Ken Glasbergen
M.Sc., ERPG
Principal
Ken has fifteen years of professional ecological consulting experience in the areas of freshwater fisheries, channel assessment and restoration, vegetation characterizations and environmental planning. His past experience includes flow monitoring, geomorphic characterizations, fish habitat assessments, fish habitat modeling using RhyHabSIM, and water quality assessments including ecological toxicity modeling using the Biotic Ligand Model.
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Ken also works with multidisciplinary teams on Subwatershed Studies, Secondary Plans and large urban development projects. Ken’s primary roles in these projects include natural heritage inventories and characterizations with a focus on establishing fisheries constraints and setting natural heritage systems. Ken works extensively within federal, provincial and municipal regulatory policy frameworks
Jeff Hirvonen
M.A.Sc., ERPG
Principal
Jeff is a project manager and experienced practitioner in the field of fluvial geomorphology, having expert knowledge of channel processes (flow and sediment transport) and stream restoration design and construction techniques. Jeff has managed and overseen many kilometers of natural system assessment and restoration projects for rivers across Canada and internationally. His areas of expertise include fluvial geomorphology and erosion assessment, geomorphological field surveys and natural channel design and construction management.
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In the assessment of streams and rivers Jeff uses advanced tools, combining extensive knowledge of stream survey techniques and technology, 3D design, hydraulic modelling and geographical information systems. Aerial interpretation, planform analysis, hydraulic modelling for channel forming discharge, stream mobility assessment and natural channel design are some of Jeff’ skills that support a well-rounded stream assessment project. He also has significant implementation experience, including managing design-build projects which have afforded him a sound understanding of construction methods, costs and timelines. He is knowledgeable of contract administration roles and tasks as they relate to stream remediation sites, including construction law, tender and specification writing, construction administration, health and safety documentation and reporting. Jeff has authored papers to several professional forums including the Natural Channel Systems conferences. In recent years, Jeff has served as the project manager and geomorphology discipline lead for a variety of private and public sector projects within the cities of Toronto, Markham, Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick (multiple municipalities) and internationally.
Ian Roul
M.Sc.
Senior Ecologist
Ian has been working in the field of ecological consulting and restoration since 1999. His experience is focused on terrestrial and wetland ecology, ecological planning, environmental impact studies and environmental assessments. Ian has developed numerous mitigation and restoration plans for residential projects, road and highways, and linear infrastructure.
Recently Ian has presented at academic conferences on the subject of low impact development and hydrological connections between development and natural systems. He has been a speaker at workshops presented by the Ontario Professional Planning Institute to discuss low impact development and ecology.
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Ian has a M.Sc. in plant biology from Laval University and a B.Sc. in physical geography from McMaster University. He completed the certification in Ecosystem Restoration from Niagara College and recently became certified as an Envision Sustainability Profession.
Jenn Reader
B.Sc., ERPG, ISA Certified Arborist
Ecologist
Jenn is an Ecologist with over 12 years experience working in the private and public sectors related to natural heritage planning, environmental impact assessments, Species at Risk assessments, ecological restoration plans and tree preservation and management plans.
Jenn's core areas of expertise include botanical surveys, tree inventories and health assessments, habitat classification, Species at Risk assessments and significant wildlife habitat assessments. She is also highly proficient in the assessment of site specific natural heritage significance and sensitivity with a focus on landscape level environmental opportunities and constraints analysis.
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Since joining the GRA team, Jenn has had the opportunity to provide field support, technical writing and project management assistance on a number of natural heritage projects. Jenn’s interests lie in the impacts of landuse change on forest ecology.
Peter John Thompson
MASc, P.Eng.
Hydrologist
Pete is a hydrologist specializing in integrated groundwater/surface water modelling. He has over 10 years of experience in hydrologic and hydrogeologic modelling. Other areas of focus include evaluating the effects of urbanization on the hydrologic regime, the future impacts of climate change on a watershed scale, and in-stream ecological flow needs assessment.
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Pete holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Waterloo. Pete’s research included the development of streamflow hydrograph analysis techniques and the detailed event characterization of hourly streamflow data, particularly in urban areas. He has published studies which relate observed temporal changes in hydrologic variables to direct changes in catchment land use. Pete’s ongoing research attempts to assess and characterize the cumulative effects of development on the hydrologic regime of urban watersheds.
