PES Vancouver Chapter Technical Talk on 'United States Navy Submarine Rescue: Project Strategies' by Peter Helland, CEO, Midgard Consulting Inc, Vancouver, Canada
IEEE Power & Energy Society Vancouver Chapters is pleased to announce a technical presentation on “United States Navy Submarine Rescue: Project Strategies” by Peter Helland, CEO, Midgard Consulting Inc, Vancouver, Canada. The chapter kingly invites all the PES members and guests to attend the talk. For those who will not be able to be physically present at the venue, webcast and conference call facilities are setup for your convenience and the links will be sent just before a week of presentation. Furthermore, please feel free to extend the invitation to those you think will be interested in these presentations.
This IEEE technical presentation hours may be considered towards Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits.
PES Chapter Technical Talk: United States Navy Submarine Rescue: Project Strategies
Speakers: Peter Helland, CEO, Midgard Consulting Inc, Vancouver, Canada
Date: Wednesday, September 13th , 2017
Time: 12:00PM to 1:00 PM (lunch hour)
Place: Southpoint Auditorium - BC Hydro’s Edmonds Office
6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, BC
Registration: No advance registration is required. It is open to IEEE members and interested guests (public)
Synopsis of the talk:
Effective project management is about motivating people to do the right things at the right time. Peter Helland, CEO of Midgard Consulting, will be presenting lessons learned managing the project turn around and delivery of a Submarine Rescue Vehicle to the United States Navy. The lessons explored in this presentation will be universal lessons of human behaviour that are widely applicable in any organization, and may benefit front line staff, engineers, project managers, and executives. Please join Peter as he shares his unique experiences developing and delivering a first in class submarine vehicle designed to rescue submariners trapped under 2000 feet of seawater on the ocean floor.
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- Date: 13 Sep 2017
- Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) America/Vancouver
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- Southpoint Auditorium - BC Hydro’s Edmonds Office
- 6911 Southpoint Drive
- Burnaby, BC, British Columbia
- Canada
- Building: BC Hydro’s Edmonds Office
- Room Number: Center Auditorium
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Dipendra Rai PES Vancouver Chapter Chair - Dipendra.Rai@IEEE.ORG
Speakers
Peter Helland
United States Navy Submarine Rescue: Project Strategies
About the presenter:
Peter Helland is a professional engineer and the Chief Executive Officer of Midgard Consulting Incorporated which does work for groups such as BC Hydro, FortisBC, ATCO Electric, Yukon Energy, SaskPower, and the Ontario Energy Board.
Peter holds a Master of Business Administration from the Sauder School of Business and a Master of Applied Science in Systems Engineering. Throughout his career he has worked in engineering, project management and leadership roles across a variety of industries including electricity, oil & gas, military, telecommunications and social services.
Peter is the father of twin six year old girls, and in what little spare time he has, Peter is an amateur archaeologist with the Underwater Archaeology Society of BC, enjoys cycling, and can occasionally be found canoeing in Canada’s backcountry.