Andre Cayer
A 30-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, André rose through the ranks to Senior NCO and subsequently Commissioned from the ranks to officer. Andre’s methodical, military mindset transferred well to the business world when he founded an award-winning manufacturing company, Watercycles Energy Recovery Inc.
Watercycles was a Drain Water Heat Recovery (DWHR) unit that allows home or business owners to recoup the energy they bought to heat their water, saving on the amount of energy needed to heat subsequent incoming water. It’s a green technology for new and renovation construction and commercial applications, especially those with substantial water use. Andre was a member of the CSA committee that created the standard for DWHR used across Canada and now in some US states.
An adopt-and-adapt enthusiast, André believes repetition helps create perfection. He brings to Watercycles Investments the same entrepreneurial thinking and organizational ability that made Watercycles Energy Recovery a successful and award-winning corporation. Such accolades include SABEX finalists in 2006, winner of ABEX Best New Business in 2007, a feature article in Australia’s World Plumbing Review in 2008, spotlight business feature in Enterprise NOW! magazine in 2009, and ABEX and Paragon award citations from 2018 to today in Export Achievement.
Watercycles Investments Ltd uses a systematic approach to business process that takes the guesswork out of management and results in a strategic and repeatable way of conducting business.
Opportunities are methodically built up under the Watercycles systems-based method of assessing and recording business systems.
The Watercycles family of businesses is based on the 7Cs Farms near Edenwold, Sask., in the heart of a forest south of the Qu’Appelle Valley. Here they raise Berkshire pigs, lowline cattle, and their six super-active children. Andre and his wife Lauren believe in loyalty, trust, discipline and stewardship in all business relationships, and are proponents of life-long learning.
