Our Process
Before we recommend anything, we meet with new clients to discuss your goals, challenges, and personal preferences to ensure we understand your unique situation.
Ensuring 100% Satisfaction
Once completed, we review the immediate results and long-term performance of our efforts, ensuring your 100% satisfaction.
Initial Client Meeting
Before we recommend anything, we meet with new clients to discuss your goals, challenges, and personal preferences to ensure we understand your unique situation.
Real-Time Tracking
Once our proposal is approved by both sides, we ensure all timelines and key project touch points are defined, communicated, and tracked in real time via shared project management tools.
Review Past Solutions
If applicable, we review past solutions and their performance against appropriate alternatives, as well as anything we've learned in similar projects that may be applicable.
Client Feedback
Even the best recommendations have room for improvement. We ensure everyone is 100% confident in the plan by receiving and addressing any and all feedback provided by you, the client.
Custom Solution
Our custom solutions come complete with explanations connecting our recommendations to your unique needs.
Our team
Wade McLean, B.Sc.
President/CEO
Zach Brooks-Poloway, B.Sc
Operations Manager
Wade McLean, B.Sc.
President/CEO
Originally from Strongfield, Saskatchewan, our Founder Wade graduated from the UofS with a Bachelors of Science degree and a specialty in Plant Science.
After graduation, Wade worked as an Agronomist throughout the prairies, exposing himself to opportunities to attempt new and innovative vegetation management strategies. This lead him to start his own environmental services company.
Wade’s role at Strongfield Environmental focuses on client and stakeholder relationships, program development, and employee mentorship.
Zach Brooks-Poloway, B.Sc
Operations Manager
Zach grew up on a farm in Clive, Alberta, through his work on the family farm he acquired an interest in both agriculture and environmental reclamation. This led him to pursue his Bachelor of Science degree in Land Reclamation.
Upon completion of his degree, he continued to develop his both his mapping and environmental reclamation skills through work with AFSC investigating crop damage and ground disturbance due to oil and gas activities.
Since joining Stronfield Environmental in 2021, Zach has quickly become a key leader in several areas of the business, including landowner/client relations as well as training and mentoring staff.
Our team
We pride ourselves on the ability to attract, train, and retain an impressive team of industry leaders well-positioned to deliver on our superior brand and business promises.
Wade Mclean
Founder
Cory Southam
Supervisor
Tony Blake
Developer
ZACH BROOKS-POLOWAY
Founder
JESSICA VON
HOLLEN
Supervisor
Wade Mclean
Founder
Originally from Strongfield, Saskatchewan, our founder Wade graduated from the UofS with a Bachelors of Science degree and a specialty in plant science.
After graduation Wade worked as an Agronomist throughout the prairies, exposing himself to opportunities to attempt new and innovative vegetation management strategies.
Wade’s role at Strongfield Environmental Solutions focuses on client and stakeholder relationships, program development and employee mentorship.
Cory Southam
Supervisor
Born and raised on a farm near Hawarden, Saskatchewan, Cory graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Geology in 2014.
Upon graduation, Cory leveraged his post-secondary education to secure his first environmental solutions position as a field worker for Wade. He quickly advanced to a supervisory role and has been instrumental in incorporating drones into Strongfield’s operations.
Cory remains focused on ensuring project execution and implementing new technologies as our Operations Manager.
Tony Blake
Developer
Tony’s consuming interest in land management and botany has been strong for most of his life.
After a full career as a CPR conductor, Tony returned to college to study biology, ecology, and physical geography. His education, combined with years of volunteer and professional experience in vegetation inventory, monitoring and management, has equipped Tony with unmatched familiarity with Alberta’s diverse habitats, with particular expertise in invasive species.
Tony has been with Strongfield for five years and is currently focused on his role in providing both prevention and control with vegetation management.
ZACH BROOKS-POLOWAY
Founder
Zach grew up on a farm in Clive Alberta, through his work on the family farm he acquired an interest in both agriculture and environmental reclamation. This led him to pursue his Batchelor of science degree in land reclamation.
Upon completion of his degree, he continued to develop both his mapping and environmental reclamation skills through work with AFSC investigating crop damage and ground disturbance due to oil and gas activities.
Since joining Strongfield in 2021, Zach has quickly become a key leader in several areas of the business including landowner/client relations as well as training and mentoring staff.
JESSICA VON
HOLLEN
Supervisor
Jessica has lived most of her life in Alberta and brings extensive experience in the areas of banking, retail, and accounting.
Jessica’s role at Strongfield revolves around managing all financial aspects of the business including strategic bookkeeping and financial advisory services.
Since joining Strongfield in 2021, she has been instrumental in streamlining administrative duties and managing the third-party resources required for everything business and brand related.
