THE EXPERTISE HUB
Through its Expertise Hub, the CGIA is bringing together Canada’s foremost geothermal expertise into a single forum. The goal of the Hub is to provide a platform for the nation’s top industry experts to share crucial knowledge and create meaningful impacts.
The Expertise Hub is composed of CGIA members in industry or academia who are passionate about sharing their knowledge and experience for the advancement of the geothermal industry at home and abroad.
Blair Shunk
Closed Loop Geothermal Expert for Direct Heating
Blair is a Calgary based business owner and entrepreneur with professional experience in natural gas transmission, information technology, earned value analysis project management, and business…
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Dr. Ali Shariat
Geothermal Resevoir Modelling Expert
Ali Shariat is a professional reservoir engineer (P.Eng) with over 15 years of Canadian and international experience, specializing in geothermal reservoir engineering and subsurface energy…
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Dr. Catherine Hickson
Geothermal Expert
Dr. Catherine Hickson is a prominent Canadian volcanologist and geothermal energy expert. She began her career with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) as a…
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Eric Leahy
The Insulated Drill Pipe Expert
I am the Director of Engineering at Pro-Pipe Service and Sales Ltd, where I lead engineering support and product development for geothermal and downhole energy…
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Iain Hollan
Extreme-Temperature Geothermal Completions & Downhole Technology Expert
Iain is a geothermal technology executive with more than 15 years of experience in downhole completions, wellbore technologies, and subsurface operations. Prior to entering the…
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Jeff Messner
Directional Drilling and Geothermal Project Development Expert
14 years at Weatherford as MWD engineer/directional driller – SAGD specialist/technical sales. Renewable Energy and Conservation certificate from Lakeland College.
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Matt Hogg
Supercritical C02 Generation Expert
Matt Hogg is the Founder and CEO of GeoGen Technologies Inc., a Calgary-based clean-tech company revolutionizing geothermal energy extraction. With a background in engineering and…
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Peter Bauman
Geoscience Expert
Peter Bauman is a Professional Geologist (M.Sc., University of Calgary) with significant and growing expertise in geothermal energy exploration and development. Most notably, as Senior…
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Richard Hawker
Wells Builder, Any well, Anywhere
Richard is an energy project executive, wells specialist and geothermal developer and entrepreneur with more than40 years of global experience in complex well construction, completions…
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Roman Bilak
Gemechanics & formation stimulation expert
Mr. Roman Bilak is President of the Terralog Technologies Inc. The Terralog group core focus is sustainable energy resource development technologies and services. Terralog is…
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