Tim Coulas is the Project Field Manager for the LMAP Canada Project as well as the Land Registration Expert. Tim's previous work includes being the manager of a CIDA-funded development project in Indonesia; repairing damage done to that country as a result of the tsunami, land titling and mapping for building over 5,000 houses in 22 villages in the province of Aceh in northern Sumatra. He has also worked on land registration development projects in Rajasthan, India, Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Moldova.
As a registered Ontario Land Surveyor, Tim has worked for Natural Resources Canada in their Geomatics division and has taught surveying and GIS courses at Ottawa's Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology. He holds a BSc in Survey Science from the University of Toronto and is working on the requirements for an MSc in Land Administration from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
Tim is a recipient of Canada's Medal of Bravery from the Governor General. In March 2005, he and four other men rescued two trapped women from their submerged vehicle in the York River, in Bancroft, Ontario. The rescuers canoed through icy waters to save the two women.
In February, 2010, Tim was awarded the Medal of Chevalier, from the Kingdom of Cambodia, for work on the land administration project.