OUR VALUES
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Practical Knowledge - Training should reflect how assets are actually operated, maintained, and managed.
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Industry Experience - Programs are developed by professionals with direct experience across power and renewable energy assets.
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Knowledge Transfer - Critical experience should be captured, shared, and carried forward across teams and generations.
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Accessible Learning - Professional development should be practical, flexible, and available wherever people work.
OUR APPROACH
Build Capability. Improve Asset Performance.
INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL
ACADEMY LEADERSHIP
Babar Khan, P.Eng., EMBA
Babar Khan is a Professional Engineer and energy infrastructure leader with more than 20 years of experience across hydropower, renewable energy, asset management, operations, and technical advisory. He has held leadership roles with Manulife Financial, KPMG, Algonquin Power & Utilities, and Sunbird Power Consultants, and has advised utilities, investors, IPPs, the World Bank, and IFC. He is a co-author of the World Bank’s Hydropower O&M Strategies Handbook and develops practical training that connects operating experience with modern asset management, reliability, risk, and lifecycle thinking.
James Florance
James Florance is an experienced hydropower operator and site manager with more than two decades of hands-on experience in plant operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, rehabilitation, SCADA and HMI upgrades, and major maintenance planning. As Manager, Training Programs at Sunbird Power Academy, James helps shape and review course content. His perspective helps ensure training remains practical, relevant, and grounded in real-world operating experience.