Who is Glen Doole

Hello Fellow Instrumentation Folks,

Or as the Mechanical Group at Peacock fondly call us; "WireHeads".

Wireheads is not that bad when you consider that the Instrumentation Group call the Mechanical Guys "Wingnuts".


This is my first attempt a creating a Blog wired into the Instrumentaion World. I hope to have interesting topics that the Wireheads of world will find interesting, humorous or sometimes just plain silly.


Here is a bit of background on who I am;

I grew up in the Montreal area, Graduated from Rosemere Highschool in 1979, Yes that is the same High School that Alex Bilodeau attended and as we all know Alex won this amazing country's First Gold Medal on Canadian Soil. When I finsihed high school I was introduced to the world of Instrumentaion through Brian Controls, there was actually a Joe Brian back then who ran the show. At Brian Controls I worked in the Thermo-Couple & RTD shop where I manufactured temperature sensors. At the encouragement of colleagues I enrolled in a couple of night courses at Vanier College, Basic Electronics & Basic AC & DC Circuitry.

After leaving Brian Controls and moving on to Industrial Sales for a chance to to work on their inside sales desk, I was transfered to Toronto where I helped start up the Toronto office. After five years of industrial products I found myself at United Electric Controls it would appear that Instrumentation was my destiny. At UE I was once again encouraged to take some courses, this time it was Humber College where I took their "Industrial Instrumentaion" certificate program. After completing eight night courses my boss again challenged me to upgrade my skills so I registered at Sheridan College where I completed a 12 course Business Management Certificate. During my 15 years at UE I was very fortunate to have been pushed and encouraged to better myself and in return I was rewarded with more opportunities and more responsibilities. When I started at UE I was an Inside Sales Represetative when I left to join Peacock I had attained the role of Regional Sales Manager. When I joined Peacock they had acquired Brian Controls only four years earlier , so after 20 years I was once again employeed by the company who had started me on my Instrumentation path, or as this Blog's title implies my Instrumentation Bus. With ten years now invested at Peacock I am glad to say that my Instrumentation Education continues. Peacock has an excellent selection of instruments that range from a simple pressure gauges to highly advanced Clamp-On Ultra-Sonic flow meters with everything in between.

Having been diagonsed with "Adult ADD" which by the way is not a disorder! It just means that my brain (or lack of if you ask my wife) likes to be challenged and I don't like routines. So outside sales with the type of Instrumentation portfolio that Peacock has and the diverse customer base that we have means that everyday has different challenges and opportunities. It is the perfect carrier path for me.

I have been a member of ISA for 22 years now and am a past president of the Toronto Section (2007 - 2008).

I have been with my lovely wife for 31 years now, I have two daughters and just last month became a grandfather :-)...... Life is Good !

In the future I promise not to bore you with personal details, as future posting will always be Process / Instrument Related, you will find white papers from our suppliers as well as detailed descriptions of applications I have worked on or application problems I have helped resolve.