About

Colin Filliter, MBA, RPF, SAS
Operations Manager

Colin serves as Operations Manager and handles all of the flight planning and imagery collection. He first started using drones as a way to improve safety in 2014 and has since logged over 5,000 UAV flights all over the province of BC.

In 2016 he completed an MBA from the University of Victoria with a focus on incorporating drones into industry to reduce costs and increase production. Colin is an ‘advanced flight reviewer’ with Transport Canada.

Blair Hunter, RPF
Managing Partner

Blair is an innovative thinker who first visualized using drones for surveying in 2011. He handles the research and development and long-term strategy planning for SuavAir but also gets involved in the flying and data collection when things get busy.

Blair also owns HAF Forest Services, a forestry consulting business that employs 8 forestry professionals.

Gary Scriven, RFT
Project Planner

Gary has an extensive work history in both Ontario and Coastal British Columbia. Gary's long standing client relationships see him involved with a number of Forest Management related projects, with a focus on Silviculture. These basic and intensive silviculture projects include site plans, project planning and administration relating to tree planting, stand tending and silviculture surveys.

Gary's background also includes the planning and implementation of Late Rotation Fertilization Projects. He also participates in auditing processes for environmental management systems including ISO 14001 and Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) Certifications.

Colin Pendziwol, FIT, SAS, MScF
Silvicultural Accredited Surveyor/RPAS Pilot

Colin is a graduate of the Master of Science in Forestry program at Lakehead University, focusing on the use of Remote Sensing Technologies in Forestry and Natural Resource Management. Colin is also working towards his RPF designation.

Colin acts as a Silvicultural Accredited Surveyor and RPAS Operator, conducting many projects and flights across Vancouver Island in relation to Mapping, Silviculture, Hydrology, Real Estate, Environmental Monitoring and Confined Space Inspections.

René Cattet, SAS
Silvicultural Accredited Surveyor

René graduated from Selkirk college in 2017, with a diploma in Environmental Planning. He’s worked as a silviculture surveyor and forest technician on both pre and post-harvest projects throughout the interior of British Columbia. René is an accredited silviculture surveyor, currently working towards his RFT designation.

René conducts silviculture surveys and collects aerial imagery for SuavAir’s projects throughout interior BC.

Colin Langlois, FIT, SAS

Colin holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Lakehead University and a Forestry Technician Diploma from Algonquin College. He is working towards his RPF designation, having worked throughout BC doing landscape-level planning, block development, and silviculture surveying. He is an experienced RPAS operator and an Accredited Silviculture Surveyor.

Colin leads SuavAir's business development in BC's Interior and manages a range of geomatics projects including LiDAR acquisition, thermal scanning, and orthomosaic mapping. He is passionate about optimizing workflow efficiencies and maintaining a high standard of quality.

Joni, Siiriäinen, FIT, SAS

Joni holds a diploma in Forest Resources Technology from Vancouver Island University and a BSc in Forest Ecology & Management from the University of Northern British Columbia. He has worked in various pre- and post-harvest roles throughout British Columbia and is currently working towards his RPF designation.

Joni is an Assistant Forester and RPAS operator, managing a range of silviculture projects on private and publicly managed forest lands including post-harvest assessments, fire hazard abatement, tree planting, and silviculture surveying. Joni also manages the safety program at SuavAir and has expertise using Land Resource Manager.