Ryan Bessant, President

Ryan was the driving force in moving Heavy Industries from a CNC and Prop company 14 years ago to a company that creates talking pieces that defy convention. His passion to push boundaries while maintaining the core meaning of every project, combined with his intuition of his audience, has allowed creativity beyond the initial conception time after time.

With a background in engineering and business, but never one to sit in the comfort of the past, Ryan strives to always move forward with building the unthinkable with the help of his creative team. His passion and excitement transfers to his clients and team as he continually inspires them to think bigger.

Renato Giordani, Partner, Vice President

Overseeing project management, production and operations, Renato is at the core of Heavy Industries. Leveraging his background in accounting and experience in both residential and commercial construction, his desire to continually influence the company’s growth can be seen in every inspired project. His realistic, disciplined approach and ability to link all scopes of work, combined with his comprehension of the entire plan-build process allows him to break down complex ideas into simple processes. With an acute awareness of his responsibility to all stakeholders, Renato consistently delivers the end product that the client envisions.

Connor Hayduk, Design Lead

Never content to leave well enough alone, Connor leads the team through the Heavy design process with creativity and integrity, while leveraging his years of design experience and his Master’s degree in Environmental Design. He particularly enjoys the creative problem solving required to bring projects from conceptual what-ifs into a finished, tangible product. Connor’s design sense, calm in the storm attitude and ability to conceptualize methods to create reality out of the wildest ideas are a true asset to the Heavy Industries team. If you need to turn your impossible vision into a concrete reality, Connor will lead the way.

Kyle Bell-Cook, Business Development

Kyle is a key point of contact for the client experience. His innate ability to strategize and actively listen to clients allows him to provide context for the project as well as quantifying the value that Heavy can add. Understanding the constraints from all shareholders allows him to transparently provide solutions up front to ensure expectations are met. Born and raised in Calgary, Kyle takes immense pride in the role he plays collaborating with clients to turn their initial big picture concepts into end products that have a positive impact on the local landscape.

Kevin Poole, Project Development Lead

Kevin is primarily engaged in the early stages of new projects to create cost estimates, identify and mitigate risk, and develop the preliminary project plan. With a comprehensive understanding of the full project lifecycle, Kevin endeavours to ensure positive results for the project, the client and the company. Kevin’s previous project management experience and BSc. in Structural Engineering provides the framework for collaboration with the design team, ensuring practical and plausible solutions are pursued while maintaining the essence of the client’s vision.

Gregory Courage, Business Development

Greg’s comprehension of Heavy Industries’ capabilities combined with his ability to draw out and understand each projects unique vision which allows him to inspire clients to take the leap of faith and create concepts that may not have previously seemed possible.  Using his education background in communications and project management, Greg enables each client to envision and create unique pieces that are at the cutting edge of construction. Greg’s transparency creates a foundation of trust and accountability, ensuring everyone is on the same page and big ideas are realized.

Christie Thompson, Project Manager

Involved from the early stages of a project through to completion, Christie’s fluid, forward-thinking and holistic approach to each project creates a very client focused experience. Open communication with the team as well as a focus on understanding the individual client and project needs allows her to ensure each client’s unique and inspired vision becomes a reality. A carpenter by trade with a wealth of experience in commercial construction, Christie takes pride in understanding the nuances of every Heavy project and sees the big picture from both a hands-on and project management perspective.

Ian MacNaughtan, Project Manager

Ian is involved from concept to completion on a project, building a schedule and framework that ensures successful execution. While his educational background is in risk management, business analysis, and project management, it was his experience in commercial projects, especially those with unique traits and high-concept design, that inspired Ian to go out and build what hasn’t been built before. His pride in being part of a team that constantly pushes the boundaries of design and fabrication as well as his understanding of the importance of team work guarantee he is continuously collaborating and communicating with the client throughout the process to ensure their vision becomes a reality.