Ron Harper

Mr. Ron Harper is the President/CEO of JFE Shoji Power Canada Inc. (formerly Cogent Power Inc.). Ron has been working with the Enedym team for more than four years on electrical steel materials, prototyping, manufacturing, and supply chain strategy. He started his career as an engineer in the specialty chemical industry and rose to senior leadership positions at Nalco Chemical Company before entering the electrical equipment industry. For the past 25 years, he has led the growth of JFE Shoji Power Canada to be one of the largest and most diversified suppliers of electrical steel materials and components in North America. He has decades of experience building differentiating and value-based business strategies leading to significant growth in manufactured products in Canada with a strong focus on a people-centric culture, technology, and client-focused innovation and value. Ron has held numerous board member responsibilities with several non-profit organizations with missions towards the achievement of manufacturing excellence with lean practice, training, and development of people and teams, and advising on the growth of manufacturing employment in Ontario and Canada. Ron has a B.Sc. in Engineering, and a breadth of training and experience in marketing, sales, business leadership, and manufacturing.