
Backpack to Briefcase: Alumni & Student Networking Event
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- Location:
CIBC Hall, McMaster University Student Centre
- Event Contact:
Carm Vespi, vespi@mcmaster.ca
Are you a student looking for mentorship and support? Alumni share their experiences to prepare you for your future years at McMaster and beyond.
Overview
Over the years, McMaster Engineering has hosted an alumni/student mentorship evening, where distinguished alumni reconnect with McMaster and engineering students.
Backpack to Briefcase, which will be held on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, will offer engineering students the opportunity to network and connect with mentors.
The alumni mentors work in a variety of engineering fields, representing diverse backgrounds and bring valuable insights from their days at McMaster and beyond. Alumni will share their experiences about academics, study skills, day-to-day issues, career planning, networking and professional development. They were students once too, they understand student goals and concerns and will be happy to address any questions that you students may have.
Mentors please register here
Dress code: Business Atire
Alumni Agenda:
5:15 – 6:15 Alumni Dinner – Invited Guests Only
Student and Alumni Agenda:
6:00 PM: Studnet Arrival (make name tag & get raffle ticket to win Fitbit Alta or Google Home prize)
6:30 PM: Welcome & Introductions - Dr. Ishwar K. Puri
6:50 PM: Panel Discussion
Gabrielle Bouchard, B.Eng. '13 (Civil Eng.) - Water Design Specialist and Assistant Project Manager - Jacobs
Jessica Radko, Mechanical Engineering and Management Co-op Student (3rd Year)
Jordan Van Schyndel, B.Eng. Society '08 (Software Eng.) - Vice President, Spiria
7:05 PM: Alumni & Student Mentoring Period - Light Refreshments Provided
Mentors
Name | Surname | Employer |
Zaki | Abedeen | Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions |
Nausheen | Abid | Hatch |
Clarence | Aguila | McMaster University |
Hamad | Akram | PepsiCo |
Salman | Alam | Kingsway Real Estate Brokerage |
Akeel | Ali | GHD |
Omar | Ali | Hatch Ltd |
Zahra | Amirifar | Ph.D. Student (Electrical & Computer Engineering) |
Jodie | Atkins | City of Toronto |
Taher | Banatwala | Cimcorp Automation |
Rachel | Beaulieu | Canplas Industries Ltd. |
Ewald | Becker | Planit Canada |
Leigh | Bedford | SCIEX |
Erika | Bellhouse | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
Sneha | Bernard | Clearesult |
Avi | Bhargava | Ukko Agro Inc. |
Gabrielle | Bouchard | Jacobs |
Elias | Boukhers | JDRF Electromag Engineering Inc |
Taya | Burzynski | WSP Canada Inc. |
Mary | Byrne | University of Toronto |
Josh | Campbell | McNally Construction Inc. |
Vikas | Chennabathni | Air Liquide Canada |
Jeff | Christy | Colliers Project Leaders |
Kristi | Ciardullo | |
Tara | Clayton | Niagara Region |
Sarah | Core | Jordan Engineering |
Mehmet Erdem | Coskun | Manulife \ John Hancock |
Daniel | Danu | Thales Canada |
Danielle | DeRosa | Sobotec Ltd. |
Rahul | Devnani | RBC Capital Markets |
Phillip | Do | L3 WESCAM |
Amr | Elbadan | Alexandria University |
Christine | Ermarkaryan | Braithwaite Technology Consultants |
Jason | Everitt | L3 Wescam |
Christopher (Chris) | Ewen | The Ainley Group |
Chris | Feher | |
Andrey | Feldman | Sprout Wellness Solutions Inc |
Jesus | Flores | McMaster University |
Andrea | Forster | SUEZ WTS |
Yue | Fu | Thermon heating systems |
Harpreet | Geekee | Highmark Global |
Aaron | Gerlach | Clearpath Robotics |
Dylan | Gibson | McLaren Engineering - Linamar |
Peter | Gowthorpe | Laveer Engineering Ltd. |
Aathiq | Hameed | IESO |
Jakub | Hana | Ford Motor Company of Canada |
Hamed | Hassanisaadi | Huawei Technologies |
Dilmeer | Hazoor | Quest Software |
