CanREA Operators Summit 2027February 10-11, 2027 | Toronto, Ontario

Prior to joining HUB in 2024 as Renewable Energy Practice Leader, Jen spent the last 18 years in the renewables space and has unparalleled experience assessing renewable energy risk to generate transparent, economically fit-for-purpose insurance solutions for the sector. She has a comprehensive understanding of renewable energy technologies and the industry's life cycle and project development process, from site selection to decommissioning. Jen skillfully navigates the myriad of stakeholders involved in renewable energy projects — from Independent Power Producers (IPP) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies.

Jen has global expertise and strategic line of sight on future climate risks at the renewable energy project and infrastructure levels, and looks beyond current regulations and codes to assess emerging risks that may impact projects, risk profiles and premium rates.

Dan Barker is the Vice President of Asset Optimization Canada at EDF power solutions North America. Dan leads teams responsible for 1.9 GW of renewable assets across Canada and brings more than 16 years of experience in renewable energy asset management and O&M. Dan's responsibilities include improving safety, asset performance, and project profitability. 

As the President and CEO of CanREA, Vittoria Bellissimo leads a member association focused on ensuring that wind energy, solar energy and energy storage play a central role in transforming Canada’s energy mix.

Vittoria was previously the Executive Director of the Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta and worked in renewable energy procurement at both the Ontario Ministry of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority (now the IESO). Vittoria served on the Board of Emissions Reduction Alberta, as Vice Chair of Energy Efficiency Alberta, and was a founding Board member of Women+Power. She holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Sustainability from the University of Edinburgh and is a licensed professional engineer (B.Sc. Queen’s University).

Dave Borins is the Director of Recycling at Quantum Lifecycle Partners, where he leads the company's Telecommunication and Renewable Energy sectors. His work focuses on advancing circular economy solutions that maximize the economic and environmental value of end-of-life equipment and materials through reuse, refurbishment, and responsible recycling.

With a background spanning renewable energy development, sustainability, and resource recovery, Dave brings a broad perspective to the challenges and opportunities of managing renewable energy infrastructure throughout its lifecycle. Prior to joining Quantum, he worked on the financing and development of community-owned renewable energy projects, helping to advance more sustainable and locally driven energy solutions. Dave is based in Toronto Canada.

Louis-Pierre Campeau works at the intersection of technology and innovation in the natural resources and energy sector. Passionate about technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, he plays a key role in the industry’s digital transformation, from BESS to more efficient resource management. Through his projects, he actively helps modernize practices and prepare the sector for the challenges of the energy transition.

Dan Carrocci is President & CEO of SUNSET Renewable Asset Management, a 100% Indigenous-owned company building Canada's end-of-life recycling infrastructure for solar and wind.

Blades are the most loaded, most exposed, and often the least understood components of a wind turbine. Adam's work sits at that intersection: understanding why blades fail, how failures could have been anticipated, and what owners, operators, and lenders should do about it.

As a Senior Blade Engineer at DNV, Adam supports root cause analyses of blade failures, factory and manufacturing quality assessments, leading edge erosion and protection studies, vibration risk assessments, and risk-based inspection program development for wind projects.

Previously, Adam served as Team Lead in DNV's Independent Engineering Wind Technology team, supporting technical due diligence for North American onshore wind projects: turbine technology risk assessments, construction monitoring, operational condition reviews, and site suitability analyses.

Adam is a licensed Professional Engineer (OIQ) and holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, where his doctoral research applied computational intelligence and stochastic optimization to preliminary wind turbine blade design. Adam writes and speaks regularly on blade quality and durability, contributing to conference panels and technical publications.

J.J. Davis is the Vice President of Operations & Asset Management at Kruger Energy. He has dedicated over 30 years to operational excellence, spanning roles in renewable energy and industrial sectors.

J.J. has held various operations and management roles within Kruger Energy over 14 years. In his current position, he leverages IPP experience across a diverse portfolio of wind, solar, hydro, and battery storage projects with the goals of optimizing the performance and reliability of the company's renewable assets while supporting new business growth.

Before joining Kruger Energy, J.J. accumulated 17 years of progressive operations and maintenance (O&M) experience within the demanding pulp and paper industry. This extensive background has provided him with a strong foundation in managing complex industrial operations and continuous improvement.

Beyond his professional life, J.J. is an active member of his community playing hockey, golf and other outdoor activities, volunteering his time as a hockey coach and actively participating in local and to industry associations.

Martin Davison is a renewable energy executive with more than 25 years of experience in engineering, asset management, and operational leadership. As Renewable General Manager – Canada at NextEra Energy, he oversees 12 renewable energy facilities representing approximately 800 MW of generating capacity, with responsibility for 75 employees and an annual operating budget of $28 million.

