Managing Partner
George Coppus, P.Eng.
M.Sc. - Chem. Eng, B.Sc. E.E.
 George consults to major corporations in the areas of planning, business process improvement and organizational performance. Before going in private practice, he was Vice President, HR and Business Systems at TransCanada Pipelines, focusing on Marketing and E-business strategy. He also led their Performance & Change Management practice. Previously he had responsibility for Organizational Effectiveness, Learning, Performance Management and Leadership Development in NOVA.
George has worked at several major oil and gas companies in various management capacities in Manufacturing, Strategic Planning, Marketing and HR.
George's success in resolving business issues using Systems Dynamics and Complexity Theory has been featured in Canadian Business Magazine.
CTO - Technology and Delivery
Kevin Bennett
 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.
This combined with a technological background gives Kevin a unique perspective of how software should, and maybe more importantly, should not work for business.
What Kevin delivers to his clients is a down to earth, common sense approach on how people and technology should interact.
Senior Manager -
People and Change Practices
Gerry Beitel, MBA, BSc.
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.
Associates
Tom Whitehead, P.Eng. (Emeritus)
B.Sc. - Chem. Eng.
 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.
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