Michael Bender

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About Michael Bender

Michael is an experienced water resources engineer with more than 25 years of consulting experience. His experience includes river engineering, mine water management, water supply security, hydrotechnical geohazards, flood mitigation,dam safety, decision analysis for dynamic water systems, stormwater management, natural channel design, and culvert fish passage. He has worked across Canada and internationally in 10 countries. He enjoys leadership for the purpose of supporting the careers of others. He values integrity, candour, and teamwork. Favourite leadership book:"Together is Better" by Simon Sinek. Career highlights- Various awards at Golder Associates- Growing the Matrix Solutions western surface water team in a challenging economy- Developing a water resource engineering business at Millennium EMS Solutions- University of Manitoba FIDS alumni of Professor Slobodan Simonovic- Working in China to help develop flood management tools for Hubei province in 1998- Developing water management tools for the forest industry in International water management experience with Suez in Responding to the Bella Coola flood in 2010 for the Ministry of Transportation- Chairing the CSCE 21st Hydrotechnical Specialty National Conference on recent flood lessons, May 2013- Responding to the Calgary flood in 2013 for the City of Calgary- Helping St. Lucia restore their drinking water supply at John Compton Dam in 2015- Responding to the CN Rail Snake Indian River flood in 2017- Responding to the BC atmospheric river flood event in 2021 for Trans Mountain pipeline- Leadership roles as Principal at Golder Associates, Vice President at Matrix Solutions, Vice President at Millennium EMS Solutions, and growing our little team at Clifton.