At SynergyAspen, our employees are the service drivers of comprehensive environmental consulting. By applying our moral compass, founded on the principles of integrity, teamwork, and community presence, we inspire our talented team to strive for their highest potential.
SynergyAspen nurtures an inclusive environment that embraces diversity and promotes respectful relationships. Our policies provide balance for job satisfaction and life fulfillment. Through training and professional development, we cultivate and recognize success.
Our multi-disciplinary team includes Professional Engineers, Geoscientists, Agrologists, Chemists, Hydrogeologists, a Certified Professional Accountant and Human Resource Professional. In addition, we have a number of Technologists and Technicians from varying disciplines.
Biographies for our leadership team and environmental client managers are provided as follows:
Daniel Gorsic, leader of the SynergyAspen team, began his environmental science career in 1994. Mr. Gorsic is a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Chemistry and Environmental Resource Studies and is also a member of the Association of Professional Chemists of British Columbia.
Daniel founded Synergy Environmental Strategies Inc. in 2007 and subsequently merged Synergy with Aspen Environmental in 2012 to form SynergyAspen Environmental Inc. He is tasked with leading and developing the company in British Columbia and beyond.
He is an avid tennis player and was a member of the volunteer fire department.
Bret Detta has worked over 6 years in the private sector as an Accountant and Financial Analyst. Bret is responsible for managing both the Finance and FinOps departments, which oversee all financial aspects of the business. This includes financial reporting, analysis, budgeting, accounting processes, financial polices, supervision, mentorship, and assisting the executive team with any projects required. Bret has a focus on transparency, communication, and accountability when it comes to building financial processes and policies.
Bret graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Accounting and is currently a Chartered Professional Accountant candidate. Bret is expected to complete the program in 2024.
Bret was born and raised in the lower mainland his entire life. He enjoys playing soccer, hiking, and spending time with his friends and family
Eunice Cheah has over 5 years of human resources and 8 years of administrative experience. She is responsible for managing all day-to-day human resources tasks, such as onboarding and offboarding employees, recruitment, benefits administration, policy management, full-cycle payroll administration, grant funding, and assisting the Executive Team with any miscellaneous human resource projects and initiatives. She is also responsible for some administrative tasks in SynergyAspen, such as managing Deltek Ajera, organizing company events, stitching and sending reports to clients, and providing mentorship to the administrative team.
Eunice graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelors of Business Administrator in Human Resources and International Business and is currently a Chartered Professional in Human Resources candidate. She is expected to complete the program by Fall 2024.
Eunice was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and made Vancouver her home in 2007. She enjoys watching movies, baking and going for hikes with her dog.
Jannelle McCarthy has over 12 years of experience working in the energy industry on projects in BC and Alberta. Over the last 10 years, her focus has been on Project Management in the Environment and Indigenous Relations business aspects. Jannelle has managed small to major projects, including coordinating the Aboriginal Environmental Technician Program on up to 6 concurrent major projects at a large midstream company.
Jannelle completed her Environmental Management Certificate at University of Calgary, Indigenous Canada Certificate at University of Alberta, Applied Project Management Certificate from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and received her Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) designation through the Project Management Institute. Ms. McCarthy is eligible to write her Project Management Professional (PMP) exam and plans to receive her PMP designation in the near future.
Jannelle also has extensive senior administrative experience, previously supporting a team as large as 47 people, including a VP, multiple senior managers and supervisors, and advisers in Canada and the United States.
In her free time, Jannelle enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, hiking, weightlifting, and spinning.
Robin Ganderton has had success in his many different exciting jobs such as, mining projects all over the world, salvage diving, avid motorcycle rider, horse training, managed air tanker bases all over BC and Alberta, a backyard scientist and a very good electronics designer. He is fond of animals of all kinds.
Robin has been in the IT field for over forty years. From long distance terrestrial network to satellite networking, computer design, interface, and data management.
He specializes in network design and security and has built specialized micro-computer systems from the ground up, such as Computer vision, CAD/CAM, etc.
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