Innovation has a rich history at Stantec, from our early R&D efforts to the launch of our Creativity & Innovation program in 2016 to the creation of the Innovation Office in 2020. Through innovative approaches and solutions, we’re reimagining and redefining what’s possible for our communities.
INNOVATION LEADERS
Tim Williams
Global
HOW WE SUPPORT INNOVATION
Ideate
WHAT IS THE INNOVATION OFFICE?
Brian Guthrie
Functional Services Teams
Stantec’s 30,000 people around the world have big ideas.
Our Innovation Office is putting our creativity to work to make our communities better for everyone.
Rich Andrachek
Environmental Services
Pamela Bailey-Campbell
Infrastructure
Kathleen Todd
Environmental Services
Explore Innovation
& Technology
If you’re interested in collaborating on innovative ideas, connect with the relevant innovation leader above. To learn more about innovation at Stantec, visit our Innovation & Technology Ideas page
Sandeep Sathyamoorthy
Water
Darren Burns
Buildings
Kim Hubbert
Energy & Resources
Innovating for
our communities
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John Wanberg
Idea Machine
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Business Line Innovation Leaders
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Shankar Kalyana
Chief Technology Officer
Jeff Albee
Digital Solutions
Lalitha Krishnamoorthy
Artificial Intelligence and Digital
OUTCOMES
Our Innovation Office develops new services, products, and business lines—such as the ones below—that help us meet client and community challenges.
Our innovation leaders encourage and facilitate creativity and innovation across our operating units and geographies. These leaders are key to our Innovation Office and help to guide the evolution of innovation at Stantec.
Our innovation strategy combines proven ideas with curiosity, creativity, and digital-forward approaches to find new ways to meet client and community challenges.
Flood Predictor
Provides insights on when and where a flooding event is likely to happen.
Remote sensing technology suite that increases coverage and improves data quality while reducing risk and cost.
GlobeWATCH
Real-time, intelligent financial modeling for utilities through our Financial Analysis & Management System (FAMS)
FAMS
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Dean Staples
Innovative Business Opportunities
Bill Ward
Senior Intellectual Property Advisor
3D laser blast survey undertaken for Thames Water during the remediation of the King’s Scholars Pond sewer at Baker Street (London, UK)
Anyone in Stantec can share their idea through our Idea Machine, an online portal managed by our Innovation Office.
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Ideas with a digital component are supported by experts who are leading our digital transformation efforts.
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We support promising ideas with technical expertise, coaching, and progressive levels of funding: Micro-grants, Greenlight grants, and Innovation Fund grants.
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The best ideas are commercialized through Blue Ocean Theory workshops and our Innovative Business Opportunity (IBO) program.
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Anyone in Stantec can share their idea through our Idea Machine, an online portal managed by our Innovation Office.
John Wanberg
Idea Machine
Ideas with a digital component are supported by experts who are leading our digital transformation efforts.
Shankar Kalyana
Chief Technology Officer
Jeff Albee
Commercial Digital
Lalitha Krishnamoorthy
Artificial Intelligence and Digital
We support promising ideas with technical expertise, coaching, and progressive levels of funding: Micro-grants, Greenlight grants, and Innovation Fund grants.
Business Line Innovation Leaders
(shown below)
The best ideas are commercialized through Blue Ocean Strategy workshops and our Innovative Business Opportunity (IBO) program.
Dean Staples
Innovative Business Opportunities
Bill Ward
Senior Intellectual Property Advisor
Ideas with a digital component are supported by experts who are leading our digital transformation efforts.
Shankar Kalyana
Chief Technology Officer
Jeff Albee
Digital Solutions
Lalitha Krishnamoorthy
Artificial Intelligence and Digital
We support promising ideas with technical expertise, coaching, and progressive levels of funding: Micro-grants, Greenlight grants, and Innovation Fund grants.
Business Line Innovation Leaders
(shown below)
Automates solar pile layout design, dramatically reducing earthworks and construction costs while increasing energy production.
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