Advanced Technologies

Patrick Thera

Patrick joined SED (now Advanced Technologies) in 1985 after completing an honours degree in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan. SED became a part of Calian in 1990. Throughout his extensive career within the organization, it was the variety of technical challenges, the commitment to our customers, and the opportunity for worldwide travel that spurred him to grow in his career. Starting as a software developer on Canada’s Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking program, he quickly realized the importance of the work we do in this organization and its potential for growth. After serving in various progressive roles, Patrick became president of Advanced Technologies in 2012.

“We make a difference for our customers every day,” he says. “This drives our commitment to excellence, our innovation and the support that we demonstrate as a team.”

Headquartered in Saskatoon, SK, Patrick has grown an amazing multi-discipline team of engineers, technologists and production staff, in offices across Canada and Europe, capable of taking on the most difficult technical challenges.

Darryl Kacher

Darryl is Vice President of Engineering and has over 25 years of experience with the company, working most recently on high performance RF ground stations in support of our customer’s leading-edge satellite systems. He is amazed on a daily basis by the world-class capabilities that his entire team brings to the table.

Dan Baril

Dan Baril has more than 30 years of technical and management experience in the satellite industry. As the Senior Vice-President of Space at Calian, Advanced Technologies, he is responsible for the strategic direction of the Calian space market, leading the space ground solutions divisions in achieving their objectives in business development, execution excellence and customer satisfaction. Dan holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan.

Darren Schlageter

Darren has over 25 years of experience in various positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, project, and management roles with Calian, Advanced Technologies (formerly Calian SED). He is responsible for identifying new opportunities, building customer relations and ensuring good project execution and meeting critical schedules. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.

Gord Youngson

Gord is an experienced Engineer, Manager, Director, with a demonstrated history of capturing and delivering operational and training programs in the Defence, Security, Healthcare and Critical Systems domains, demonstrating strong leadership, customer focus, team building, and organizational skills. Gord supports the development of the Engineering and Technical Services Business Line with a focus on the continued evolution of the capability/offering to the critical systems domain.