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Xavier N. Fernando

XAVIER N. FERNANDO was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1965. He received B. Sc.  Eng. (First Class Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1992 and Master’s degree in Telecommunications at the Asian Institute of Technology, …

Bruno Di Stefano

Bruno Di Stefano is a Professional Engineer (PEO), Life Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of Engineers Canada, with more than 45 years of professional experience. He practiced in electronics, computer, and software engineering, in product development and management …

Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

Dr. Maryam Davoudpour received the MASc and PhD degrees from the Moscow State Technical University of Bauman in Information Technology and Control Complex Systems. She also completed a NSERC post-doctoral fellowship. She is a member of the DMZ (Digital Media Zone) at Ryerson University. Dr. …

Sahar Rahmani

Senior Director JSOC Analytics, Global Cyber Security, RBC

I am Sahar Rahmani, a PhD in science, an immigrant, a wife and a parent.  Currently, I am the Director of a Data Science team at the Global Cyber Security (GCS) group at RBC. My role involves leading a team …

Mehrdad Rostami

Managing Editor IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter

Mehrdad Rostami, has more than 30 years of engineering experience in utility and industry. He authored or co-authored more than 70 papers in engineering journals and conferences. As a senior member of IEEE and holding Ph.D. in electrical engineering, Mehrdad …

Dennis Cecic & Trent Cecic

Let’s meet members of the Cecic family serving IEEE Toronto for two generations.
Dennis Cecic, Chair of the Computer Chapter

Dennis is a Senior Technical Training Engineer with Microchip Technology Inc. He is both a subject matter expert in 8, 16 and 32-bit Microcontrollers, Embedded Firmware and …

Dr. Ali Nabavi

Chair IEEE Toronto Section
I am happy that after a pause in our newsletter, this is the first IEEE Toronto Section newsletter in my term as the Section Chair. I extend my appreciation to the newsletter team, especially the editor, Fatima, who worked tirelessly during Covid-19 …