Board Members
Kristy Burt, EIT
Board President
Air Quality Specialist - Crescent Point Energy Corp.
GNCTR Participation - 2015 - Present
2015 - Dalhousie University - Team Member
2016 - Dalhousie University - Spirit Captain
2018 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Costume Captain
2019 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Alumni Team Spirit Captain
2020 - Not Associated - Organizing Committee In-Training
2021 - GNCTR Calgary - Competition VP, Safety Judge
2022 - GNCTR Calgary - Competition VP, Safety Judge
2023 - GNCTR Calgary - Award Presenter
2024 - Not Associated - Safety Judge
2025 - Not Associated - Safety Judge
Kristina Burt is an Air Quality Specialist with Crescent Point Energy out of her hometown of Calgary, Alberta. Kristina has been involved with GNCTR since her undergrad at Dalhousie University where she obtained her degree in Environmental Engineering, later attending SAIT for a Petroleum Engineering Technology diploma. Kristina is excited to provide guidance to future OC’s by leveraging her nine years of competition experience.
Parker Gavey, GSI
Board Secretary
Project Coordinator - PCL Construction Management Inc.
GNCTR Participation - 2015 - Present
2015 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - VP Technical Exhibition
2016 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - VP Technical Exhibition
2017 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Team President
2018 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - VP Safety & Project Management
2019 - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Alumni Team Captain
2020 - Not Associated - Organizing Committee In-Training
2021 - GNCTR Calgary - Competition Co-Chair, Technical & Safety Judge
2022 - GNCTR Calgary - Competition Co-Chair, Technical & Safety Judge
2023 - Not Associated - Safety Judge
2024 - Not Associated - Safety Judge
2025 - Not Associated - Safety Judge
Parker Gavey is a Project Coordinator with 6 years of experience delivering construction projects with PCL Construction Management Inc. He currently works out of the Calgary Special Projects office delivering projects typically under $15 million across a diverse range of markets such as commercial, health care, light industrial, education, and hospitality. Parker graduated with a Diploma of Architectural Technologies with a major in Building Development in 2015 and a Bachelors of Science in Construction Project Management in 2018 from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Parker has been heavily involved with GNCTR over the past decade, holding various team, organizing committee, and judging positions. Parker has a personal interest in maintaining the integrity and longevity of the competition, and it’s impact on the next generation of builders.
Aidan Solala, P.Eng.
Board Treasurer
Global Supplier Development Manager - Spin Master Ltd.
GNCTR Participation - 2014 - Present
2014 - University of Toronto - Team Member
2015 - University of Toronto - Team Member
2016 - University of Toronto - Superstructure Director
2017 - University of Toronto - Team Member
2018 - University of Toronto - Alumni Team Captain
2019 - Not Associated - Organizing Committee In-Training
2020 - GNCTR 2020 - Competition Co-Chair
2024 - Not Associated - Mechanical Judge
2025 - Not Associated - Mechanical Judge
Aidan is a Global Supplier Development Manager at Spin Master Toys in Toronto, his hometown. Aidan’s work is focused on source diversification, environmental sustainability, and risk mitigation, pivoting his organization from China centric supply network to onshoring close to market. Aidan has worked to identify and start up contract manufacturing sites in the USA, Mexico, Hungary, Poland, The Netherlands, and Spain, and is developing exploratory projects in many more regions in the Americas and Europe, as well as working to eliminate fossil fuels from his company’s products & supply base to reach net zero emission goals.
Aidan holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering, as well as a certificate in Mechanical Techniques from George Brown College and a Professional Engineer designation. Aidan became heavily involved in his school’s GNCTR team in his second year of undergrad and has continued to be involved in the competition in some form ever since.
In Aidan’s non professional time, Aidan enjoys a myriad of hobbies including film photography, electric guitar, restoring & maintaining vintage outboard engines, running, cooking, and travel.
Trevor Billows, P.Eng., MASc.
Governor at Large
Project Manager - PCL Construction Management Inc.
GNCTR Participation - 2013 - 2016, 2023
2013 - UBC Okanagan - Concrete Design Team Member
2014 - UBC Okanagan - Concrete Design Captain
2015 - GNCTR 2015 - Competition VP Financial
2016 - GNCTR 2016 - Spirit Judge
2023 - UBC Okanagan - Alumni Team Captain
2023 - Not Associated - Concrete Judge
Trevor Billows is a professional engineer (P. Eng.) in the province of British Columbia. He achieved both a Bachelor and a Master of Applied Science Degree (BASc., MASc.) from the University of British Columbia - Okanagan with co-op distinction. Throughout his post-secondary years, he was involved in GNCTR in a multitude of capacities that developed invaluable skills.
As a Project Manager with PCL Construction, Trevor enjoys working on complex and innovative construction projects in the private and public sectors.
Trevor spends additional time playing and watching sports, traveling the world, winning fantasy football against his friends, and racing safe, high speed concrete toboggan contraptions.
Ozan Coşkun
Governor at Large
CEO/Director - Aardvark Book Club
GNCTR Participation - 2015 - Present
2015 - University of Toronto - Team Member
2016 - University of Toronto - Team Captain
2017 - University of Toronto - Sustainability Director
2018 - University of Toronto - Alumni Team Member
2019 - Not Associated - Organizing Committee In-Training
2020 - GNCTR Toronto - Competition Co-Chair
2024 - Not Associated - Mechanical Judge
2025 - Not Associated - Mechanical Judge
Ozan has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the UofT as well as a Master of Applied Science from the UofT's Institute for Aerospace Studies. He joined GNCTR a total of seven times and served as co-captain, sustainability lead, OC-in-training, and Co-Chair during this time. During his time as co-captain, he helped revolutionize the toboggan design by introducing carbon fibre to the team in 2016. That year, UofT won the Most Innovative Toboggan Design and Most Aesthetically Pleasing Toboggan awards. Besides Concrete Toboggan, Ozan also wrote for an engineering satire newspaper, lead social events, and built pride parade floats.
