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
Alumni Agenda:
5:15 – 6:15 Alumni Dinner – Invited guests Only
Student and Alumni Agenda:
6:15 PM: Arrival
6:30 PM: Welcome & Introductions - Dr. Ishwar K. Puri
6:40 PM: Panel Discussion
7:00 PM: Question & Answer Period
7:15 PM: Alumni & Student Mentoring Period - Light Refreshments Provided
Panelists TBA
Mentors TBA
Prizes TBA
Mentors
| Name | Surname | Employer |
| Zaki | Abedeen, P. Eng. | Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions |
| Salman | Alam | Kingsway Real Estate Brokerage |
| Akeel | Ali | GHD |
| Faisal | Ali | WSP |
| Jodie | Atkins | City of Toronto |
| Brandon Bailey | Bailey | Stantec Consulting Ltd. |
| Taher | Banatwala | Cimcorp Automation |
| Ewald | Becker | Planit Canada |
| Leigh | Bedford | SCIEX |
| Erika | Bellhouse | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
| Ross | Belot | Self, retired from Imperial Oil |
| Avi | Bhargava | Ukko Agro Inc. |
| Taya | Burzynski | WSP Canada Inc. |
| Josh | Campbell | McNally Construction Inc. |
| Jeff | Christy | Colliers Project Leaders |
| Tara | Clayton | Niagara Region |
| Danielle | De Rango | McMaster University |
| Danielle | DeRosa | Sobotec Ltd. |
| Rahul | Devnani | RBC Capital Markets |
| Christine | Ermarkaryan | Braithwaite Technology Consultants |
| Jason | Everitt | L3 WESCAM |
| Andrey | Feldman | Sprout Wellness Solutions Inc |
| Andrea | Forster | SUEZ WTS |
| Harpreet Geekee | Geekee | HIGHMARK GLOBAL |
| Aaron | Gerlach | Clearpath Robotics |
| Peter Gowthorpe | Gowthorpe | Laveer Engineering |
| Aathiq | Hameed | IESO |
| Jakub | Hana | Ford Motor Company of Canada |
| Dilmeer | Hazoor | Quest Software |
| David | Hendriks | Magna International |
| Jayne | Huhtanen | FocalPoint Coaching of Toronto |
| Kieran | Hurst | Ministry of Transportation |
| Waleed | Irfan | UL (Underwriters Laboratories) Inc. |
| ROHIT | JAYAPRAKASH | HYDRO ONE |
| Raman | Judge | Black and McDonald |
| Bhavesh | Kakwani | ecobee |
| Nilushi | Kariyawasam | Laveer Engineering Ltd. |
| Andrew | Kasza | Envest Corp. |
| Salman | Khan | Suez WTS |
| Alyson | King | First Nations Engineering Ltd |
| Vitaliy Kondratiev | Kondratiev | theScore |
| Marium | Lanewala | Smith and Andersen |
| Allan | Magi | City of Burlington |
| Daniel | Mance | AudioWise Canada |
| Alessandra | Massaro, EIT | CIMA+ |
| Deepa | Mathew | McMaster University |
| Brian | McFadyen | Sunrise Spas |
| Richard | Meguerian | Laveer Engineering |
| Miles | Milvaganam | Self |
| Jim | Morris | Kinectrics |
| Fred | Niemeyer | Candu Energy, (formally Atomic Energy of Canada) |
| Alison | Orr | Orr Brown Consulting Engineers Ltd. |
| Romeo | Palombella | PAL-TECH ENGINEERING INC. |
| Meet | Pandya | Tata Consultancy Services |
| Barane | Paramanathan | Bell |
| Randy | Park | Lightguide Systems Inc. |
| NISHIT | PATEL | DASTUR INTERNATIONAL INC |
| Sagarika | Paul | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
| Mark | Pavlidis | Flixel Photos Inc |
| Alex | Paynter | SC Johnson Professional |
| Sandra | Persaud | Deloitte |
| Kevin | Peters | Accenture |
| Alvin | Pilobello | SNC Lavalin |
| Sanjna | Pradhan | STELCO |
| Mohamed | Qishawi | Schneider Electric |
| Mehran | Reza | Canadian broadcasting Corporation |
| Julian | Riano | MTE Consultants |
| Hassan Salam | Salam | iaqob Technologies |
| Richard | Saponara | Ontario Power Generation |
| Shakti Sawh | 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 |
| Kevin | Sia | Stelco |
| ANJAN | SIDHU | Spectral Medical Inc. |
| Joy | Singh | T.A. Cook |
| Jaclyn | Spackman | Stelco |
| James | Spackman | Spine Advanced |
| Zachary | Strong | Epiphany Coaches Inc. |
| Kristie | Syndikus | Celestica |
| Sue Szymanski | Szymanski | Dragados |
| Meshaa | Tariq | L3 WESCAM |
| Cathy | Taylor | Centerra Gold Inc. |
| Keith | Taylor | JNE Consulting |
| Dave | Thompson | WalterFedy Inc |
| Robert | Tong | ON Semiconductor |
| Kim | van den Heuvel | Liberty Power |
| Mike | Watters | Hatch |
| Aries | Wu | Mobia Technology Innovations |
| Anna | Zadeh | Magna |
| Nanxi | Zha | Hamilton Health Sciences |
| Hao Zhang | Zhang | City of Toronto |
| Mochao Zhao | Zhao | Millipore Sigma |