Fireside Chat with Yves Tremblay & Outstanding Engineer Award Presentation
In celebration of National Engineering month, IEEE Young Professionals is please to present:
The Fireside Chat - Young Professionals series is an opportunity to connect and learn from successful industry leaders.
Our Fireside Chat guest & presenter is Yves Tremblay, P.Eng., President & CEO of Pronghorn Controls. Yves Tremblay is an electrical engineer and a University of Saskatchewan alumni. He spent over 13 years at TransAlta in progressively more senior roles up to Director, Generation Services. Yves has also worked at; Enerflex where he held the positions of Vice President, Power Generation and Vice President, Electrical, and Instrumentation and at Dyno Nobel Canada where he was CEO. Yves is currently the President and CEO of Pronghorn Controls. With over 400 employees and 14 branch locations, Pronghorn Controls supplies high quality instrumentation and electrical services and products to the oil and gas, pipeline and petrochemical industries and to a diverse and expanding array of industrial clients across Western Canada. Yves was a board member and chair of Board of Alberta Boiler Safety Association and board member of Alberta First Call.
Following the Fireside chat there will be a presentation of the IEEE Power & Energy Society North Saskatchewan Outstanding Engineer award.
Award Presentation
Mr. Wayne Timm, P.Eng. has been an active member of the IEEE Hydroelectric Subcommittee and has contributed to the development of numerous revisions to IEEE 492 as well as the balloting of over 20 standards in the past three years. Over his 35 year career, Mr. Timm has worked in numerous capacities for SaskPower, including Plant Electrical Engineer, Senior Engineer, Major Projects, and most recently Production Supervisor, Nipawin Hydroelectric Station. As a University of Saskatchewan alumni and active community member, we are pleased to present Mr. Wayne Timm with the 2016 IEEE Power & Energy Society North Saskatchewan Outstanding Engineer Award.
* Advanced registration is required. A nominal admission fee is applicable.
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- Date: 28 Mar 2017
- Time: 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) Canada/Saskatchewan
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- The University Club
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- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Canada S7N 4J8
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- Co-sponsored by Edwards School of Business MBA Program
- Starts 06 March 2017 12:00 AM
- Ends 28 March 2017 06:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) Canada/Saskatchewan
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Speakers
Yves Tremblay, P.Eng. of Pronghorn Controls
Young Professionals Fireside Chat
Biography:
President and CEO Yves Tremblay is an electrical engineer who graduated from the University of Saskatchewan. He spent over 13 years at TransAlta in progressively more senior roles up to Director, Generation Services. Yves has also worked at; Enerflex where he held the positions of Vice President, Power Generation and Vice President, Electrical, and Instrumentation and at Dyno Nobel Canada where he was CEO. Yves is currently the President and CEO of Pronghorn Controls. With over 400 employees and 14 branch locations, Pronghorn Controls supplies high quality instrumentation and electrical services and products to the oil and gas, pipeline and petrochemical industries and to a diverse and expanding array of industrial clients across Western Canada. Yves was a board member and chair of Board of Alberta Boiler Safety Association and board member of Alberta First Call.
Agenda
7:00 - 7:15 PM Welcome
7:15 - 8:15 PM Fireside Chat with Yves Tremblay
8:15 - 8:30 PM Outstanding Engineer Award Presentation - Mr. Wayne Timm, P.Eng.
8:30 - 9:00 PM Professional Networking
Light refreshments are included. Cash bar available.
This event is jointly hosted by the IEEE North Saskatchewan Section Young Professionals, Power and Energy Society, Industrial Applications Society, and the Edwards School of Business MBA Program.