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Vice-President, Engineering
Dr. Ian Potter was appointed NRC's Vice-President, Engineering in May 2011.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Potter was Chief Operating Officer at Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (Tech Futures), the successor of the Alberta Research Council (ARC). In this role, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the corporation and in particular, maximizing the performance of the Corporation’s research, development and innovation programs and leading the industry and post-secondary investments to achieve corporate strategic goals.
Over the last 10 years at Tech Futures and ARC, Dr. Potter held several leadership and management positions in energy, environment, greenhouse gas technology and human resources.
Before joining ARC, Dr. Potter was a senior research engineer with C-FER Technologies of Edmonton and served as an officer in the British Royal Navy, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Calgary, and a marine engineering officer with Shell Tankers (U.K.).
Dr. Potter is an adjunct associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Calgary. He currently serves as Second Vice-Chairman for the Canadian Association for the World Petroleum Council. Previously, he has served on a variety of Boards, including, as Chairman of the Board for the Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicles Systems, Board member and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee for the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada and a Board Member for C-FER Technologies (1999) Inc.
Dr. Potter received his Bachelor of Engineering in marine engineering from the Royal Naval Engineering College (Plymouth, U.K.), and Masters and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Calgary.
