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Aaron Plamondon

Director of Industrial Participation, Irving Shipbuilding

Aaron Plamondon is the Director, Industrial Participation, at Irving Shipbuilding and is responsible for the company’s multi-billion dollar Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) obligations to the Government of Canada. Aaron has over 12 years of experience in the defence industry, where he served in similar roles before joining Irving.

He holds his Bachelor of Arts in Military History from the University of Alberta and a Master of Military and Strategic Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada, where he did a thesis on Canadian Defence Procurement. He subsequently did a Ph.D. at the University of Calgary focusing on defence spending, defence procurement, and civil-military relations in Canada. He published The Politics of Procurement (UBC Press) in 2010 and is a National Fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.

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