Throughout his career, Martin has held leadership positions with NextEra Energy, EDF Renewables, Capital Power, and Vestas, developing extensive experience in equipment reliability, operational performance, and complex technical problem-solving.

His experience includes operational oversight of major infrastructure incidents, including turbine fires, significant substation outages resulting from equipment failures and vandalism, and solar facility repowering. He has been responsible for turbine decommissioning and root-cause investigations following multiple fire incidents, providing firsthand insight into the technical, operational, and organizational challenges associated with major equipment failures.

Martin believes that while equipment failures are inevitable, the effectiveness of an organization's response defines its resilience. His approach emphasizes collaborative root-cause investigations, practical recovery strategies, and actionable measures that reduce the likelihood and consequences of future incidents.

An active participant in the Ontario Wind Operators Group and CanREA working groups, Martin is passionate about developing future industry leaders, improving renewable energy asset reliability, and exploring the practical integration of artificial intelligence into field operations and operational decision-making.

James Duncan has spent his career working to move energy innovation from the lab into the field, improving the performance and reliability of renewable energy assets. After a Ph.D. in Wind Science and Engineering focused on wind farm control, he held research roles in both Europe and the US studying offshore wind resource and the broader impact of atmospheric effects on renewable energy performance.

Driven to see innovation put into practice, James moved into industry, joining WindESCo, a technology startup, to help bring new digital solutions to market. He grew into product and commercial leadership, serving as product manager for the company’s wake steering solution and as Head of Sales for North America. Today at RES Digital Solutions, he works to bring advanced digital tools to owners and operators, with a focus on giving them greater independence from OEMs and more control over their assets.

Dr. Murray Fisher is a Principal Wind Turbine Consultant with more than 20 years of experience in turbine investigations, root cause analysis, loads assessment, technology development, and operational asset advisory. He has supported owners, operators, lenders, manufacturers, and research partners across onshore and offshore wind projects. His work spans forensic investigations, technical due diligence, operational assessments, failure risk evaluation, and engineering decision support. He has led multidisciplinary investigations into blade, structural, manufacturing, environmental, and operational issues affecting turbine reliability and performance. His experience includes assessing wind loading, lightning, extreme weather, dynamic response, product deviations, repair quality, and asset condition. He has developed and applied aerodynamic, aeroelastic, structural, vibration, and fluid-structure interaction models for turbine design and failure assessment. He has managed complex, multi-million-dollar engineering and research programs from initial scope and FMEA-based risk assessment through execution and reporting. His leadership roles at Gulf Wind Technology, DNV, LM Wind Power, and GE Renewable Energy combine hands-on technical analysis with team and client management. He has developed risk assessment frameworks for offshore wind turbines exposed to hurricanes and typhoons. His field experience includes test campaigns, inspection and measurement methods, product issue containment, corrective actions, and retrofit development. He has advised clients during technical discussions with turbine manufacturers and supported decisions related to risk mitigation, contracts, and operational strategy. He brings a practical combination of forensic engineering, loads expertise, technical communication, and risk-based asset management to complex turbine issues.

Zahra Jandaghian has over 15 years of professional experience leading programs and strategic initiatives in climate resilience, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable built environments. She currently serves as Program Manager, Energy Efficiency & Renewables, at CSA Standards, where she leads standards development initiatives supporting the energy transition, distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), building decarbonization, and emerging energy technologies.

Previously, she spent over 7 years at the National Research Council Canada (NRC), where she led multidisciplinary programs and strategic initiatives focused on climate resilience, sustainable infrastructure, and nature-based solutions.

Zahra holds a PhD in Building Engineering from Concordia University and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies, she spent over five years managing projects in the upstream oil and gas industry, bringing valuable cross-sector experience to her leadership roles.

She is actively engaged in international research and professional organizations, serving as a Board Director at the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) and as Director-at-Large and Technical Lead of the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC), Southern Ontario Chapter.

Through her leadership, scientific publications, and international collaborations, she is dedicated to bridging research, industry practice, policy, and standards development to advance sustainable, resilient, and energy-efficient built environments.

As CanREA’s Manager of Operators Program, Mary MacLean assists with the Operators Program, focusing on initiatives within the EHS and workforce development committees.

Mary has a graduate certificate in Advanced Ergonomics Studies from Fanshawe College and a BA in Kinesiology from Western University.

