Jean-François Bourque

Regional Logistics Manager, Eastern Canada Hatch

Jean François Bourque currently manages logistics activities for a large mining project in Northern Québec while supporting Hatch’s regional logistics function across Eastern Canada. With 24+ years in construction logistics and project cargo, he has worked across mining, industrial, energy and transportation infrastructure projects, including remote site execution.

His work is centered on execution readiness, coordinating carriers and 3PL partners, managing oversize transportation and customs interfaces, maintaining shipment visibility, and supporting smooth handover to site laydown and warehouse receipt, specifically on critical or remote projects. In EPCM environments, he collaborates with engineering, procurement, expediting and construction teams to translate purchasing and schedule requirements into workable transport and delivery sequences, with attention to safety, clear responsibilities, and predictable field execution.

Jean François’ project experience includes the Nemaska Lithium Conversion Plant (Bécancour, QC), De Beers’ Gahcho Kué Project (Northwest Territories), Cameco’s McArthur River Project (Northern Saskatchewan) and Rio Tinto Alcan’s AP60 Phase 1 (Jonquière, QC). He has also supported major transportation programs such as Montréal’s REM (NouvLR), the Turcot Interchange reconstruction (Kiewit), and BART’s “Fleet of the Future” program (Bombardier). A graduate of Institut maritime du Québec in Transportation and Logistics, he is bilingual in French and English.

2026 Event Agenda Sessions

Future Thinkers Super Session: Future-Proofing Project Logistics with Industry Leaders

Preparing for the upcoming multi-decade wave of major projects requires a fundamental shift from reactive logistics to strategic asset and capacity positioning. As industrial buildouts accelerate across energy, manufacturing, mining and infrastructure, project cargo service providers face growing uncertainty from trade policy, tariffs and geopolitical volatility, alongside real opportunity for those positioned to act.

Breakbulk's Future Thinkers have spent the past year identifying trends across three core disciplines: maritime and ports, supply chain and logistics, and energy and infrastructure projects. This session marks the first time they report those findings directly to the Breakbulk community, in a series of three mini-sessions. Each group shares its best advice for what lies ahead through 2030. Together, Future Thinkers and the audience close the session by building an action plan to make the most of the opportunities ahead.

2:45 PM | Welcome and Introduction

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM | Maritime & Ports
Moderator:
Lars Greiner, CEO, Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Speakers:
Geir-Eilif Kalhagen, Maritime Division Director, Texas Department of Transportation
Henrik Hansen General Manager AAL Shipping (AAL) Americas
Dr. John Wilson, Professor of Economics , San Jacinto College and Public Sector Strategist, Entellect LLC

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM | Supply Chain & Logistics
Moderator: Cyril Varguese, Director of Global Logistics, Fluor
Speakers:
Frank Guzman, Senior Director, Project Logistics Global, C.H. Robinson
Tyler Sullivan, Executive VP, Defense Solutions, ICAT Logistics
Dr. Gulshan Singh, Lecturer, University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

3:25 PM - 3:40 PM | Energy & Infrastructure Projects
Moderator: Lucas Strom, Head of Industrial Projects US, DHL Global Forwarding – Industrial Projects
Speakers:
Jean-François Bourque, Regional Logistics Manager, Eastern Canada, Hatch
Thomas Skellingsted, Managing Director, LPX Partners
Margaret A. Kidd, Department Chair, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, San Jacinto College and Special Advisor, Houston Maritime Center & Museum

3:40 PM - 3:55 PM | Action Plan
Speakers:
Lars Greiner, CEO, Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Cyril Varguese, Director of Global Logistics, Fluor
Lucas Strom, Head of Industrial Projects US, DHL Global Forwarding – Industrial Projects