Leadership

Ryan Jackson is an award-winning executive and results-based leader whose career spans over 25 years and features a successful track record of building, growing and enhancing a broad range of businesses across a variety of industries. With an entrepreneurial and pragmatic approach to strategic planning, operations management, and organizational development, Ryan brings to Cielo multi-disciplinary expertise and hands-on acumen in human resources, business development, marketing, financial management, project management, strategic planning, divestitures, re-financing and operations.

Prior to assuming the role of CEO at Cielo, for whom he also serves as a board member since May of 2021, he was CEO and a Director of Renewable U Energy Inc., a renewable energy focused partnership model with interests in renewable fuels, lithium extraction and other arrangements. Ryan is a spirited entrepreneur with great vision, intuition and insight and since 2006, has overseen RAMECO Group of Companies, an investment firm holding interests in diverse opportunities across the renewable energy, cleantech, real estate development, aerospace and other high-growth sectors.

With an extensive professional network and track record of quantifiable success across industries, Ryan has received multiple prestigious awards throughout his career, including the Medicine Hat College Business Person of the Year, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Business Development Bank of Canada’s Canadian Mentorship Award. Ryan also previously sat on the Board of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance as the Secretary/Treasurer and earned his Certified Management Consultant designation in 2011.

Jasdeep brings a unique and specialized background based in finance and risk management, with nearly 20 years of experience focused on establishing core foundations for businesses, including risk assessment, capital raising and key partnerships. Her wealth of experience growing and advising public and private entities, and ensuring appropriate risk management, represent critical skillsets that will be integral to support Cielo through the next phase of its journey.

Jasdeep has earned both the Canadian Risk Management designation, and the Institute of Corporate Directors designation, in addition to being a CA, CPA. This strong academic background supplements her extensive knowledge and ability to assess, mitigate and manage risk. In addition to driving operational strategies and navigating corporate governance matters, she has provided risk consulting services, conducted risk-related research in the public and private sectors, and instructed various business courses at several post secondary education institutions. She currently teaches with the CPA Professional Education Program as a Session Leader.

With this distinct background and skillset, Jasdeep strives to capitalize on synergies and achieve corporate-wide collaboration. Jasdeep is guided in her work by a passion for clean energy, a foundational belief in caring for the environment, and creating a last impact for future generations.

Ryan holds the position of Executive Vice President of Operations at Cielo, bringing over 20 years of experience in operational and maintenance leadership. He originally joined the Cielo team as a Process Consultant in May, 2021 and moved to the Operations Superintendent role in August, 2021. Ryan possesses strong acumen in operational process, commissioning, compliance reporting and extensive project design review, with an innate drive to enhance every aspect of Cielo. He is an expert in improving workflows and identifying  opportunities  that can streamline operating costs and maximize revenue.

Ryan is a 3^rd-Class Power Engineer, a graduate of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Heavy Oil Operations Tech and previously served in operational specialist and maintenance leadership roles for various exploration and production companies including PetroChina Canada, Cenovus Energy, MEG and Husky Energy, as well automation companies such as Dynamysk Automation. With an extensive background in the commissioning of energy facilities and infrastructure, industrial instrumentation, controls, electrical disciplines and automation, Ryan will be instrumental in ensuring Cielo’s first research and development facility meets all regulatory standards and is commissioned on-time and on-budget.