Drew Watson

Background

About Drew Watson

I am a Recreation/Entertainment/Industrial Facility Operations management professional with 24 years of experience in various operations roles, both in the public and private sectors, with a specialty in facility operations management, maintenance and procurement. I have personally operated and overseen 9 separate facilities; from single use arenas to multi-purpose entertainment venues in the OHL and QMJHL, in the to seat range; including industrial sites, a lobster processing plant and a state of the art data centre. I possess a Diploma in Recreation and Leisure Services - Honours from Humber College, as well as, a Diploma in Social Service Work from Sheridan College. I am a licensed 4th Class Power/Stationary Engineer and an A Class - Refrigeration Operating Engineer, with a vast amount of mechanical and refrigeration experience. I am proud to work for CIMCO Refrigeration in the role of Team Lead - Recreation - Atlantic Region - Canada. I support sustainable recreational thermal solution systems sales, engineering, design, consultation, projects and service. I am also an instructor for arena/multi-purpose venue operations, refrigeration, ice making and capital asset management courses through various partners. I am also proud to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for Recreation New Brunswick; as well as chair their Facilities Committee for the past 3 years. Awards: Nominee-Hall of Headlines Award - Ops and Tech - Venues Today Magazine - 2014 Winner-Ross Blatchford Memorial Award - 2009