David | Hendriks | Magna International |
Jayne | Huhtanen | FocalPoint Coaching of Toronto |
Kieran | Hurst | Ministry of Transportation |
Esther | Hutten | McMaster University |
Waleed | Irfan | UL (Underwriters Laboratories) Inc. |
Rohit | Jayaprakash | Hydro One Limited |
Raman | Judge | Black and McDonald |
Alina | Kaas | L3 Wescam |
Vish S. | Kailey | CNA Canada |
Bhavesh | Kakwani | ecobee |
Nilushi | Kariyawasam | Laveer Engineering Ltd. |
Andrew | Kasza | Envest Corp. |
Salman | Khan | SUEZ WTS |
Shoaib | Khan | AT&T |
Alyson | King | First Nations Engineering Ltd |
Jesse Zimuzo | King | Jacobs |
Erik | Korber | Stelco |
Cheryl | Koval | Mount Sinai Services |
Marium | Lanewala | Smith and Andersen |
Jennifer | Lim | Suez Water Technologies & Solutions |
Ed | Lutz | Oxy Vinyls Canada Company - A Subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
Ed | Machaj | Hydro One |
Jonathan | Mackinnon | Keyence |
Allan | Magi | City of Burlington |
Amar | Maharaj | City of Hamilton |
Daniel | Mance | AudioWise Canada |
Alessandra | Massaro, EIT | CIMA+ |
Deepa | Mathew | McMaster University |
Brian | McFadyen | Sunrise Spas |
Lynn | McNeil | ChipCare Corp |
Richard | Meguerian | Laveer Engineering LTd. |
Sean | Mercer | SUEZ WTS |
Mohammad | Moosani | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Jim | Morris | Kinectrics Inc. |
Corinne | Mullen | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
Emily | Nichols | Emily Nichols |
Fred | Niemeyer | Candu Energy, (formally Atomic Energy of Canada) |
Peter | Nimmrichter | Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions |
Alison | Orr | Orr Brown Consulting Engineers Ltd. |
Ashley | Osika | Sensibill |
Terry | Ostan | General Motors of Canada Company |
Isabela | Ozamiz | Evertz Microsystems |
Romeo | Palombella | PAL-TECH ENGINEERING INC. |
Meet | Pandya | Tata Consultancy Services |
Barane | Paramanathan | Bell |
Randy | Park | Lightguide Systems Inc. |
NISHIT | PATEL | Dastur International Inc. |
sagar | paul | Thales |
Sagarika | Paul | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
Mark | Pavlidis | Flixel Photos Inc |
Alex | Paynter | SC Johnson Professional |
Sandra | Persaud | Deloitte |
Kevin | Peters | Accenture |
Courtney | Picard | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
Sharon | Platkin | RBC Royal Bank |
Sanjna | Pradhan | Stelco |
Yohann | Printer | Darcor Limited |
Lina | Qamar | Linamar - The Centre |
Mohamed | Qishawi | Schneider Electric |
Alex | Rees | Rees Plumbing & Heating Ltd. |
Mehran | Reza | Canadian broadcasting Corporation |
Julian | Riano | MTE Consultants |
Adam | Rocque | Evertz Microsystems |
Peter | Rowles | Posterity Group |
Hassan | Salam | iaqob Technologies |
Shakti | Sawh | Kinectrics Inc. |
Walter | Schaible | ASI |
Peter | Scott | General Motors |
Michael | Scriven | Alithya |
Saurabh | Shaw | Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University |
Bilal | Sherazi | Environmental Infrastructure Solutions |
Anjan | Sidhu | Spectral Medical Inc. |
Paul | Smeltzer | Brock University |
Jaclyn | Spackman | Stelco |
James | Spackman | Spine Advanced |
Zachary | Strong | Epiphany Coaches Inc. |
Bill | Sullivan | Sense Engineering |
Kristie | Syndikus | Celestica |
Sue S | Szymanski | Dragados |
Meshaa | Tariq | L3 Wescam |
Dave | Thompson | WalterFedy Inc |
Robert | Tong | ON Semiconductor |
Kim | van den Heuvel | Liberty Power |
Jordan | Van Schyndel | Spiria |
Lisa | Vespi | Niagara Region |
Mike | Watters | Hatch |
Jonathon | White | Dept of Electrical Engineering, Yuan Ze University |
Jaimy | Wickrema | L-3 Wescam |
Gauss | Wong | Sense Engineering |
Anna | Zadeh | Magna International |
Nanxi | Zha | Hamilton Health Sciences |
Hao | Zhang | City of Toronto |
Mochao | Zhao | Millipore Sigma |