Michael Takeda
MASc, P.Eng.
Hydrogeologist
Michael is a hydrogeologist and groundwater modeller working in the field of water resource engineering since 2009, with a focus on groundwater-surface water interactions and subsurface contaminant transport. Michael specializes in the development and application of integrated groundwater/surface water models, lending his expertise to projects that address water resource challenges of public and private clients across Ontario and North America.
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Michael has acted as project manager and technical lead on a number of studies; often working as part of an multidisciplinary team to integrate various hydrologic, geologic, ecological, and site operations/design components into customized modelling solutions.
Bill Annable
Ph.D., P. Eng., P. Geo
Associate
His current position in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo allows him to conduct research and consulting in urban watercourse systems, paying particular attention to sediment transport dynamics and flow hydraulics. His research interests also cover river restoration and rehabilitation of aquatic habitat, numerical and physical modelling of river mechanics, hydraulics and hydrology, and basin scale isotope hydrology and transport of non-point source contaminants.
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Ben Plumb
PhD, P.Eng.
River Engineer
Ben has worked in the fields of fluvial geomorphology and river restoration since 2008. He has extensive experience in; morphological surveys, geomorphic assessments, erosion threshold assessments, sediment transport sampling, erosion hazard assessments and natural channel designs. Ben has completed a number of river rehabilitation and natural channel design projects ranging from local erosion protection to channel realignments.
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Cailey McCutcheon
MASc, P.Eng.
River Engineer
Cailey is a river engineer, combing the traditional practices of fluvial geomorphology and water resources engineering. Cailey started working in the field of river science as a researcher in 2011 and has worked as a consultant since 2015.
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Chris McKie
BASc, EIT
Water Resources Specialist
Chris has gained experience in many aspects of environmental engineering since the commencement of his undergraduate degree (2009). Since 2011, much of his time has been focused on river restoration and water resources engineering. He has taken part in numerous field programs comprising of geomorphic surveys, sediment sampling, velocity and discharge measurements, sediment tracking with RF-ID tags, and water quality sampling.
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Matthew Iannetta
BASc, EIT
Water Resources Specialist
Matthew has been working in the field of water resources for 5 years through a co-operative education program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Exposure to academic concepts, field data collection, modelling and design has developed into a specialization in river sciences over the past year.
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Cal Jefferies
BASc, EIT
Water Resources Specialist
Cal gained experience in a variety of fields of environmental engineering during the completion of his undergraduate degree (2018). Since 2016 his interests have focused on the field of river sciences.
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Tom Arsenault
C.E.T.
Senior Hydrometric Technologist
Tom has 30 years of streamflow monitoring experience in the public sector. His experience includes reconnaissance and monitoring for stream gauge installations and also analyzing and computing hydrometric data using Aquarius software. Tom has extensive knowledge in conducting data audits as well as managing client services.
James Ehrman
BASc, EIT
Water Resources Specialist
James has been working in the field of water resources through a cooperative education program in the Department of Civil of Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo for the past 5 years. A general interest in the practical study of water in the environment has been refined into a specialization in river sciences in the past 2 years through academic research, lab analysis, design, and field data collection from streams across Ontario.
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Dan Helc
Manager - Aerial Data Acquisition
Dan is an entrepreneur and professional pilot with over 17 years of experience in the IT sector. As the manager of GeoProcess' aerial data acquisition unit, Dan pilots fixed wing and UAV (Drone) aircraft, as well as conducts post-processing, for wide range of aerial capture data types, including ortho-imagery, video and still frame inspection, photogrammetry, LIDAR, thermal and multi-spectral imagery and custom fly-overs for conceptual plan development and marketing. His credentials include Transport Canada's Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) and in the United States, the Federal Aviation Regulations Part 107 certification.
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His education and training is in engineering and technology management and his many years of project and business development have taught Dan to spot opportunities and turn them into value-added services for his clients. His technical expertise include competency in a number of computer programming languages, including C++, Java, Objective C, SQL, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, FIWIRE), building and operating scalable and highly accessible platforms and software ecosystems, driving full software development life-cycle analyses.