Tony Begin, CDP

Tony Begin is a graduate of the Sherbrooke University in civil engineering in 1993, he continued his studies to obtain his master’s degree in 1995 while at the same time joining Canam Group Inc. (Canam) as connection designer. His first mandate was to verify the connection calculation of a high-rise structural steel building located in Montreal. Until 2001, his first years of service consisted of managing the engineering programming software for the automation of connection calculation for the Steel Plus Network division, an active business network bringing together more than 120 North American structural steel fabricators

Until 2004, he held the position of engineer in charge of business development for Canam with engineering consulting firms throughout Canada and New England. He was then involved in the implementation of national accounts for Canam with major retail stores such as Walmart, Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Best Buy, RioCan, Rona, and Sobeys etc. as Business Development Manager in Canada. In 2006 he added to his responsibilities the sales management of joists and steel deck for Quebec and the Maritimes. His career path and his mobility led him to develop and maintain an extensive network of business contacts within the construction industry across Canada. He currently holds the position of Director of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Manager to provide Canam products and services to owners and developers in a collaborative approach called BuildMasterTM.

Since 2006, he has also chaired on the board of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) as Vice President, Québec. In 2008, he was also chairman of the organization committee of the 37th Annual Meeting of the CSCE under the theme “Partners for Innovation”, which attracted more than 500 participants in Quebec.
He is currently President-Elect of the CSCE at a national level. He will become the 2015-2016 President in June next year.

He lives in Quebec, Canada where he is married to Caroline Poulin and has 3 children; Hubert (14 years old), Justine (12 years old) and Phillip (8 years old). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Minor Hockey Association in addition to being coach for his 2 sons. He enjoys surrounding himself with friends and regularly practices his favorite activities and sports such as hockey, golf and camping.

Tony Begin, CDP 
Senior Director, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Canam (Building Materials/Structural/Products and Supplies)
11505, 1re Avenue #500
St-Georges, QC G5Y 7X3
Canada
Phone: (418) 228-8031
Fax: (418) 227-5424
Email: tony.begin@canamgroupinc.com
Company URL: http://www.canam.ws