He was living in Montreal QC at the time of his recruitment into the navy. In 1961 he graduated from McGill University. Mr. Cole is a civil engineer, with a degree from McGill University in 1961. Prior to 1970 Mr. Cole was with Calgary Power Ltd. (now TransAlta Utilities), where he directed a number of major systems development projects while acting also as an internal consultant on all administrative and accounting information systems. From 1970 to 1977 he was responsible for the Management Systems Operations for Montreal Engineering Company Limited (Monenco). He owns Cole & Company Ltd. and has over thirty years of experience in planning and coordinating the development and implementation of a broad range of engineering and business information systems. As president of Cole And Company Limited since 1978, he has been responsible for the direction of systems planning, design, training and development projects with Electric and Telephone Utilities, the Construction & Oil and Gas Industries, Airlines, Federal Government Agencies and other clients across Canada and within the USA, Africa, and the United Kingdom |