People

Navigator Principals and Staff

Ray MacDonald P.Eng. - President

Ray MacDonald is a petroleum engineering professional with 29 years experience in the domestic and international petroleum industry. Ray has held technical, management and executive positions in companies operating in Canada, USA, Europe, the former Soviet Union and South America. Ray is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta, Canada and member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Petroleum Society, and Society of Petroleum Engineers. Ray leads Navigator’s wellbore engineering and operations practice.

George Humphrys P.Eng. - Vice President of Engineering

George Humphrys is a petroleum industry engineering professional with 34 years of experience in the Canadian and international energy business. George has held technical, management and executive positions with national and multi-national companies operating in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is proficient in project management, communication, petroleum engineering, international petroleum contract evaluation and negotiation. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta, Canada and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Petroleum Society and Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Curt Delaney - Manager of Operations

Curt joined Navigator in 2004 and brings 28 years of well servicing operations experience gained as an employee and owner in Canadian and international completion and workover rig operations to the company. Curt is the key contact at Navigator for wellsite supervision in Central Alberta.

Lance Sauer

Lance is a 30 year industry professional specializing in well completion, workover and production technology. He has held technical and team leader positions in the Canadian oil and gas industry and has been accountable for development planning, production management, operating cost performance, capital project execution, safety and regulatory compliance. Lance is a key member of Navigator’s wellbore engineering and operations team.

Tim Shehu

Tim is originally from Albania and immigrated here in 2002. While in Albania, Tim obtained a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Tirana. In 2006 he achieved a Bachelor of Applied Petroleum Engineering Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Tim has spent time in Albania working on the Albanian West Sedimentary Basin as an exploitation engineer. Upon his arrival in Canada he worked as reservoir engineer in different projects including WCSB, Libya, and Gulf of Mexico. Currently Tim generates programs for well completions, workovers and abandonments, and production optimization.

John Zawaly

Brad Haussecker

Operations Supervision

Darrell Sharp
Dave Kater
Don McLean
Eric Speuhler
Jeremy Jackson
Joe Steinhage
Kent Gillett
Kevin George
Laverne Gillett
Otis Gullickson
Preston Towle
Keith Boire
Clayton Hoffarth
Jim Wigmore
Chris Young
Chris Derksen
Matt Burton
Jason Brooks
Hassan Gebara
Ralph Deter
Tracy Wirstiuk
Ron Gariepy
Ryan Colbert
Scott Boyd
Scott Selbee