OUR TEAM
Our agriculture, agri-food and land experts are listed below.
Each team member's bio & contact info can be found by opening the information boxes listed below:
+General inquires via info@serecon.ca; 780-448-7440 or 403-216-2100
Jim Robinson
Management Consulting & Business Development
Management Consulting & Business Development
B.Sc.(Ag)
Jim’s background is in management consulting, business development and marketing. He has extensive experience in strategy development, business planning and general management. This broad skill set enables him to contribute to client engagements across all of Serecon’s practice areas. In addition, Jim is responsible for the farm asset management practice, focusing primarily on land and farming operations for non-farming landowners.
E-mail Jim or call him at 780-448-7446
Joshua Z. Arias
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
MSc., RMCCM
Josh’s background is diverse, having developed expertise in the technical advisory services, animal biosecurity, waste management/renewable energy and agri-food industry. He has extensive experience in the environmental microbiology and engineering field leading the operations and development of large scale agricultural and municipal biogas plants using agricultural residues, food waste and municipal Source Separated Organics as feedstocks for sustainable renewable energy production. Prior to working in the municipal waste and biogas sector, Josh was involved in the Water and Wastewater sector, in the role of Project Manager, Josh helped a variety of Municipal, First Nations and agricultural businesses design, implement and operate ozone-based technologies in place of traditional disinfection practices. Josh has worked with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs monitoring and tracing the prevalence of antimicrobial residues sourced from Ontario provincially licensed abattoirs along with working for large scale Agri-food businesses such as Richardson Oilseed and Redpath Sugar Ltd. Josh holds an Honours Bachelors Degree in Microbiology with a Minor in Molecular Biology and Genetics, along with his Master of Science Degree in Environmental Sciences, in which he published several journal articles pertaining to the “Ambient alkaline hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion as a mortality management strategy for whole poultry carcasses.”
Josh uses his unique combination of practical agri-food, environmental experience, and strong quantitative assessment skills to solve problems in the areas of food, sustainable waste management, energy, and agriculture sectors.
E-mail Joshua or call him at 416-873-2780. LinkedIn Profile
Armarn Roland
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
BBA, MFRE
Armarn’s love and passion for food started early in his career, where he worked in professional kitchens and earned his Red Seal. Since then, he has pursued an education in business and agriculture economics. Armarn graduated from BCIT with a Bachelor of Business Administration and from UBC with a Master of Food and Resource Economics. His experience ranges across the food supply chain, from working for Two Rivers Meats to starting a for-profit social enterprise selling meal kits. In his most recent role with Statistics Canada, Armarn worked as a consultant for federal departments on economic statistical methods. Armarn uses his unique combination of practical agribusiness experience and strong econometric modelling skills to solve problems in the areas of food and agriculture.
E-mail Armarn or call him at 778-513-4242.
Markus Weber
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
B.Sc.Ag., MBA, LL.B., P.Ag.
Markus has experience as a lawyer, a farmer/rancher, and as a senior government executive. As a Deputy Minister for 7 years, he developed a thorough understanding of the policy-development process for high-profile initiatives and managed large interdisciplinary teams.
Markus grew up and worked extensively on a 9,000 acre farm near Camrose, Alberta growing grains, oilseeds, and beef cattle. His roles included early adoption of variable-rate fertilizer technology and other precision management. A strategist, he has worked for a large variety of clients at Serecon -- public sector, private businesses, and agricultural industry organizations. In addition to policy-focused work, he excels at quantification and the development of technology-related tools for agriculture.
Markus holds three degrees from the University of Alberta: a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (1992), a Masters in Business Administration (1996), and his Legum Baccalaureus (1997). He has been a Professional Agrologist under the Alberta Institute of Agrologists since 2012.
In 2015, Markus co-founded LandView Drones with Don Hoover and others at Serecon. LandView expands on the work of Paul Barlott's LandView software as a value-added reseller of unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing bundles for farmers and agronomists.
E-mail Markus or call him at 780-448-7445. LinkedIn Profile
Angela Pearson
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Angela has over 30 years of experience in natural sciences, and in agricultural and natural resource economics. Ms. Pearson’s work has included program evaluation and market analysis for a variety of agri-food ventures. Ms. Pearson has also conducted analyses of various critical interactions between the economy and environment, with emphasis on measurement of environmental sustainability. Angela has a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Alberta, and an M.Sc. in Natural Resource Economics from the University of Alberta.
E-mail Angela or call her at 780-448-7447
Darren Haarsma
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
MSc. Ag.Ec.
Darren has a background that blends hands-on grain farm ownership with professional experience in agricultural policy and business development. Following the completion of a Master's in Agricultural Economics from the University of Alberta, he spent five years managing and operating a portion of his Edmonton area family grain farm. While farming, he simultaneously undertook roles in his home county collaborating with landowners, developing agricultural policy, and assessing regional economic opportunities.
