Jim Brown is the owner and manager of IVM Consulting Ltd. He has worked as a utility arborist for 30 years and has worked in the vegetation management industry for 40 years. Jim is a certified utility arborist (CUA) in British Columbia and a utility tree trimmer (UTT) in Alberta and is a certified utility vegetation management professional (UVMP), having received this accreditation from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. He held the position of vegetation manager for a utility company in Canada for more than 10 years before retiring and starting his own vegetation management consulting firm. Jim recently became an instructor at Olds College in Alberta for the electrical portion of the UTT course and the recertification course. He is also working toward providing a certification for certified utility tree professionals (CUTP) in Saskatchewan. His objective is to contribute to the advancement and education of professionals within the utility vegetation management industry.
