top of page

Meet The Team

Meet the experts behind ASC Environmental, diverse in background but united by a shared vision to engineer sustainable solutions and drive meaningful environmental impact through science, innovation, and integrity.

Paul Johnston, M.Sc, P.Eng, QPESA

President & Director of Hydrogeology

Paul Headshot no. 2 use this.jpg

Paul is our senior engineer and president. He has over 25 years of engineering design, construction, and consulting experience, with particular emphasis on environmental site assessments, designated substances surveys, environmental remediation and decommissioning, hydrogeological assessments, solid waste management, and regulatory compliance issues.

 

Paul is licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario and Engineers Nova Scotia.

​

Education

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario 1991

Master of Science, Civil Engineering

​

Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, 1989

Bachelor of Applied Science, Geological Engineering (Geo-technical Option)

​

Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, 1986

Bachelor of Science, Geology. Certificate of Engineering

​

Thomas Asma, B.ASc, QPESA

Project Engineer

Tom Team Headshot.jpg

Thomas is our project engineer with over 3 years of field and report writing experience in construction and environmental consulting. He has experience planning and conducting environmental site assessments (Phase I and Phase II ESAs), designated substance reviews, hydrogeological assessments, contaminant evaluation and delineation, and preparing records of site condition. Thomas also has experience in reinforced concrete bridge and box culvert construction and rehabilitation.

​​

​

Education

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 2019

Bachelor of Applied Science, Civil Engineering

​

Tanner Cook, B.A

Environmental Technician

​​

​​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

 

 

 

 

Tanner is an environmental technician with over 3 years of experience working in the field. He's a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill where he studied Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Geography.​

Tanner Team Headshot.jpg

Education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2021

Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies and Geography

​

Joshua Bell, B.Sc, M.BEMA

 Environmental Biologist

​

​

​​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

​

​​​

Joshua is our in-house environmental biologist with extensive work experience in the field where he has previously interned for the city of Oshawa. He brings an education in Bioenvironmental Engineering and Monitoring and also brings with him Data Analysis experience. 

Education

Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 2019-2020

Masters of Bioenvironmental Monitoring and Assessment

​

Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 2015-2019

Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Biology

Rohit Tolani, BCOM H.
 

Accounts Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

​
 

 

 

 

Rohit is our Accounts Assistant, with over a year of experience in financial reporting, financial management, and accounting he is also a graduate of St. Lawrence College School of Business having completed his post graduate diploma in Business Analytics there.

​​

​​

​

Education

St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario, 2025

Post Graduate Diploma, Business Analytics

​

MSR University, Gujarat, India, 2023

Bachelors of Commerce

Farhan Abidi, BBA
Marketing Specialist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farhan is a marketing specialist with over 2 years of experience in content development, social media management, and web copy creation. He is also a graduate of the St. Lawrence College School of Business, having completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics from there.
 

Education

St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario, 2025

Post Graduate Diploma, Business Analytics

​

MD University, Haryana, India, 2022

Bachelors of Business Administration

1305 Princess St, Kingston, ON K7M 3E3, Canada

(613) 634-5596

©2019 by ASC Environmental Inc. Created by DME. Updated 2023 by BGL.

PEO Logo.png
bottom of page