other points of view are key to success. Tom brings to his clients crisp analytical skills, a synthesis of several disciplines that leads to a creative approach to challenges, an ability to 'see over the hill' and a keen focus on the achievement of business results.