Quebec City Speakers
Bill Tice is the capital sales/marketing manager for HewSaw Machines Inc. Bill has over 30 years of forest industry experience, including a number of years working at the corporate level with major Canadian producers Canfor and West Fraser. He is also a former forest industry magazine writer and editor and has a Bachelor of Science degree…
Ingo Wallocha
Canadian representative, Valutec Wood Dryers Inc
Ingo was born in Hannover, Germany in 1974 and has an MBA in economics from the University of Applied Sciences in Heidelberg. He started working in the lumber dry kiln business with Brunner-Hildebrand in 2002 and filled the role of sales director North America from 2009 until 2014. In 2015…
Jere Heikkinen
CEO, Finnos
Jere Heikkinen is an entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive officer at Finnos. Based in Finland, Finnos was established in 2016 to continue the pioneering X-ray technology development of its predecessor, Bintec. Heikkinen has more than 10 years of experience developing X-ray log scanning systems for the sawmill industry, and holds…
Justin Williams
owner and CEO of Williams & White Equipment
Justin Williams, P.Eng., is the owner and CEO of Williams & White Equipment, a Canadian company based in Burnaby, B.C., specializing in the development and production of automated tool sharpening and grinding machinery and other high-tolerance components and machinery for the sawmill industry. Justin is a registered professional engineer holding…
Khalil Elhadaoui
Principal researcher, FPInnovations
Khalil Elhadaoui has a university industrial engineering degree, with university certificates in quality management, production automation and industrial maintenance. Certified Lean Six Sigma Black belt (LSSBB), data analytical (CDA), subject matter expert (SME-RCA), ultrasound (ULT1), reliability leader (CRL) and certified maintenance management professional (MMP).He has more than 24 years of…
Mathieu Papillon
Research and development specialist, Autolog
Mathieu Papillon holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Montreal. He has been with Autolog for five years in the Research and Development department where his work focuses on the development of artificial vision sensors and algorithms.
Nick Barrett
President, SiCam Systems
Nick Barrett is a visionary in the field of emerging technologies to support lumber size control and predictive maintenance. He has worked in both Aviation Systems and Robotics but has focused the last 20 years on the wood products industry. Nick is the original designer of the SiCam products and…
Norvin Laudon
Chief Technology Officer, Springer Microtec
Norvin Laudon began his career in Vancouver developing machine vision systems for high-speed manufacturing. For the last 17 years he has been involved in the sawmill industry, bringing his experience in machine vision and image processing to log and lumber scanning. While living in Europe for a number of years,…
Travas Hack
General superintendent – Elk Lake, Eacom Timber Corp.
Travas has held a master electrician license with an industrial specialization for over 20 years. After completing his apprenticeship, he joined EACOM’s Elk Lake sawmill as a shift electrician. Having a curious mind, Travas left Elk Lake to pursue experience in other industries. The outside experience was very beneficial but…
