CII Strategic Planning Committee Chairman - Stephen Cabano, President of Pathfinder, was selected to co-chair the CII Strategic Planning Committee along with Ilker Adiguzel, Lab Director, U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center. The Strategic Planning Committee is responsible to the Board of Advisors, through the Executive Committee, for the development, evaluation, and update of the CII Strategic Plan, which is to be written with a three-year life cycle. The committee monitors industry trends and business drivers and updates the Strategic Plan. The Strategic Planning Committee establishes performance measures and reports results to the Board of Advisors annually.

CII/COAA Research Team 272 - Jim Blevins of Pathfinder is a member of the CII/COAA Work Face Planning Committee. The team’s charter is to research and evaluate the best models (innovative approaches), tools, and best practices for work packaging to improve productivity and what is a better/best work packaging model.

Mega Projects in Alberta - EPC Panel - PMI-SAC Annual Meeting - Pathfinder’s Scott Diehl facilitated the EPC Panel Discussion with about 70 people in attendance. Topics from this meeting will be discussed on the PMI-SAC EPC Roundtable LinkedIn site. If you would like to join in on the discussions please email pmisacepc@gmail.com with your intent to participate or look up the group on LinkedIn.

Doing Business in the Oil Sands Region - In October, Pathfinder’s Paul Williams, along with Elliot Levin, presented this topic to over 30 companies involved at various levels of the Oil Sands region at the World Trade Center Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Paul’s presentation focused on the nuances of doing business as a small company in the Alberta region. To request a copy of this interesting presentation please go to http://www.pathfinderinc.com/articles

Pictured from l to r: Dan Fisher, Director, Regional Head Global Trade Finance, North America - TD Securities, Elliot Levin, Vice President of Pathfinder, and Margaret Carolan, VP International Trade Services, TD Bank

Industry Trade Advisory Committee Meeting (ITAC) and US-EU SME Best Practices Workshop - Elliot Levin, Vice President, has been participating as Pathfinder’s delegate with the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative Export and Trade Advisory Committees. Elliot attended the latest meeting in Washington, DC in October in which US an EU small business problems were shared.

CHOA (Canadian Heavy Oil Association) Conference - In November, Scott Diehl, Executive Associate, attended the annual conference in Calgary. The conference had 600 attendees and there were representatives from many of the heavy oil producers active in Alberta. Presentations were focused on the Canadian oil sands region pertaining to global attention, economics, skilled labor challenges, consumption and project execution methods.

Hart Energy DUG Conference - Mark Christopher, Associate, attended the DUG East (Developing Unconventional Gas) Conference in Pittsburgh in November, which focused on addressing the concerns and opportunities of drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Many of the producer companies that spoke highlighted their amount of leased land in the Marcellus region and potential CAPEX to develop the infrastructure for the Natural Gas extraction and midstream services.

Toys for Tots - Pathfinder participated in the Marine Toys for Tots campaign this year. In just over a couple of weeks, Pathfinder employees generously donated over 30 toys and presented them to U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Rep for Camden County Coordinator, Desmond Newbill. Mr. Newbill shared with us that they normally have about 400 families that request toys and this year they have over 800.

Pictured from l to r: Christine McIntyre - Pathfinder, Desmond Newbill - Toys For Tots, and Kathie Haber - Pathfinder.