Bios
Executive Director
Alnoor (Al) Nathoo, P. Eng.
Alnoor (Al) Nathoo is the Executive Director at CCIL. Mr.
Nathoo has been an active participant in CCIL and previously the Canadian
Testing Association (CTA). He is a materials engineering consultant who
recently retired from Peto MacCallum Ltd. after 36 years of continuous service,
including four years as President of the firm. He served on the Board of CCIL
for approximately 20 years, including two years as President. He also served as
Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of CCIL, Chair of the CCIL / Ministry of
Transportation Ontario (MTO) Liaison Committee, and Chair of the CTA Asphalt
Certification Program Administration Committee.
Mr. Nathoo was also very actively involved on behalf of Consulting
Engineers of Ontario (CEO) and CCIL in the MTO re-engineering and outsourcing
review process.
Board of Directors
President
Gordon H. Leaman
Gordon H. Leaman, P.Eng., is a Senior Materials Engineer with
Stantec Consulting Ltd., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Gordon has managed one of the
largest private concrete testing and research laboratories in Eastern Canada
and provides consulting services to a wide variety of clients in various
sectors including other offices of Stantec in Canada and the United States. He
has been involved in numerous laboratory and field investigations on alkali
aggregate reactivity, concrete durability, and high performance concrete
including Confederation Bridge, Hibernia GBS, and Hebron GBS.
For over 15 years Gordon volunteered as the chair of the Plant Certification and Technical Committee for the Atlantic Concrete Association. He is past president and board member of ACI International Atlantic Chapter as well as the Design and Construction Institute of Nova Scotia. Gordon is co-vice chair of the technical committee for CSA Standards A23.1 and A23.2, and chair for CSA A283, Qualification code for concrete testing laboratories. He also represents the consulting community on Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewals' technical committee on concrete.
Gordon joined the CCIL board in 2012; becoming President in 2015.
Immediate
Past President
Jeffrey Pike
Jeff Pike is the Director of Eastern Canada Operations for
ALS Environmental, one of the largest environmental testing firms in the world.
Mr. Pike has worked in the environmental field for over 35 years and has been
actively involved in environmental engineering, field sampling and laboratory
operations/management.
Secretary-Treasurer
Blair Colquhoun
Blair Colquhoun is the President of Paracel Laboratories Ltd., a full service environmental and indoor air quality laboratory company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has served as a CCIL Director for 2 years, including time as the Chairman of the Environmental/Life Sciences Division. He is currently Secretary-Treasurer of CCIL.
Chairman, Environmental/Life Sciences Division
Barry Loescher
Barry Loescher, Ph. D., is the Quality Systems Specialist at
Maxxam Analytics where he has been since 2006. He has 30 years experience in
environmental analysis, environmental regulations, laboratory management,
business development, and quality assurance. Mr. Loescher is currently the
Chairman of the Environmental/Life Sciences Division at CCIL.
Chairman, Geotechnical/Construction Materials Division
Doug Otto
Doug Otto, C.E.T. is the Vice President of Technical Services
at TBT Engineering Limited in Thunder Bay, Ontario. TBT Engineering Limited is
the largest independently owned Engineering firm in Northwestern Ontario. Doug
is responsible for providing technical and project management services for many
of TBT Engineering's divisions. Doug is also Manager of Drilling Services at
TBT Engineering and has over 20 years of experience in the Geotechnical and
Construction Materials sector. Mr. Otto has been recently named chairman of the
Geotechnical and Construction Materials Division at CCIL.
Vice-President & Chairman,
Conformity Assessment Division
Tony Araujo
Tony Araujo is Vice-President of Paragon Systems Testing, a
product testing and development technical centre, and has over 37 years of
product and materials testing experience serving automotive, electronics,
nuclear and high-technology manufacturers throughout North America.
Director, Certification Programs
Gilbert McIntee
Gilbert G. McIntee, P. Eng. is the President of St. Lawrence
Testing and Inspection Co. Ltd. He is
the chairman of many Laboratory Certification Committees throughout Canada and
has received three Recognition Awards for leadership and dedication to service
to the Independent Testing Industry.
Mr. McIntee is a member of the
Geotechnical and Construction Materials Division, a director of CCIL and a
member of the CCIL Management Committee.
Director, Environmental/Life Sciences Division
David Hope
David Hope has been active in the environmental laboratory
business for 30 years and is a recognized expert in the analysis of trace
organic pollutants. He is a founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of
Pacific Rim Laboratories, an environmental lab specializing in the ultra-trace
analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Director, Environmental/Life Sciences Division
Randy Neuman
Randy Neumann, B.Sc., is the Division Director of Element
Environmental Americas. Randy has 39
years of experience with analytical laboratories, working in increasingly
senior positions from laboratory technician, Quality manager, Operations
manager, Vice President and finally Division Director of a large international
testing organization, Element. Randy has a B.Sc. in chemistry from the
University of Alberta.
Director, Geotechnical and Construction Materials Division
Michael Maher
Michael Maher, Ph.D., P.Eng., is a Principal and Specialist Pavement and Materials Engineer with Golder Associates Ltd., based in Whitby, Ontario. Michael has 38 years of consulting and design experience in Canada and internationally, providing engineering services related mainly to pavement evaluation and rehabilitation design; construction quality control and quality assurance; road asset management; and construction materials performance and premature failures. He has acted as a Forensic Engineering Investigator and Expert Witness in a number of legal cases. He has published/presented over 70 technical papers mainly dealing with engineering and construction materials and performance. He is a Past President of CCIL.
Director, Geotechnical and Construction Materials Division
Trevor Gluck
Trevor Gluck, P. Eng., is an Associate based in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, with Amec Foster Wheeler, one of the world's leading environmental
and engineering consulting organizations. He is also the company's Overall
Materials Practice Area Lead for the Americas Region, and has over 20 years of
design, consulting, and management experience.
Director, Geotechnical and Construction Materials Division
Kelly Whitney
Ms. Kelly Whitney is the provincial technical lead for WSP in Canada's CCIL certified materials testing laboratories as well as Director of the GTA East operations for WSP's Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Division. Kelly has been managing laboratory operations of a variety of disciplines including the aggregate, mining and health care industries for over 20 years