Executive Leadership Team
David Harris
President & CEO
David Harris
President & CEO
David Harris’ mission as President and CEO is to ensure that Kinectrics is a vibrant, and growing company by focusing on adding exceptional value to our customers, ensuring our employees have every opportunity to develop to their full potential, and investing in state-of-the-art facilities.
David works in a collaborative, hands-on manner with the executive leadership team, ensuring individuals are given both clear direction and the autonomy to lead their teams for success. Together they create a work environment that emphasizes personal accountability and rewards excellence. As a result, the work culture at Kinectrics is low on bureaucracy and high on timely decision-making based on input and consultation.
Working in the industry since 1978, David has worked in several executive positions in companies dedicated to improving engineering, energy generation, and infrastructure around the world. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds.
Since joining Kinectrics in 2003 as President and CEO, David has led a team that has successfully grown the company by over 600% through the capture of additional market share, geographic expansion, and strategic acquisitions.
David is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (UK), as well as the UK Institute of Directors Training Program on Directorship. He believes in promoting family, personal, and professional development in himself and others. With a keen interest in sport and fitness, he enjoys watching hockey and cricket and going for gentle walks.
John D’Angelo
Chief Nuclear Officer
John D’Angelo
Chief Nuclear Officer
John D’Angelo’s goal as Chief Nuclear Officer is to ensure Kinectrics thrives in the decades to come by growing the next leadership team while strengthening safety, quality, and customer relationships.
With a P.Eng, MaSc Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, John is driven by a keen interest in nuclear power. His goal in university was to land his first job with Ontario Hydro Nuclear. His humble beginnings as a student with Kinectrics in 1986 — and then Ontario Hydro Research as a 4th-year student — turned into an amazing lifelong career.
John has worked at all levels within Kinectrics, from student to PWU Technical, a member of the Society, and then finally to executive management. He has experienced how the company works at all levels. For him, the pivotal change was the privatization of Kinectrics, which allowed him to exercise an entrepreneurial spirit in an engineering environment to champion the success of Kinectrics.
John is a member of the Kinectrics Inc. board and other subsidiary boards. His passion for snowboarding and the outdoors is made all the better with his dog, Koko, but he also enjoys sharing his success through various charities to help others.
Karen Marner
Chief Financial Officer
Karen Marner
Chief Financial Officer
Karen joined Kinectrics in 2023 as Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining the organization, Karen worked at various utility-related companies, including Bell Canada Enterprises. She served as CFO of Expertech Network Installation and Aecon Construction group, where she was the Vice President of Finance supporting the Industrial, Nuclear, and Utilities divisions. Karen currently serves as Treasurer and executive committee member of the Board of Ontario OneCall, and previously held a board position on the Utilities Standards Forum while working as CFO of Oakville Enterprises Corporation.
Shahrokh Zangeneh
Chief Commercial Officer
Shahrokh Zangeneh
Chief Commercial Officer
Having participated in the winning and negotiating of large business worldwide, Shahrokh Zangeneh is both familiar and very much at ease with business cultures around the globe. He is a driven, focused, determined, and very outgoing CCO who fully understands operational matters in the daily management of P&L activities.
Immersed in the electricity generation industry since 1987, Shahrokh holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Nottingham Trent University, as well as a certificate in management and a diploma in management studies. He worked in various project management, sales, and marketing roles before coming to Kinectrics in 2002.
Now, Shahrokh oversees all marketing, sales, business development, and commercial contract activities of Kinectrics. With a team of business development professionals reporting to him globally, he has been very successful in growing the company’s revenues over the years, particularly in the US. Our T&D and nuclear businesses have grown tremendously with Shahrokh at the helm of negotiations with large utility companies.
Known as an agent of change, Shahrokh works closely with the President and CEO to drive strategy and growth at Kinectrics. He is also highly integrated in the strategy setting activities of many of our client companies.
