Gavin De Mello
Vice President Human Resources at Superior Plus Propane
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGavin De Mello is a strategic HR executive with 28+ years of progressive people leadership experience and 11 years highlighted in senior HR roles, now serving as Vice President Human Resources in North America. He partners closely with commercial and supply chain leaders to align workforce strategy with business priorities, driving operational excellence, organizational design, and scalable shared services. Known as a trusted advisor and pragmatic operator, he has led major restructurings, collective bargaining, and large-scale hiring campaigns—including rapid staffing of 1,200+ seasonal frontline roles during the pandemic. Gavin’s strength is translating complex business challenges into measurable people solutions: succession planning, leadership development, change management and labour relations. He combines big-company experience across Rogers, PepsiCo and Schneider Electric with an MBA and a Masters in Industrial Relations, giving him both commercial and technical grounding. Unexpectedly, he pairs traditional HR rigour with a software architect’s curiosity (per his GitHub bio), signaling a data-minded approach to people strategy and systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A. - Honours), Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A. - Honours), Economics at McMaster UniversityMBA, Business, MBA, Business at Ivey Business School at Western UniversitySt Mary'sMIR, Masters Industrial Relations, MIR, Masters Industrial Relations at Queen's University
Github Skills (162)
python10
windows10
broker10
etl10
automation10
mlops10
aedes10
orchestration10
apache-airflow10
javascript10
solidity10
data-engineering10
linux10
scheduler10
stream10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
GavinDmello/Mumbo
Jun 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:1 release, 42 commits, 39 pushes in 3 years 1 month
GavinDmello/celer
Nov 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:5 releases, 24 commits, 20 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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