Graduating from mechanical engineering at Waterloo, Ian has spent over 23 years working in energy and the last 14 years working in renewables. Ian is a recognized Operational leader in the Canadian Renewable landscape. Ian started in renewables with Enbridge overseeing operations in Eastern Canada, then moving to Algonquin Power & Utilities, also known as Liberty Power. There Ian was responsible for operations for the wind, solar, hydro, RNG and combined cycle generation. Following the sale of the Algonquin renewable assets to LS Power, those becoming Clearlight Energy Ian joined LiftWerx in an operations role. At LiftWerx Ian has responsibility for internal operations including Engineering, Procurement and Continuous Improvement. Ian has also served on the Board of CanREA for the past 5 years, serving on the executive as Treasurer of the Association.

Chris Martin began his journey into Renewables in a roundabout manner.  Shortly after completing University studies in 1999, Chris began spending his summers rappelling out of helicopters into forest fires, and spending winters doing various roles in the Oil & Gas industry; from field worker, to crew supervisor, and eventually landing in Safety.  During the summers, while on smoke patrols through Southern Alberta, crews would often fly near some of the wind farms that were starting to pop up in the area and the interest in Renewables was born.  Years later, while doing contract work in Iraq, an opportunity arose to join Vestas in 2008 as a Regional HSE Specialist and Chris has been immersed in Renewables ever since.  The Regional role soon morphed into a nation-wide role and eventually some international responsibilities.  After similar corporate roles with NextEra Energy, and TransAlta, the stars aligned such that Martin Up Consulting Inc was launched in 2018.  Perhaps as a good omen, 2018 was also the year Chris received the “Individual Leadership Award” from CanWEA (CanREA’s predecessor).

In addition to providing support to wind farms, solar farms, and BESS projects across Canada and the US, Chris has also been an active member of the CSA Z259 Technical Committee, working on the development of fall protection standards since 2016, and accepted the chair of the Technical Sub-committee of Z259.11 in 2022.   Chris was also a founding member of the CSA Z2009 Technical Committee that was established in 2021 for the management of work at heights.  As a self-admitted “rope-geek”, Chris routinely enjoys providing tower rescue training for clients within the wind industry, and also providing rope rescue training as a Captain in his hometown (Alma, NB) Volunteer Fire Department, where he has been a member since 2004.  

A solid mix of passion for safety and the experience with both wildland and structural fire makes Chris well-poised to provide expert insight into potential risks renewable energy projects may face from what appears to be a growing intensity of forest fires in Canada, and to offer tangible, effective solutions to protect your people, your assets, and your reputation from those risks.

As CanREA’s Senior Director of Member Programs, Phil McKay leads the association’s BTM program and its Utility GRID Integration program. Phil previously led CanREA’s Electricity Transition Hub as its Executive Director, and before that led CanREA’s and CanWEA’s respective Operations Programs. He has also worked as an engineer at the Wind Energy Institute of Canada and in automotive thermodynamics. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Windsor, specializing in the group dynamics of commercial-scale wind turbines.

Randy Narine is President and CEO of Clean Core Research Inc. (CCR), an independent Canadian non-profit that studies how lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen systems fail, burn and release hazardous gases. CCR's work includes destructive testing, emissions analysis and battery energy storage site assessments, including for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. CCR has published a scientific paper, co-authored with the University of Toronto,

As CanREA’s Vice President of Policy, Imran Noorani leads the development and implementation of advocacy strategies that drive the growth of renewable energy and energy storage across Canada, while providing strategic leadership to the Policy Team.

Imran was previously the co-founder of Peak Power, scaling the company across North America and mobilizing $1.4B in funding and project financing to advance renewables with storage. He held senior roles at the Ozz Group of Companies and in the public sector, giving him perspective across utilities, government and developers. Imran holds an MBA and an LLM in energy and infrastructure law.

Christine Petursson is the Director of Health, Safety & Environment at BluEarth Renewables. With experience supporting wind, solar and hydroelectric operations, Christine is focused on building a collaborative safety culture that makes safety practical, accessible and relevant at every level of an organization. Her approach is grounded in connecting strong safety systems with the realities of work in the field, while creating an environment where people feel comfortable speaking up, sharing experiences and learning from one another. She believes lasting safety performance comes from shared ownership, good judgment and making safety part of how work gets done every day.

Michael leads the Asset Management function at BluEarth, including operations technology, maintenance and reliability, performance analytics, and our 24/7/365 NERC-compliant remote operations centre. Michael brings over 13 years' experience in renewable energy.

Prior to joining BluEarth in 2017, Michael held roles in wind engineering at TransAlta and substation automation engineering at General Electric.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from the University of Calgary.

Sam Ramsey is the Director of Programs with the Clean Power Institute. CPI is the non-profit affiliate of the American Clean Power Association and is focused on clean energy workforce development. In this role, Sam leads CPI's efforts to build awareness of clean energy careers and create accessible opportunities for people to enter the industry. 

