BEng Structural Eng & Mgmt ’13
Structural Discipline Lead, Hatch
Giuseppe Del Gobbo earned his bachelor’s degree in Engineering & Management at McMaster before completing his PhD at the University of Oxford on a Clarendon Scholarship. During his doctoral studies, he volunteered to be part of the Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team following major earthquakes in central Italy in 2016.
Following his PhD, Giuseppe joined Arup and led his office’s first-ever Climate Lens resilience assessment, developing the associated risk-management framework and guiding methodology. He also served on the Arup EDI committee and led young professional initiatives on behalf of both Arup and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Moving to Hatch and their Niagara Falls office, Giuseppe is the Structural Engineering Discipline Lead. At Hatch, he founded a young professional’s group, serves on the executive leadership team of the Professional Engineers of Ontario Niagara Chapter, and was on the organizing committee of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers Conference, Adapting to Climate, Technology and Growth.
BEng Electrical Eng & Mgmt ’17
Software Development Manager, Hopper
Isabela Ozamiz is a software development manager at Hopper Inc. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Management in electrical and electronics engineering from McMaster University.
She is the co-founder of Lynx Learning, which provides coding workshops that teach an introduction to HTML and Javascript. Founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, it supports individuals without programming experiences to create their own online resume websites. Lynx Learning has helped learners gain employment in the tech industry.
Ozamiz has also partnered with Parents for Diversity to create resources for teachers, including the Periodic Table of Canadian Black History and the Periodic Table of Canadian Women’s History. Both resources have been accessed by more than 300,000 unique users and have been used in classrooms for the past three years.
BEng Electrical & iBioMed Eng ’11, PhD Biomedical/Medical Eng ’16
Co-Founder & CTO, CERT Systems Inc.
Christine Gabardo is the co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of CERT Systems Inc., a Toronto-based start-up, developing electrochemical technologies that convert captured CO₂ into green fuels, chemicals, and plastics. She holds a BEng and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from McMaster University and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto.
Her work focuses on creating sustainable, scalable solutions that use only water and electricity to turn carbon emissions into valuable products. At CERT Systems, she leads efforts in engineering and operations to accelerate the adoption of carbon recycling technologies across industries.
Gabardo is also a Breakthrough Energy Innovator Fellow, where she collaborates with global partners to advance climate solutions. Her work supports the shift toward a circular carbon economy and a more sustainable future for industrial manufacturing.