Our company

We believe in building a future where acoustic compliance is easier and communities are less impacted. With technology and expertise, we're making that happen.

OpenCycle is backed by expertise

Our team has been working with acoustical noise for decades across industries. We understand the value of managing noise, not only from a risk perspective, but from a societal perspective. We believe there is a better way for compliance to benefit both companies and society.

Working together to build better

We've consulted with teams for 40 years, working together to build better. With OpenCycle, we're taking the next step in collaborating and proactively making better environments.

Leadership team

Decades of experience meets innovative technology. OpenCycle is led by a team that's passionate about the future of acoustic compliance and the impact it has on communities.

    Chief Executive Officer & Founder

    Justin Caskey

    For the past 20 years, Justin has been immersed in providing noise and acoustics consulting services, specializing in the energy and resources sector. His expertise spans all aspects of acoustical engineering; field data gathering; complaint investigations; noise mitigation design; regional planning and regulation development He is a member of TEC Canada and an active member of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce CEO Peer Network. Through hands-on client experience, Justin recognized the need for a simpler solution to manage noise compliance, which led to the creation of OpenCycle and the automation of compliance for noise emissions. Justin is the visionary behind OpenCycle and has assembled a strong leadership team and advisory network to scale the current platform in the future. He is a collaborative leader and is focused on developing strong partner relationships to turn this vision into reality. His goal is to make a lasting impact on the world by reducing the impact emissions have on people’s lives.

    Chief Operating Officer

    Nadim Kassim

    20+ years of Oil & Gas industry experience. Former Director of Development at Cenovus Energy, previously employed with CNRL, ConocoPhillips, Burlington Resources, Canadian Hunter. Track record of delivery and value creation while managing lean high paced growth teams, along with innovating various technology patents to his name.

    Chief Technology Officer

    Brett Klassen

    Brett Klassen’s career started in Psychology, where his study of neuroscience drew him into studying user experience and machine learning. Brett founded Field Creative in 2016, and as Head of Technology, worked to help a variety of small business, start-ups, and enterprise teams across industries develop products, websites, and applications. During that time, he also founded a charitable technology start-up and consulted for a variety of small businesses as a CTO. During his time at Field Creative, Brett was instrumental in developing the OpenCycle MVP and, in 2022, he joined OpenCycle as Head of Technology and Product to develop and advance the OpenCycle platform. Brett’s experience in the early development of the platform provides significant value as he understands the domain and can speak its language, which creates efficiencies and accelerates product development.

    Operations Lead

    Madhvi Walia

    Madhvi is an Internationally licensed Architect, with a Master's degree in Project Management and MBA. She brings over 15 years of program management experience in various industries- diverse real estate, construction & retail. Madhvi has a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget. She has a strong background in strategic planning, business development, and operations. Madhvi is responsible for the overall operations of the company, including the development and execution of the company's strategic plan. She is focused on building a strong team and culture that will drive the company's growth and success.

    Head Automation & Engineering

    Neil Morozumi

    Neil Morozumi joined OpenCycle in 2000 and began working on all types of acoustical assessments in Oil and Gas, Architectural, Industrial sectors eventually focusing on Transportation related projects. With a background in mechanical engineering, Neil brings a practical approach to acoustical engineering and assessments. His experience over 23 years with many types of projects across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba is demonstrated in his valuable input into noise mitigation and community engagement work including attendance at community open houses. In 2021, Neil transitioned to Head of Automation and Engineering where he is responsible for leading a full-time in-house team of software developers and data scientist with the goal of scaling internal processes though automation as well as the development and optimization of the company’s digital growth plan. Through this Neil has led the engineering team as well as deployment of commercial and prototype IoT sensors for customers in Alberta and BC. Given Neil’s extensive domain experience and his innate interest in process automation, he will provide essential knowledge and leadership in the transition from traditional engineering methodologies to the future driven by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

    Data Validation Lead

    Mackenzie (Mac) Kunz, E.I.T.

    Mac started at OpenCycle as a summer student during engineering school and joined the company upon graduating in 2015 as a technical lead. He is an energy and resources specialist with a particular interest in drilling and completions and project experience across western Canada, Colorado and Australia. Mac has been involved in public engagement, noise regulation development and feedback, complaint investigations, noise control procurement and specifications, and successfully launched a remotely piloted aircraft system program to expand OpenCycle’s data validation capabilities. In 2022, Mac became Data Validation Lead and oversees a team that collects, interprets and analyzes data from the field. His focus will be onboarding and training data collection personnel in other jurisdictions, developing and integrating additional sensor networks and utilizing OpenCycle’s extensive noise measurement database to further increase the accuracy and speed of OpenCycle’s prediction capabilities. The platform is only as good as the data powering it and Mac is essential to ensuring data received is accurate, credible and usable from an engineering perspective. His commitment to empowering others to grow will be critical to scaling the data acquisition team. Mac likes long walks on the beach, well designed and laid out gas plants and A/C electric drill rigs.

Experts

Our team of experts have been working with noise and acoustics for decades across industries. We understand the value of managing noise, not only from a risk perspective, but from a societal perspective.

    Customer Success Manager

    Alann Villabroza

    Project Engineer

    Alvaro Espinoza

    Project Engineer

    Burak Caglayan

    Hardware Lead

    Daniel Olaifa

    Engineer in Training

    David Tovar

    Executive Assistant

    Kavya Venkat

    Accountant

    Lesley Taylor

    Field Lead

    Leslie Noble-McCleave

    Software Developer

    Michael Hung

    Data Scientist

    Mohamed Anjum

    Software Developer

    Robin Fleur

    Field Lead

    Ryan Morine

    Acoustical Consultant

    Sheying Sun

    Field Lead

    Shivraj More

    Acoustical Consultant

    Sumita Biswas

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