Prior to this role, Sam managed ACP's safety, operations, and workforce portfolio where she led related member committees, external safety programming, and certification and training development. Earlier in her career, she consulted with U.S. state and federal agencies on the design and implementation of their renewable energy programs.

Ollie is Program Manager, Clean Economy at Clean Energy Canada, where he works on policy, research, and government relations to grow Canada’s clean economy, from clean electricity supply chains and critical minerals to getting more investment flowing into clean industries. Before joining Clean Energy Canada, he was a research consultant on skills and training policy and the innovation economy, with a focus on sustainability. Originally from the U.K., he worked in policy and research for think tanks and non-profits there before moving to Canada in 2018.

Adam Sirignano – Regional Director at ENERCONAdam Sirignano started his career in renewables 14 years ago. His efforts have aided realization of over 1800MW of wind energy projects across Canada. Adam’s responsibilities include front-end sales, contract negotiation, technical customer support, project feasibility analysis, and tender support. Adam leads Sales and Customer Relations activities across Canada.

David Smith is a Principal Consultant and Analysis Lead at Wood Group, with more than 15 years of experience in renewable energy. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he specializes in providing technical analysis and due diligence for pre-construction and operational wind and solar projects. Expertise includes wind and solar operational EYA, solar capacity testing, wind turbine power performance testing, asset monitoring, performance analysis, repowering/life extension, decommissioning studies, contract reviews, and wind and solar farm inspections to support project financing/acquisitions.

David is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Dalhousie University and a Master of Science in Wind Engineering from Kiel University of Applied Sciences.

Yoana Turnin (she/her) is the Director of Programs at Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC). She leads national initiatives focused on workforce development that advance EHRC’s mission to strengthen the Canadian electricity workforce to be safety-focused, innovative and inclusive. With over a decade of experience across the non-profit, labour, and education sectors, Yoana brings a strategic and inclusive approach to understanding the labour market in Canada’s evolving energy landscape and addressing the workforce needs, challenges, and opportunities of tomorrow. Originally from Bulgaria, Yoana’s lived experience navigating employment barriers fuels her commitment to creating accessible career pathways for youth and equity-deserving communities. She is a passionate advocate for evidence-based inclusive workforce strategies and cross-sector collaboration, which motivates her to work closely with industry partners - employers, unions, educators, associations, and policymakers alike.

Valerie is a proud Mi’kmaq woman whose family originated from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

In 2014, Valerie was nominated for a Woman of Distinction Award with the YWCA in Hamilton, ON for her work creating Ontario’s first pre-apprenticeship training program in Welding and Plumbing for Women.

Working with the Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board, Valerie was brought on to the team in 2019 as a Community Engagement Coordinator to assist with the organization’s national expansion into the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick.  Engaged in ensuring that Indigenous youth and their communities received equitable consideration for education and employment opportunities in apprenticeship, Valerie coordinates with stakeholders for the inclusion of Indigenous people with partners and was recently appointed as Executive Director.  Valerie is leading the transition of the Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario to the Indigenous Skills, Employment, Apprenticeship and Development as a federally registered national not-for-profit, expanding the organization’s reach and presence.

With a deep passion for Occupational Health and Safety, Valerie partners with the province of Ontario’s designated training centre – Workers Health and Safety Centre.  Making occupational health and safety a primary focus of their work at ISEAD, their efforts are fundamental to ensuring the safety of Indigenous workers through meaningful training and compliance with legislation and regulations across all sectors.  Valerie has been a certified occupational health and safety instructor across all sectors since 2014.

Valerie is on the Board of Directors with the Aboriginal Skilled Workers Association (ASWA), the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Roots to Roofs, the Treasurer of the Grand Valley Education Society (GVES), and the President of the Anangokaa Stardust Festival, encouraging Indigenous youth to consider opportunities in the aerospace industry.

Recently, Valerie received the Award of Merit from CSA for her leadership role as Chair of the technical committee that developed the CSA Z301 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility in Apprenticeship Programs national standard.

Oversee the operations and project management of CC&L Infrastructure's Ontario Solar portfolio, representing ~0.5 GW in combined generation.

Neil brings a breadth of experience as a product developer, service provider, and end customer to his work, with over 10-years in leadership experience in applied research offices.

Neil’s passions are supporting small- and medium-sized businesses on their innovation journeys to commercial success and working with early career professionals and watching them grow into well-rounded leaders. 

Neil holds an MBA in Innovation Leadership from the Sandermoen School of Business at the University of Fredericton, an Ontario Graduate Certificate in Research Analysis from Georgian College, and a BSc in Applied Biochemistry from Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom.