Immediately prior to his 2004 appointment, Michael was with Irving Oil where he held senior positions at the Irving Refinery, Corporate headquarters, and the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project in Saint John, New Brunswick.

From 1997 to 2000, Michael was part of the project team for the $1billion Irving Oil Refinery expansion, the first major refinery expansion project in North America since 1980. Between 2001 and 2004, he led the Project Team for the first LNG receiving terminal in Canadian history to receive full regulatory approval to proceed. Concurrent with these activities, while at Irving Oil, Michael had responsibility in Canada and the United States for Government Relations, Health, Environment, Safety and Loss Management.

Michael has worked in private and public sector positions throughout Canada and gained invaluable experience in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador working on the Hibernia Project and the Goose Bay Low Level Flight Training Project.

Craig joined the Centre for Marine CNG Inc. in 2006 as Operations Manager with overall responsibilities for Projects and Facilities Management. Craig began his career with Schlumberger in Western Canada, followed by 3 years in their West Africa offshore operations. Upon returning to Newfoundland & Labrador, he was involved with Subsea consulting before joining NewTech Instruments in 2000. He was appointed Engineering Manager of the Manufacturing Division after NewTech was purchased by Rutter Technologies in 2003. Craig graduated from Memorial University where he is currently working on his MBA.

Carla joined the Centre for Marine CNG Inc. in July 2008 as a Project Engineer. She will be working on the International CNG Projects that the Centre is currently involved with, as well, consulting services, research and development, and strategy planning.

Carla graduated from Memorial University in April 2005 with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Mechanical). After graduating, she began her career in Alberta working for Husky Energy in the Heavy Oil and Gas group. First as a Production Engineer located in Lloydminster and then as a Development Engineer located in Calgary.

Erika Beronich, Ph.D. student and natural gas researcher has been linked to the Centre for Marine CNG Inc. since 2006. Erika received the degree of Chemical Engineer from the National Technological University in Cordoba, Argentina, in 2003, where she worked as a research assistant for the Physical-chemistry Group of New Materials, part of the Centre for Research and Development of the same University.

As a Master�s Student in the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Erika was awarded the Postgraduate Scholarship in Environmental Science (Geological Association of Canada), and as a Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies for academic excellence. In 2006, she completed a successful Master�s thesis in NGL recovery on offshore platforms and started a Ph.D. program in oil and gas at Memorial University.

Over the past two years the Centre has hosted work term students who contributed significantly to our progress. The students came from the Engineering department and Business department at Memorial University, Keyin College and College of the North Atlantic. While at the Centre they have worked on installation and commissioning of our PVT analytical laboratory, Forum planning and institutionalizing an organizational plan for the annual event.