E-mail Darren or call him at 780-540-5319.
Todd Bergen-Henengouwen
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
B.Sc. (Ag)(Dist), P.Ag.
Todd grew up on a mixed irrigated crop farm in southern Alberta where he has actively been involved with business operations. He also has experience operating and managing a custom farming operation. Todd’s education in agricultural business management and previous work experience have provided him with strong economic and analytic skills.
E-mail Todd or call him at 403-915-6365
Harvey Bradford
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
Management Consulting & Advisory Services
B.Ed., MSc Ag.Ec.
Harvey grew up on and worked extensively on a beef cattle ranch in southern British Columbia. He has a Master’s in Agricultural Economics from Germany and a wealth of valuable experience working in various roles from Canada’s diplomatic mission to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, and the Office of Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. He has considerable experience working within government agencies and has strong understanding of economics and policy, while at the same time bringing an expert ability to use both quantitative and qualitative information in assessing the impact of critical factors on the value of agribusiness. He has completed contracts for a large variety of clients at Serecon – public sector, private businesses, and agricultural industry organizations.
E-mail Harvey or call him at 250-417-6838.
Lisa Loewen
Valuations & Advisory Services
Valuations & Advisory Services
B.Comm, AACI, P.App.
Lisa grew up on a mixed farm south of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and has an educational background in international economics. Her work includes agricultural property appraisals and consulting, data management and design, and geographic analysis. Lisa is a certified AACI appraiser and has experience with a broad range of rural valuations projects such as farm and rural property appraisals, land claims valuations, and expropriation and surface rights work. She's also worked on numerous projects requiring remote sensing data or detailed mapping work and she's a member of the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG). Lisa has a diploma in Real Estate Appraisal and Assessment from Lakeland College; Certificates in Real Property Assessment and Real Property Valuation from the University of British Columbia; a Certificate in GIS Technology from NAIT; and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in International Business from Grant MacEwan College.
Email Lisa or call her at 780-448-7443
Scott Fedirko
Valuations & Advisory Services
Valuations & Advisory Services
B.BA., AACI, P.App.
Scott graduated from the University of Regina in 2013 with a Bachelor in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, and later completed a Certificate of Economics from the University of Regina in 2014. Scott completed his Post-Graduate Certificate in Real Property Valuation from the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, in 2016 and obtained his AACI accreditation in March of 2021. Scott consults on various valuation and appraisal projects located across the prairies. Scott has experience in completing current and historical valuation reports for agricultural and/or rural properties that pertain to: mortgages, estates, expropriations, surface rights, and First Nations specific land claims. In addition, Scott also has experience in completing various consulting projects for both private and public sector clients.
Email Scott or call him at 403-216-2101
Bruce Simpson
Valuations & Advisory Services
Valuations & Advisory Services
B.Sc.(Ag), P.Ag., AACI, P.App.
Bruce, a senior partner with Serecon, has over 40 years of experience as a professional working in agriculture. He has completed numerous appraisals relating to expropriation and surface rights situations throughout Canada and provided expert testimony concerning rural real estate appraisal and agrology before the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Alberta Surface Rights Board and the Alberta Land Compensation Board. Mr. Simpson has carried out numerous land use studies on Native Land Claims. Mr. Simpson also has experience with feasibility studies, viability assessments, and land use studies. He is Professional Agrologist (P.Ag) and Certified AACI Appraiser.
E-mail Bruce or call him at 780-448-7448
David Weber
Valuations & Advisory Services
Valuations & Advisory Services
AACI, P.Ag., MBA
David has over 10 years of experience providing agricultural property appraisal and consulting services. He's completed many appraisal assignments for a variety of purposes, including: mortgage; estate; conservation easements; expropriation; and native land claims. Dave has been involved with numerous appraisal and consulting engagements that have been accepted as expert reports before various tribunals and court litigation. He is a Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.) and a certified AACI Appraiser.
E-mail Dave or call him at 403-740-9150
Cheryl March
Administration & Operations
Administration & Operations
An original member of Serecon, Cheryl manages the day to day operations of the office, and is responsible for financial reporting, A/R, A/P, and payroll. Cheryl obtained a Certificate of Business Management, with Honors, through Grant MacEwan College.
E-mail Cheryl or call her at 780-448-7440
Diane Adshead
Administration & Standards
Administration & Standards
Diane has over 35 years experience in administrative services. She works with our Valuation & Appraisal, Management Consulting, and Farm Asset Management specialists in completing professional reports for our clients. Diane ensures that our reports are professionally presented in a consistent format that our clients have come to know. Her administrative expertise allows our specialist to concentrate on producing value added results to our clients.
E-mail Diane or call her at 780-448-7453
Kara Weiss
Research, GIS, & Administration
Research, GIS, & Administration
B.A.
