Key Consultants
At Syntaris, we understand that people are our greatest asset. We have taken great care to develop a team of highly-regarded industry professionals who have the experience, knowledge, and professional expertise to make us a leader in the green energy industry.
Key Consultants
Structural and Penstock Design Consultant
Jorgen Jensen
Project Supervisor
Alexander Kiess
Hydro-tech and Project Feasibility
Pentti Sjoman
Jorgen Jensen, P Eng., Structural and Penstock Design Consultant
Mr. Jensen has more than 40 years of engineering experience in pipelines, ferry terminal facilities and other industrial projects. He was involved with the Brandywine Creek small hydro project, carrying out detailed engineering design for the intake, penstock and related structures. Mr. Jensen also has worked extensively in the planning and management of large projects, particularly shipping facilities and container terminals. Prior to starting his own consulting company in 1986, Mr. Jensen worked on numerous significant infrastructure projects as a senior design engineer at Sandwell Inc. and its predecessor company, Swan Wooster Engineering Ltd.
Alexander Kiess, Project Supervisor
Mr. Kiess has more than 35 years experience with BC Hydro as a project supervisor in its provincial and international facility development divisions. He has supervised the construction of power projects from Chile to Churchill Falls and participated in every stage of project planning and completion. Since leaving BC Hydro, Alex has consulted on a broad range of electrical production facilities from large and small scale hydro, gas, co-generation, oil, diesel and wood waste plants to both high-tension and low-tension power lines and electrical distribution systems. He has been active in small hydropower developments in BC for over ten years.
Pentti Sjoman, P. Eng., Hydro-tech and Project Feasibility
Mr. Sjoman is a professional engineer specializing in the evaluation, design and construction of micro- and small-scale hydro electric projects. He has more than 25 years of experience on hydropower projects ranging in size from 30kW to over 20,000kW. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Sjoman has a deep of knowledge of renewable energy resources and their potential value throughout the province of British Columbia.
