About
About
ABOUT US
For over three decades, Avalon Controls Ltd. has been one of Canada’s leading technical service providers in the Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls field.
Based in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon has developed a team of highly skilled engineers, technologists and technicians with considerable expertise serving a broad range of industries.
Avalon’s experience, knowledge, diligence and commitment to customer satisfaction provides a highly sought-after service offering to clients who’s focus is on quality, safety, reliability and sound technical judgement.
Avalon offers their clients a complete scope of technical service that includes concept, design, fabrication, installation, commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting of Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls systems and equipment.
For more information on our scope of service please view the Industries and Services pages.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Gerald
Gerald
Gerald B. Guy - President
Gerald Guy studied Engineering and Mathematics at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) from 1976 to 1984. During his early work as a Research Assistant in the MUN Engineering department he became interested in automation and the application of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), a new technology at the time, to local industries. Gerald’s subsequent work with a local engineering and controls company afforded him a unique opportunity to develop standardized techniques for the programming and application of this new technology to small processes in the fishing and marine industries. In 1987, he formed Avalon Controls Ltd., along with Ken Power, and continues to work as President of the company, responsible for the day-to-day management of company finances, quality assurance, safety systems, and human resources.
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Ken
Ken
Kenneth A. Power - Vice President
Ken Power is a Journeyman Interprovincial Instrumentation Technician who has been working in the field of industrial instrumentation and process control since 1980. After studying Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ken worked as an Instrumentation Technician and Instrumentation Department Lead for over four years in the mining industry, in both the Yukon and New Brunswick. After returning to Newfoundland in 1985, he worked with a local instrumentation and controls company as Assembly Shop Supervisor and Field Service Coordinator. In 1987, Ken and Gerald Guy founded Avalon Controls Ltd., where he continues to work as Vice-President responsible for all company production and service activities. Today, Avalon Controls is recognized as one of Atlantic Canada's leading systems integrators, which is a direct reflection of Ken’s commitment to technical excellence.
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John
John
John Woodrow - field service supervisor
John Woodrow is a Journeyman Industrial Electrician who has been working in industrial and marine environments since 1983. After studying Marine Diesel Mechanics, Marine Electrical, and Electronics, John obtained his journeyman interprovincial Red Seal certification in Industrial Electrical from the Cabot Institute in 1990. John worked in marine electrical maintenance in Ontario and Newfoundland until 1991. He worked with several local electrical service companies from 1991 until he joined Avalon Controls Ltd. in 1997. With Avalon, he has established an enviable reputation for providing high quality service on time and on budget. John continues to work as Field Service Coordinator responsible for all company field service activities. Avalon Controls is recognized as one of Atlantic Canada's leading providers of quality troubleshooting and repair services for industrial and marine electrical and instrumentation systems. John’s commitment to customer service and quality of work has been paramount in this success.
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Tyler
Tyler
Tyler LeDREW - engineering lead
Safety, productivity, reliability, compliance - as Engineering Lead, these are the essential qualities that Tyler LeDrew, P.Eng, demands in all works of engineering conducted by Avalon Controls Ltd.
Tyler graduated from Memorial University’s Bachelor of Engineering Program in 2014 and was awarded the University Medal for Academic Excellence in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, he began his career at Avalon Controls Ltd. as a project engineer, focusing on process controls and automation.
In 2022, Tyler was promoted to Engineering Lead and assumed responsibility for personnel management and technical oversight of all electrical, controls and instrumentation works conducted by Avalon’s Engineering department.
Working in close collaboration with clients, regulatory technical authorities, Avalon Controls field services, fabrication and management, Tyler has successfully delivered many complex projects. These range from fully automatic process control systems to marine and utility power generation protection and control systems, machinery control systems, hazardous area assemblies, and power system studies and solutions.
Tyler has a special interest in assisting customers in supporting and upgrading their obsolete control systems and has executed many such projects in the marine and offshore sectors where accuracy and attention to detail are paramount.
Tyler believes that quality engineering requires intimate knowledge and hands-on experience with the complete project life-cycle, from concept design through to construction, installation and fabrication, start-up and commissioning, maintenance, testing and troubleshooting. He believes that the essential qualities of safety, productivity, reliability and compliance are predicated on quality engineering. Tyler is committed to honesty, fairness and the integrity of the engineering profession.
We are proud of the work that Tyler has contributed to our company so far, and we are thrilled to have him on our team.
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Affiliations
Avalon is proud to be an active member of the following organizations:
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL)
Engineers Nova Scotia
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB)
Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG)
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Industries Association (NOIA)
International Society of Automation (ISA)
The Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association (NLCSA)
Association of Engineering Technicians & Technologists of Newfoundland and Labrador (AETTNL)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Standards Council of Canada
Avalon Controls Ltd. has no labour union affiliations.
Safety and Environmental
At Avalon Controls Ltd., we are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace and ensuring that our business activities are conducted in a manner that protects the environment.
Our Safety Policy has been implemented according to the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association (NLCSA) and is certified to the NLCSA’s Certificate of Recognition (COR) Program. The COR Certificate is issued jointly by the NLCSA and the Provincial Department of Government Services and the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission.
Avalon Controls has implemented an Environmental Waste Management Policy to reduce the Environmental impact of the Company’s activities and to reduce and better manage the Company’s waste streams. Avalon Controls is committed to providing a cleaner and healthier work environment by developing sustainable waste management practices and by conducting all the Company’s business in an environmentally responsible manner.