Alison Cretney
Managing Director, Energy Futures Lab
Alison Cretney is the Managing Director of the Energy Futures Lab. She oversees the organization's strategic direction and operations, including supporting dozens of entrepreneurs, energy companies and stakeholders in generating opportunities to identify, test and scale new initiatives and collaborations. As a professional engineer, sustainability consultant and social innovator, Alison has advised and supported numerous multinationals, government agencies and startups. She has worked at the cross-section of energy, environment and collaboration for almost two decades.
Mark Abbott (he/him)
Executive Director, Engineering Change Lab
Mark Abbott, P.Eng., MBA, currently serves as the Director of the Engineering Change Lab, which is in based in Toronto at the MaRS Discovery District, the world’s largest urban innovation hub. The Lab's mission is to act as a catalyst for evolving the engineering community to reach its full potential as stewards of technology for the benefit of all. Under his leadership these past seven years, over 150 organizations and 300+ individual leaders (CEOs, VPs, Deans, Directors) have collaborated using the Lab’s platform, advancing understanding and action to evolve engineering. Previously, Mark served as a member of the Executive Team at Engineers Without Borders Canada for several years. Before that, Mark spent fourteen years working for a heavy industrial consulting engineering firm based in Vancouver.
Mark Franklin (he/him)
Practice Leader at CareerCycles & Co-Founder of OneLifeTools
Mark Franklin, MEd, PEng, spent 10 years in engineering before shifting into career development. "People often ask me about my career change from engineering to career development. Really I never left engineering! In my work leading CareerCycles and OneLifeTools I “redeployed” my systems thinking and structured problem solving skills to focus on the 'wicked problems' of dissatisfaction and disengagement." Much of Mark's work is with engineers and others with technical professions, and leading employers who are looking for Tech Stewards (whether they use that term yet or not!). Mark has been involved in the Engineering Change Lab for several years.
Energy Futures Lab Community
A Diverse Group Of Leaders
Throughout the program, we will introduce you to a diverse group of leaders from the Energy Futures Lab (EFL) community. The EFL is an Alberta-based coalition that brings together the diverse viewpoints of leading energy innovators and organizations in service of leveraging Canada’s energy assets and innovation capacity to accelerate an inclusive and equitable transition to a prosperous net-zero future.