Keith Stoodley Senior Vice-President, Marketing Provincial Aerospace Group Ltd. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Biography

Keith Stoodley is Senior Vice President - Marketing with the Provincial Aerospace Group of Companies and is the Chairman of the Newfoundland and Labrador ocean industry cluster initiative known as OceansAdvance. Mr. Stoodley has over 25 years experience in ocean industries where he has developed an extensive national and international network within the ocean community. He has worked closely with scientists responsible for ocean monitoring programs such as the Census of Marine Life and the Ocean Biogeographical Information System. Mr. Stoodley recently completed a white paper for the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador entitled: ‘An Action Plan for A Newfoundland and Labrador Led Northwest Atlantic Ocean Observing System’.

Prior to this, Mr. Stoodley was Vice President and Director, Marketing and Sales, with the Lotek group of companies, an environmental company focused on the application of telephony and miniature electronics for fish and wildlife tracking and monitoring. Lotek was the recipient of 2002 and 2003 Canada Exporter awards.

His earlier experience includes Lecturer with the Canadian Aquaculture Institute; Investment and Technology Officer with the International Trade Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he represented the province on the National Biotechnology Sector Team, the National Seafood and Marine Products Sector Team, and the National Forest Industry Sector Team; as well as Market Development Officer and Financial Analyst with the Newfoundland Department of Fisheries. He has served as a director and is a member of the Newfoundland Environmental Industry Association, the Environmental Export Council of the Canadian Environmental Industry Association, the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce’ Innovation Council, Newfoundland and Labradors’ Irish Business Partnership, and Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Genesis Centre. He is a member of the American Fisheries Society, World Aquaculture Association, Society for Marine Mammalogy, and the Marine Technology Society.

Mr. Stoodley graduated from the University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Science (Honors), obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia, and completed the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored Leadership in Environment and Development (LEAD) program.

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