Dan Lambert

President & Founder

Daniel Lambert is semi-retired and lives in Seaforth. Sun-Norths' day to day business is now managed by his son-in-law, Philip Ashwin. Dan is still active with a special interest in WindTrans. Dan wants to emphasize that the success of these companies has been achieved only through the dedication of his employees.

Philip Ashwin

Vice President

Philip grew up on a family dairy/sheep farm in Southwest England. He completed higher education at Lackham Agricultural College. Philip worked in many areas of agriculture in England before immigrating to Canada in 1999, shortly after this he started with Sun-North.

He has been involved with all aspects of the business from production and installation, R & D and design and application. Philip progressed to Vice President in 2009.

As V.P. Philip oversees all general business for Sun-North and focuses on the future progression and growth of the company, looking at new and improved products and designs to ensure we stay at the leading edge of the field, this will help us service our existing customers and expand our markets across the globe.

Cathy Vanneste

Senior Administrator

Cathy grew up on a cash crop farm just outside of Seaforth and stayed in the area until heading off to Mohawk College in Hamilton Ontario to pursue her diploma in Architectural Technology. It was shortly after graduation when she made a switch to mechanical drafting that her career first started to flourish, while on route to British Columbia.

During Cathy’s time in BC, her work has lead her from sawmill equipment and class 8 truck fabrications to agricultural sprayer designs. From developing systems and controls to manuals and processes and always looking for cost effective methods, Cathy has developed a clear and strong sense of manufacturing and business management as a whole.

It was the lush fields and the rapidly expanding family back in Ontario that called her back home after 10 years. Upon her return, Cathy began working part time for Sun-North Systems as a drafting / design technician.

Cathy finally joined the ranks of Sun-North as a full time employee in 2008 and works as Senior Administrator working with Philip from both the business side of things as well as manufacturing.

John McFadzean

Sales Representative

Sales Area: International & Southwestern U.S

John is a graduate of the University of Guelph in Agriculture. His work experience has included various farms in Ontario and Alberta Canada, and also agricultural equipment parts sales.

John has been employed with Sun-North Systems since 1994. He started with the company in manufacturing and purchasing, and then moved into sales and service. Seminar presentations and sales explorations have taken him to many different countries, from Northern Finland to the Middle East and from China to Western USA and over 35 countries in between. Different climates around the world invite a different set of requirements for livestock; John has had experience in both extremes of heat and cold.

John lives in Seaforth, Ontario with his wife Dianne and daughter Claire. Hobbies include camping and curling, skiing and everything outside. Travel is a very important part of John’s life and he is always eager to see new places and meet people.

Dave Waud

Sales Representative

Sales Area: Northern and Eastern Ontario & Northeastern U.S

Dave has been representing Sun-North and Envira-North throughout much of Ontario and the North Eastern U.S. since 1994.

Dave grew up on a mixed farm in Ontario’s Oxford County. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Guelph and started work with OMAF as a County Agricultural Engineer. In 1975 Dave and Jacalyn were married and returned to the Kintore area. He worked for construction, export trade and livestock equipment businesses before taking over the family dairy, beef and cash crop farm in 1978. During those years their 3 children were born. In 1990 the dairy operation was dispersed and Dave started a contract position with Ontario Hydro providing energy management services, specializing in agriculture, throughout Ontario. Following that, Dave expanded into livestock equipment sales, particularly dairy, and started with Sun-North in 1994. With his farm, engineering and sales backgrounds, Dave has been helping farmers, equipment dealers and contractors with livestock and poultry ventilation products and services for 16 years.

Dave Stewart

Sales Representative

Sales Area: Western Canada

Dave has been in the agricultural ventilation business since 1976. He has been involved in virtually all aspects of the industry both in Canada and the United States from system design and sales, to equipment manufacturing, distribution and dealer sales. His broad knowledge in the dairy, hog and poultry industries includes both mechanical and natural ventilation equipment, controls and design.

Dave’s long time interest in industrial ventilation along with the introduction of the Altra-Air fans gave him the opportunity to introduce and market this unique product to an entirely new customer base.

Dave has represented Sun-North Systems Ltd for several years in Ontario and western Canada. In the past six years, Dave has represented Envira-North Systems Ltd to his agricultural accounts in western Canada and to commercial and industrial accounts in eastern Canada.

Derek MacDonald

Sales Representative

Sales Area: Southwestern Ontario

Derek has been with Sun-North since 1996. Derek worked on the road for 10 years installing Sun-North ventilation products. He has installed all over Canada and the United States. Derek got into sales 4 years ago in the US, travelling and installing in over 20 states. He now sells in Ontario where he resides in Seaforth with his wife Cate, daughter Kyla and son Denny.

Murray McPhail

Sales Representative

Sales Area: Midwestern & Eastern U.S

Murray McPhail grew up in the rural area of St.Marys, Ontario completing the Construction Engineering Technologist Management Program (CET) in 1988 at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. He is a Licensed General Carpenter and attained the Certified Construction Project Manager (GSC) through the Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Program. Murray’s technical expertise supports the engineering design of systems supplied by Sun-North and Envira-North Systems.

Pat Nigh

Shop & Service Manager

Pat began working at Sun-North in 1993. He started out manufacturing product in shop, installing and servicing in the field. In 1996, Pat took over as shop manager and installation coordinator. He is still active with the service department, training new personnel and troubleshooting.

Before coming to Sun-North, Pat worked in an automotive garage while studying motive power technologies. He now lives in Stratford, Ontario with his family and enjoys travelling to sporting events and being out in the community.

Stephan Gingras

R&D, Technical Support

Stephan grew up on a farm south of Montréal, Québec and attended college in aeronautical and electronics engineering. He spent 25 years in the Canadian Armed Forces in the communications and electronics engineering branch, designing and maintaining electronics systems around the world.

He retired in 1999 and joined Sun-North Systems Ltd in 2000 in the R&D department and is providing technical support for Sun-North Systems Ltd, Envira-North Systems Ltd and WindTrans Systems Ltd.

Steven Baldwin

Shipping & Purchasing

Steve came to work at Sun-North in 2003. He started as an order picker, and before long took over all shipping and receiving responsibilities for Sun-North. In 2008 Steve was asked to take on all the purchasing needs of Sun-North and was more than willing to accept.

Before coming to work with us Steve had spent 7 years building homes and with his knowledge of construction and the trucking and freight industries, he has been able to ensure safe and efficient transport for our products all over the globe. Steve is also our health and safety worker rep and a current member of one of our local Volunteer Fire Departments. In his spare time he can be found with his wife and three children in one of the many local hockey arena’s as he enjoys coaching many levels of hockey.