About Us

Political Activist since 1971, in every Ontario and Canadian election since then:

• Candidate (4x Federally), Campaign Manager, Organizer

Heavily engaged with the Engineering Profession since 1975:

• Companion of PEO’s Order of Honour

• Fellow of Engineers Canada • Current President of Engineers for the Profession: https://e4pinc.ca/

• 2003 – 2006: OSPE Board (Ontario Society of Professional Engineers)

• 1990 – 2002: PEO Council (Professional Engineers Ontario)

• 2000 – 2001: President of PEO

• Helped to create OSPE in 2001

• 1999 – 2002: Board of EngCan; (Engineers Canada)

• 1976 – 1986: CSPE Board; (Canadian Society of Professional Engineers) 1984/6: CSPE President

• Author of: “A Search for Advocacy – Creating the Canadian Engineering Profession”

• Mayor, Municipality of Whitestone, Ontario

• Licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Management Consultant with scopes of practice in software/ systems engineering and cyber security

• Founder and President, Data design Systems, Inc. (software products and services company)

• Former President, Professional Engineers Ontario (2004-2005, 2016-2017)

• Companion of PEO’s Order of Honour

• Founder of PEO’s Engineer-in-Residence Program (now Engineers of Tomorrow)

• Founder of PEO’s Government Liaison Program (2005)

• Former Chair, PEO Licensing Process Task Force / Licensing Committee

• Former Director, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (now Engineers Canada)

• Former Director, Information and Communication Technology Council (ICTC)

• Master’s degree (Electrical Eng), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

• Master’s degree (Computer Eng), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

• Councilor At Large, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) 2022-2024

• Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE)

• Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC)

• Professional Engineer (State of Michigan since 2006)

• PEO 15 Yr Volunteer Service Award – 2023

• Chapter Executive – PEO Niagara Falls Chapter

• Past Chair- PEO Georgian Bay Chapter

• Chapter Executive – PEO Scarborough Chapter

• Chapter Executive – PEO Mississauga Chapter

• Board Executive Saugeen Shores United Football Club (2019-2022)

• Delegate Society of United Professionals, Bruce Power Local (2022-2023) & (2009-2015)

• PEO 15 Yr Volunteer Service Award – 2023

Education & Professional:

• ACGI, B.Sc(Eng): Electrical, Imperial College, London, UK.

• DIC, M.Phil (post-grad.): Control Systems, Imperial College, London, UK.

• MBA, McGIll University, Montreal.

• Former C.Eng (Chartered Engineer), UK.

• Former P.Eng (Ontario), Life-Senior MIEEE and Fellow Engineers Canada (FEC)

Employment:

• Ferranti Aircraft Equipment Division, UK (inertial navigation)

• GEC, UK (process computer applications)

• Consultant, Montreal (measurement and control systems)

• Foxboro Canada Inc. (Montreal) (ditto)

• Noranda Research Centre (Montreal) (Dept. Manager, ditto)

• George Kelk Corporation (Toronto), VP and Chief Engineer. (Steel industry measurement systems)

• Currently: Retired.

Other:

• Former Councilor, Professional Engineers Ontario

• Former Chair, PEO Finance Committee

• Officer, PEO Order of Honour

• Recipient, Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers

• Treasurer, CFO & Director, Thornhill Heritage Foundation

• Current President of INCOSE Canada (International Council of Systems Engineering)

• Board Member and Secretary, E4P (Engineers for the Profession)

• Vice Chair Ottawa Chapter of Professional Engineers of Ontario Innovation Program

• IEEE Representative to PAGSE (The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering)

• IEEE Chapter Chair for the Management of Engineering

• CEO Vitesse Reskilling Canada (non-profit)

• Vice President and CTO Enercom Canada

• IT software platform for real-time remote monitoring of Oil & Gas Drilling

• Contributing Member to ITU 3100 and IEEE P2784 Smart Cities

• Former work included Bell Labs, USA, Control Data Development Labs

• Masters degree (Engineering), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.

• Past President, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)

• Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE)

• Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC)

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Chartered Engineer (C.Eng, UK)

• Served on York University’s Engineering committee (for Canada Accreditation.)

• Lector of St. Agnes Tsao Catholic Church, Director of the Popular Music Club.

• Former Nortel Canada employee.

• Currently:

  • • System Lead at Ministry of Health.

    • Co-Chair of the Ontario Public Service, East Asian Network

    • Director of Engineers for the Profession (E4P Inc.)

    • Director of Veteran Bridging Homes Canada

• Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medallion (Senate of Canada.)

• Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Community Award.

• COVID-19 Humanitarian Medal (Federal.)

• PEO 2023 Order of Honour.

• 4th Degree Knights of Columbus

• Amethyst Awards (2), Ontario Public Service.

Education:

• Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (Software Engineering Specialization)

• M.Sc. Computer Science (Software Engineering Specialization)

• B.Sc. Computer Science

• B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Minor) Adult Educator Certified

• Strategic Leadership Program

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

• Professional Member

• Fellow of Engineers Canada

• Calgary Branch Executive Committee (CBEC)

  • • Past executive

    • Member at large

• Calgary Branch Meeting Committee (CBMC)

  • • Past executive

    • Member at large

• Past Enforcement Review Committee member

  • • Subject Matter Expert (SME):

    • Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Safety, and Security

• Past Advance Technology Committee advisory member

• Past Communications Advisory Board

• Past Communications Planning Committee advisory member

• Past Communications Coordinating Committee member

• Past Mentor

• Participated as an experienced engineer on APEGGA International Educated Graduate (IEG) events

• Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics Presenter

• Outreach Program Volunteer

Awards

• Mentoring Participation Award

• Volunteer Service Award – volunteered for 6 consecutive terms

Professional Designations

Engineering

• P.Eng. – Professional Engineer

• FEC – Fellow of Engineers Canada

• FGC (Hon.) – Fellow of Geoscientists Canada (Honorary)

• FFCP – Foundation Fieldbus Certified Professional

• SMIEEE – Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Project Management

• PMP – Project Management Professional

• PMISAC Fellow – Project Management Institute – Southern Alberta Chapter Fellow Information Technology

  • I.S.P. – Information Systems Professional

  • ITCP – Information Technology Certified Professional

  • ITIL – Information Technology Infrastructure Library

  • MACM – Member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

• Security

  • CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional

  •  CSSLP – Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional Training

• APEGA – Security Engineering Education Provider

  • ISC2 Official Training Partner (OTP)

  • CompTIA Authorized Partner 

    • Quality

• Effective Internal Auditing (ISO Standards)

  • Teaching

Professional Affiliation

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

  • • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

    • Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC)

    • Fellow of Geoscientists Canada Honorary (FEG – Hon)

    • Engineers For the Profession (E4P)

      • • Board of Directors (BoD)

    • Project Management Institute (PMI)

      • • Former VP Professional Development

    • International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium, Inc. (ISC2)

      • • Former Founder and Past President of Alberta Chapter

    • Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)

      • • Past President

    • Member- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)

• Former member- International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

• Member The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation (ISA) Society

• Senior Member- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Former member- American Society for Quality (ASQ)

• Member-Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Former Expert Advisor- Standard Council of Canada (SCC)

• Former Expert Advisor- Canadian Standard Association (CSA)

• Former executive - IEEE/American Society for Quality - Software Quality Discussion Group

• Former executive - Calgary IT Pro

• Former research member- Theoretical and Empirical Software Engineering Research Centre (TESERC) - University of Calgary

Employment Sector

• Energy and Utilities

• Finance

• Food

• Government

• Health

• Information and Communication Technology

• Manufacturing

• Safety

• Transportation

• Water