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ABOUT GEOADVICE

GeoAdvice Inc. is an engineering consulting firm, serving public and private clients for public works infrastructure analysis and asset management. GeoAdvice specializes in water and wastewater hydraulic network modeling and training.

 

 

 


Werner de Schaetzen Ph.D., P.Eng.

CEO/Founder
werner@geoadvice.com

  • A leading expert in hydraulic and hydrologic modeling of water systems
  • In May 2010, Dr. de Schaetzen received the BC New Canadian Entrepreneur Award in the category of Environmental Technology (Canada)
  • Gained international recognition for his work on genetic algorithm optimization applied to water systems
  • Received numerous award prizes including from the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (UK)
  • Leading author of many papers published in International Journals and Conference Proceedings
  • Designed and implemented several commercially available software
  • Peer-review many International Journal papers
  • Trained over 2,000 hydraulic modelers in Canada, USA and UK
  • Active member of many professional associations including APEGBC, PEO, BCWWA, and AWWA
     

 


Sandy de Schaetzen, LL.B., C.P.E. (Cambridge, UK)

Executive Assistant
sandy@geoadvice.com

 


Tom Barnard, Ph.D., P.E.

Technical Director
tom@geoadvice.com

 

Dr. Thomas Barnard, P.E. has more than 30 years professional experience including a decade of experience working for two leading hydraulic modeling software companies (XP Software and Bentley). He has written several hydraulic modeling user manuals and textbooks including “Computer Modeling Applications in Hydraulic Engineering” and “Wastewater Collection System Modeling and Design”. Dr. Thomas Barnard, P.E. was also involved with the design of XPSWMM and WaterGEMS/SewerGEMS software.

 

 


Julien Bell, E.I.T.

Water Resources Engineer/Stormwater Specialist
julien@geoadvice.com

Julien has experience in the field of integrated water resource management, watershed and urban stormwater management, system capacity review and master planning. Since graduating from the University of Waterloo in 2008 with a Bachelor of Applied Science, Julien has participated in a number of challenging hydraulic and hydrology projects delivering innovative analytical solutions to clients. Some of Julien's more challenging projects have included the forensic investigation of major floods, and the long-term watershed modeling that incorporated the snow cycle (frashet modeling).

 


Jonathan Hung, E.I.T.

Project Manager/Hydraulic Modeler
jonathan@geoadvice.com

As Project Manager/Hydraulic Modeler of GeoAdvice, Jonathan Hung responsibilities include working on projects such as water distribution systems, sewer collection systems, storm drainage systems, municipal engineering, and conducting hydraulic modeling capacity analysis and optimization studies. 

 

 


Ryan Cimoszko, B.B.A.

Project Manager/Hydraulic Modeler
ryan@geoadvice.com

 


FoFo Deng-Ke Fan, E.I.T. 

Project Engineer/Hydraulic Modeler
fofo@geoadvice.com