2010 Applause & Accolades

AN AWARDS CELEBRATION

Come join us in applauding the accomplishments of this year’s Faculty of Engineering award recipients.

Thursday, May 13, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Tickets $125.00 or table of eight $1,200.00

LIUNA Station
360 James Street North
Hamilton, Ontario

Black Tie Optional
For directions visit:  www.liunastation.com

To register, please contact Terry Milson at 905.525.9140 extension 27391 or email milsont@mcmaster.ca

Please indicate any food restrictions

The L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

P. Thomas 'Tom' Jenkins Executive Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer Open Text Corporation (Bachelor of Engineering & Management ‘82 Engineering Physics)

P. Thomas Jenkins is Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text Corporation of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, the largest independent software company in Canada. He has served as a Director of Open Text since 1994 and as its Chairman since 1998. From 1994 to present, Mr. Jenkins was President and then Chief Executive Officer and then Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text. Mr. Jenkins has also held several executive positions with DALSA Inc., an electronic imaging manufacturer based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Prior to these positions, Mr. Jenkins was employed in technical and managerial capacities at a variety of information technology based companies in Canada.

In addition to his Open Text responsibilities, Mr. Jenkins is the Chair of the federal centre of excellence Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN).  He is also an appointed member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), past appointed member of the Government of Canada’s Competition Policy Review Panel which reported in June 2008, and past appointed member of the Province of Ontario’s Ontario Commercialization Network Review Committee (OCN) which reported in February 2009.  Mr. Jenkins is also a member of the board of BMC Software, Inc. a software corporation based in Houston, Texas.  He is also a member of the University of Waterloo Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, a director of the C.D. Howe Institute, a director of the Canadian International Council (CIC) and a director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE).

Mr. Jenkins received an M.B.A. in entrepreneurship & technology management from Schulich School of Business at York University, an M.A.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a B.Eng. & Mgt. in Engineering Physics and Commerce from McMaster University.

The 2010 McMaster University Faculty of Engineering Leadership Award Recipient

Dr. Paul Spekkens Vice President, Science and Technology Development Ontario Power Generation Inc. (Ph.D. ’77 Chemistry)

Dr. Paul Spekkens is responsible for managing OPG’s investment in nuclear Research & Development and technology development. He is also responsible for the Feeder Integrity Program, whose goal is to minimize the impact of feeder degradation on the safe and reliable operation of OPG’s ten CANDU nuclear units. Dr. Spekkens worked for many years in the Research Division of the former Ontario Hydro and specialized in issues of chemistry and materials degradation in primary and secondary systems, and in steam generators. He graduated from McMaster’s Chemistry program with a Ph.D. in 1977.