Kara graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts in History majoring in Canadian History. She has completed land certificate courses from the University of Mount Royal and has a Geological Certificate from S.A.I.T. In addition, has formal training in GIS. With over twenty-five years working in both surface and mineral land. Kara has experience working on projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. Kara’s background includes experience putting together land applications, land acquisition and divestment packages, land sale statistical reports, land contracts, submitting land sale bids, land rental payments, working with government officials at Alberta Energy on land applications in conservation areas, handling land expiries, working with joint land partners and land brokers, competitor land sale tracking, extensive land mapping, land data analysis and database projects including working at the Alberta Energy Regulator to help create a large meta database for all corporate assets, government applications and reports, working with land title and land agreement documents, creating land filing systems, historical research including historical research papers, participating in focus groups on software usage for various land data management programs and completing accounting reconciliation. With over twenty-five years of vast administrative experience including working on corporate reports and presentations for various levels of management, investors, board of directors and bank acquisition/divestment partners. Kara works with all departments at Serecon to complete historical research, report preparation, data analysis/entry and administration.
Email Kara or call her at 403-216-2100
Courtney Knude
Director
Director
AACI. P.App.
Courtney Knude has over 20 years of experience in the appraisal of rural property. Courtney has completed assignments on a wide variety of properties including farmland, ranch land, future development properties, recreational properties, acreages, equestrian properties and intensive livestock operations. Courtney’s reports have been prepared for expropriation hearings, the Surface Rights Board, the Ecological Gift Program, foreclosure purposes, divorce proceedings and estate and tax settlement. Courtney has developed skills in appraising special and unique properties where limited market data requires extensive research and careful analysis. Courtney has appeared as an expert witness for the Surface Rights Board and the Court of Queen’s Bench.
E-mail Courtney or call her at 403-216-2109 LinkedIn Profile
Bradley D. Slomp
Director
Director
B.Mgt. Finance (G.Dist), AACI, P.App, ARA
Brad was raised on an irrigated farmland, dairy farm, and cattle feedlot operation in Lethbridge County, Alberta. He attended the University of Lethbridge where he earned a Bachelor of Management Degree in Finance which was awarded with great distinction. He earned an Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI, P.App.) designation from the Appraisal Institute of Canada as well as an Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
Brad’s professional practice is founded on providing objective opinions throughout rural western Canada in regard to land claims; compensation, damages, and injurious affection matters; loss of use analyses; asset valuations including current and retrospective appraisals of all types of rural and agricultural real property assets and operations; as well as easement and development restriction assessments among others. He has provided expert testimony before the Specific Claims Tribunal Canada, the Alberta Surface Rights Board, and the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. Brad has completed projects throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and internationally.
Clients include numerous organizations and individuals in the public and private sectors including landowners, farmers, financial institutions, law firms, oil & gas companies, utility companies, investment funds, First Nations, and government. Brad works with each client to provide their specific valuation needs such as financial, tax purposes, expropriation, surface rights, conservation easements, native land claims or loss of use studies, litigation & expert witness, dispute resolution, and accounting requirements.
Practice Highlights include:
- Led or involved with over 750 valuation focused assignments.
- Completed/contributed to more than 500 farmland/country residential appraisals.
- Completed over 150, mostly large scale, feedlot appraisals, ranch appraisals, and other agri-business property appraisals.
- Headed or contributed to more than 100 benchmark analyses.
- Completed valuations for over 100 investment fund projects.
- Completed projects involving less than 1-acre in size to land holdings over 200,000 acres.
E-mail Brad or call him at 403-216-2102 LinkedIn Profile
Glen Doll
Director
Director
B.Sc.(Ag)(Dist), P.Ag., AACI, P.App.
Glen has a background in agricultural economics and provides specialized consulting services in the areas of rural/agricultural business appraisals, farm agri-business management and farm financial management. Glen has completed innumerable real estate appraisals relating to expropriation and surface rights situations throughout Alberta, as well as mortgage, estate, expropriation, and native land claims. He has provided expert witness testimony qualified in the areas of real estate appraisal and agrology before the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, the Alberta Surface Rights Board, the Alberta Utilities Commission, and the Alberta Energy Regulator.
E-mail Glen or call him at 780-448-0542
Bob Burden
Director
Director
MBA, CVA, P.Ag.
Bob, a senior partner with Serecon, has over 30 years experience as a professional evaluator and analyst. He is an expert in using both quantitative and qualitative information in assessing the impact of critical factors on the value of business operations. Bob has owned and managed agri-food business enterprises, including a dairy farm and a poultry processing operation. Bob is on the Board of Directors for a number of organizations including Meadowcroft Housing Corporation, Mattheson Seniors Housing Corporation, and Brentwood Homes. Among other designations Mr. Burden is a Certified Valuations Analyst (CVA), a Professional Agrologist (P.Ag), and holds Masters degrees in Business and Agriculture.
E-mail Bob or call him at 780-448-7494 LinkedIn Profile