Shahrokh is a member of the UK chapter of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). His main hobbies include classic cars, tennis, and squash.
Dave M. Clarke
Senior VP, TDT
Dave M. Clarke
Senior VP, TDT
Senior VP Dave M. Clarke is responsible for driving growth and increasing global market share as a key driver for Transmission & Distribution Technologies (TDT) at Kinectrics.
Dave earned his Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical at Lakehead University. With more than 34 years in the electricity generation industry, he started out with Kinectrics as a General Manager. His past responsibilities included P&L activities including growth, planning and allocating resources in a managerial capacity, expenditures of investments, and implementation of major programs.
More recently, Dave developed a 5-year growth plan for TDT to reach more than $50 million in revenue.
Dave is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. He loves driving his motorcycle, playing golf, and camping.
Julie West
SVP, Business Improvements & Compliance
Julie West
SVP, Business Improvements & Compliance
Julie is SVP for Business Improvements and Compliance, with a mission to ensure Kinectrics tools, systems and processes are customer focused and value added while enabling us to do our work safely, effectively, and efficiently. Julie also has accountability for the Nuclear Safety and Licensing team, that is recognized as a Canadian center of excellence for safety and licensing services.
She joined the nuclear industry out of a concern for the environment and a desire to be part of the solution. She has been with the company since 2009 and is grateful to have worked on a large variety of interesting projects spanning multiple locations, including Romania. Julie is passionate about Kinectrics’ priorities of delighting its customers and supporting local communities. She loves working with a world class team and having the opportunity to continually learn and develop new skills.
Julie serves on the Board of the Atlantica Centre for Energy, and formerly served on the Board of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) as Chair, Regulatory Affairs Advisory Committee for CNA.
Julie is a licensed professional engineer in the province of Ontario and is a proud graduate of Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. She enjoys reading, road trips and spending time with her husband Peter and their three children.
Yung Hoang
SVP, Engineering Services & Projects
Yung Hoang
SVP, Engineering Services & Projects
As SVP of Engineering Services & Projects, Yung leads a team of highly skilled staff across Canada, USA, and Romania to safely deliver high-quality projects that bring value to our clients. This multi-disciplinary team offers innovative solutions to support station capital projects, outage campaigns, nuclear refurbishment programs, new nuclear technologies, and medical isotope projects.
He started his career with Ontario Hydro Nuclear in 1998 as a university intern in reactor safety, seeking a profession in a resurging nuclear power sector with a desire to contribute and make a difference. Yung quickly developed a passion for the industry and joined OPG as a nuclear safety analyst upon graduation from the University of Western Ontario with degrees in Engineering Science, and Biology. Over the past 20 years with Kinectrics, Yung is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with many subject matter experts and mentors across the company. He has utilized the benefits of this career-long personal coaching to help develop the next generation of highly capable professionals.
Yung and his wife are the proud parents of two children and enjoy spending time at their cottage. In his spare time, he supports charities and serves on the board of Brain Cancer Canada.
Gillian Baigorri
VP, Human Resources
Gillian Baigorri
VP, Human Resources
Gillian Baigorri is currently Vice President, Human Resources at Kinectrics where she leads the company’s overall human resources strategy and manages an HR organization that reflects and supports the business goals and dynamic needs. Her main priority is ensuring Kinectrics is a welcoming, inclusive organization and great place to work.
Gillian has held progressively senior roles since joining Kinectrics in 2007. Prior to joining Kinectrics she worked in Human Resources at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, a public sector hospital.
Gillian holds an undergraduate degree in Labour Studies from McMaster University and a Master of Science in Global Human Resources Management from the University of Liverpool. She is an active member of the HRPA and holds the CHRL designation. She volunteers as a mentor with both her alumni and professional associations and is committed to giving back to the community where she lives and works, supporting the United Way and Yonge Street Mission among other charities.
Gillian enjoys reading, watching detective mysteries, staying active by running and biking, and most importantly spending time with her family.
