about axium

The same senior field team.
A sharper, more
agile platform.

Axium Power Services was formed by a senior high voltage field services team with decades of combined experience supporting critical infrastructure across Western Canada and the United States.

OUR STORY

Built by field technicians, not a boardroom.

Axium didn't start with a pitch deck. It started with a group of senior high voltage technicians and engineers who had spent their careers on switchgear pads, in substations, and inside transformer vaults, running commissioning projects for utilities, EPCs, and industrial operators across Alberta, Texas, and Arizona.

After years of watching national firms add layers of account managers, subcontracted crews, and slow turnaround between the people who sold the work and the people who actually did it, the founding team set out to build something different: a power services platform that stays close to the work.

The result is Axium, a company built around a single mandate: deliver the technical depth of a national firm, without the overhead, the handoffs, or the disconnect from the field.

Today, that same trusted foundation supports clients beyond Western Canada, with a dedicated Houston location serving the Gulf Coast, and project work extending into Phoenix and the broader Southwest as demand grows for high voltage expertise in data centers, solar, and industrial power.

Voltage Range

240V – 500kV

Locations

Calgary
Houston  Phoenix

Emergency Response

24 / 7

Field Certifications

EET  Journeyman EIT

WHAT WE STAND FOR

Integrity-first, technically focused, field-driven.

Three principles guide every project we take on, from a single field test to a multi-site transformer lifecycle program.

01

Technical Depth Over Sales Layers

Every project is scoped and delivered by people who understand the equipment, not a account manager relaying information from a subcontractor.

02

Straight Answers on System Condition

We report what we find, not what's convenient to hear. Our clients trust us because our diagnostics hold up when it matters most.

03

Agile Enough to Move at Your Pace

No layers of internal approvals slowing down emergency response or field scheduling. When you call, you reach someone who can act.

CREDENTIALED FIELD TEAM

No gaps. No guesswork.

Every technician on an Axium job holds a recognized industry credential. That's not a marketing line, it's how we staff every project, without exception.

EET

Electrical Engineering Technologists leading diagnostics, testing, and protection
coordination work.

Journeyman

Journeyman Electricians executing field installations, upgrades, and maintenance to code, every time.

EIT

Engineers-in-Training supporting load flow, arc flash, and short circuit analysis on complex systems.

OUR TEAM

The people behind every project.

Axium is led by senior operators and technicians, not sales staff. This is the team that scopes, tests, and stands behind every job we take on.

DS

Derrik Smith

President
SR

Scott Riczu

NAM Operations Manager
Axium High Voltage
DB

Dustin Breaux

Texas Operations Manager
Axium Power Services
CJ

Curtis Jensen

Engineering Manager
JN

Julia Nguyen

Finance Manager
AK

Annette Kassner

Office Manager
SL

Swan Lee

Senior Project Manager
CB

Chris Burke

Senior Project Manager
TO

Tyler Orban

Project Manager
DG

Dan Griswold

Project Manager / Senior Supervisor
SS

Simran Sandhu

Project Manager / Senior Supervisor
WC

Warren Cotnam

Senior Supervisor
OL

Orville Lazaro

Supervisor
WD

Warren Demers

Supervisor
WHERE WE WORK

Three hubs.
One standard of work.

Axium operates from three regional bases, giving us fast response times across major industrial corridors in Western Canada and the Southern United States.

Calgary, AB

Our home base and headquarters, serving Alberta's energy, electrical, and industrial sector.

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Houston, TX

Supporting the Gulf Coast's dense concentration of petrochemical and industrial power infrastructure.

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Phoenix, AZ

Extending coverage across the Southwest, supporting construction and utility-scale projects.

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PART OF SOMETHING LARGER

Backed by the
Ampere Alliance network.

Axium Power Services is part of Ampere Alliance, a Western Canadian group of complementary electrical and power infrastructure companies. When a project needs scope beyond high voltage services, our network delivers it without adding a new vendor to manage.

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