INSTRUCTOR PROFILE.

Brian is a Technical Director and Principal at RWDI whose area of expertise includes air quality emissions and dispersion modelling, odour assessments, dust assessments, hazard modelling and chemical process quantitative risk analysis. Brian has also served as an expert witness before the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board and Local Planning Appeal Tribunal) multiple times, as well as the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Toronto Local Appeal Body, and for a Hearing of Necessity under the Expropriations Act. Brian has been qualified to provide expert testimony in each of his areas of expertise.

Brian’s experience includes heavy industry such as mining, aggregates, hot mix asphalt, cement, pulp and paper, petrochemical, and automotive industries, through to institutional facilities such as hospitals and universities, as well as transportation infrastructure, including highways, rail systems and airports. Brian’s experience in chemical process quantitative risk analysis spans his work with his previous employer in the chemical process industry and with RWDI. His work in chemical process engineering provides a strong foundation for his current role.

Brian sits involved in several industry associations, providing guidance and training to members on best practices and regulatory compliance requirements.

Brian also acts as a technical lead for RWDI’s air quality modelling group, coaching and mentoring scientists and engineers across Canada at work on a range of emissions inventory, monitoring and modelling projects.