Engineering licensing body names 89th president

May 13, 2008

David Adams

The Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the province’s licensing body for professional engineers, installed Maple Leaf Engineering president J. David Adams, P.Eng., as the body’s 89th president. He succeeds Walter Bilanski and will lead the PEO’s 70,000 members, and chair its council in 2008-2009.

Adams has laid out a 10-step work plan for 2008, including installing a multi-tiered licensing model that moves engineering students through to becoming licensed PEngs; developing a knowledge-based internship program supported by collaborative Internet mentors; and creating a Centre for Engineering and Public Policy to prepare and present position papers on relevant issues picked to provide future prosperity in Ontario.

Born in Ottawa, he studied arts and science at Carleton University before entering McGill University where he earned a BEng in mechanical engineering, and later his MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Western Ontario. He has been involved extensively in mechanical engineering design and production management, as well as acquisition analysis and business operations.

He is currently president of Maple Leaf Engineering, a consulting firm specializing in lean design and manufacturing, wood processing machinery and sawmill and dry kiln design. Adams was twice elected a PEO Regional Councillor and has many years of chapter, committee and task force service. He chaired both the Governance Task Force and the Audit Committee.

The PEO administers the Professional Engineers Act by licensing Ontario’s professional engineers, granting temporary, limited and provisional licences to practise professional engineering, and authorizing businesses to provide engineering services to the public.
www.peo.on.ca
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