Tim Addison:
CLASS OF 1972
Princess Anne High SchoolClass of 1972
Virginia beach, VA
Bell High SchoolClass of 1973
Ottawa, ON
Greenbank Intermediate SchoolClass of 1968
Ottawa, ON
Bells Corners Public SchoolClass of 1967
Nepean, ON
View Royal Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Victoria, BC
Tim's Story
Life
I have always been an open minded, person who enjoys a good laugh and never takes anything too seriously. We moved around a fair bit when I was young so I went to a number of schools and met lots of different people. I joined the Canadian Forces and attended Royal Roads Military College in Victoria and Royal Military College, in Kingston, ON. After about 16 years in different ships and shore drafts I was posted to Canada's National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, where I worked for the second half of my military career before retiring in 2006. I then worked for CGI Systems Integration and Management Consultants Inc in Ottawa for just under 4 years doing business development and as a delivery manager. In November 2010 I embarked on career # 3 as an independent consultant.
School
I went to a number of schools, including Clark Rutherford in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Margaret Jenkins and View Royal Elementary in Victoria, BC, Bell's Corners Public, Greenbank and Bell High in west end Ottawa and Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I was always involved in school sports and played soccer, hockey, softball, golf and lacrosse. I even played basketball one year but wasn't very good at it!
College
I attended Royal Roads Military College 1972 - 74 when it was still a two year college and we had to go to Royal Military College Kingston to graduate. In the summer of 1974 I drove cross country to Kingston in my old beat up 1963 Pontiac for third year. I was graduated in 1976 with a BA in Economics and Commerce and after a summer French language course in St Jean Quebec, I headed west to start my career in the Canadian Navy.
Workplace
I have been employed in various positions in the Canadian Navy and on the staff in National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. I worked in Transport Canada on Marine Security from Jun 2003 to April 2004 and then returned to defence headquarters. I was the Detachment Commander of the Joint Information and Intelligence Fusion Capability in 2004/5 and then the Project Director of the CF Command and Control Systems projects until I retired from the Forces in 2006. I then worked for three years for a large IT company and recently (July 2010) started a new career as an independent consultant.
Military
BIOGRAPHY - Commander T.H. (Tim) Addison, Canadian Navy (1976-2006)
Tim Addison enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1972 and attended Royal Roads and the Royal Military College, graduating in 1976 with a BA in Economics. As a junior officer he served in Her Majesty's Canadian Ships on both coasts, including postings as a Destroyer Navigating Officer, Combat Information Officer, and Combat Officer and as Executiv...Expand for more
e Officer in two former minesweepers used for training. He also served in Venture, the Naval Officer's Training Centre and CF Fleet School Esquimalt as the School's Combat Training Officer. In 1984 Cdr Addison attended the Combat Control Officer course in Fleet School Halifax. On promotion to Lieutenant Commander 1 Jan 90, He joined the staff of the Second Canadian Destroyer Squadron in Esquimalt, first as Squadron Weapons Officer and then as Squadron Combat Officer. In 1991, joined HMCS HURON in the Arabian Gulf and temporarily became the Executive Officer during her transit home to Esquimalt. In 1992, Tim was posted to National Defence Headquarters to the J3 Plans Directorate of the newly formed Joint Staff. As a member of the Joint Staff he was involved in developing contingency plans and Rules of Engagement for CF operational missions. In 1995 he attended the US Marine Corps Law of War Workshop in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Later that year he was an observer and ROE advisor for the Russian-US Peacekeeper 95 exercise in Fort Riley, Kansas. In mid-1996 Tim became J3 Coord, the secretary of the Joint Staff Action Team in NDHQ and assistant to Chief of Staff J3. In January 1997 he was appointed Executive Officer of HMCS TORONTO, a Halifax Class FFH based in Halifax, NS. TORONTO deployed with Standing Naval Force Atlantic, the NATO squadron in 1998 and on OP DETERMINATION, sanctions enforcement against Iraq in the Arabian Gulf. Later in 1998 he attended Command and Staff Course 25 at CF Staff College in Toronto. On graduation from CSC and promotion to Commander in 1999, he assumed duties in the Chief of Maritime Staff at NDHQ Ottawa, where he was a section head responsible for current maritime operations and plans. In 2001, Tim attended the Advanced Military Studies Course 4 at CFC Toronto. After 9/11 he was the lead planner in NDHQ for Canada's naval commitment to the war on terrorism, Op APOLLO. In 2003 he was loaned by DND to the Dept of Transport where he worked on the marine security programme and preparations for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. He returned to National Defence in Apr 2004 and worked in Joint Force Development on Command and Control Information Systems projects until 2006 when he retired from the CF. After his military career he worked for just under 4 years with a large IT company in Ottawa where he gained experience in project management, delivery and business development. As of August 2010 he has started a third career as a independent consultant. He is now working with several firms in the Ottawa area helping them win business in the defence and security sectors.
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