Leaonard is a Building Code Advisor, Fire Safety Specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Leonard is a professional engineer licensed by the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) with over 10 years of Structural and Fire Safety Engineering in both private and public sectors in Canada. He has gained extensive knowledge and experience through his wide range of conceptual and practical application of fundamental Structural and Fire Safety engineering principles. He holds a B.Eng. (Civil) from Carleton University and a M.Eng. (Fire Safety) from University of Waterloo.

He started his career working for a structural Engineering company focused on telecommunication tower design, analysis and inspection. He had the unique opportunity to perform structural assessment for new and existing telecommunications towers and antenna supporting structures in many remote locations throughout Canada.

After about 4 years of telecommunication structural engineering industry, Leonard decided to move to the building sector, and more specifically, structural, life and fires safety element for new and existing buildings. He worked as a Project Engineer to provide client with plans review, compliance report, alternative solution, fire safety design and analysis etc where he gained comprehensive knowledge of the interaction between the private and public sector as it relates to various large scale building project from design concept to final approval by the authorities having jurisdiction. His current role as a Building Code Advisor in Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affair and Housing (MMAH) provides professional engineering, technical support and policy advice on legislation across the province and also provide authoritative professional advice for codes, standards and applicable legislation to support government initiatives.

Brenda is Vice President Operations at raven.ai

Brenda is a transformational Leader who leads from the heart while balancing experience and education to drive results! Passionate about Continuous improvement to drive ROI via People, Process and Tools.

A highly talented Professional Chemical Engineer and a Master’s in Business Administration Holder with great deal of experience in the manufacturing industry – Consumer packed goods & Automotive. Registered as a Professional Engineer and a member in good standing with the Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada. A designated Project Management Professional with the Project management Institution. Her proven track record combines expertise in project management and organizational leadership with strong qualifications & experience in commercialization end to end focus, Expertise in rapid system and business integrations, Continuous improvement, multi-site manufacturing & distribution leadership. Responds to business needs with determination, focus and results orientation to meeting the strategic goals.

Rick is a post Career Mechanical Engineer and active Career Coach

Rick worked for most of his career in the High Voltage Electrical Industry as a product design and application engineer, project engineer, project manager and departmental staff manager. Rick hired many engineers and other technical staff in his career. Much of what he discusses is based on personal experience from being on both sides of the interview. He graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1978 and has been a professional engineer since 1980.

For the past 10 years since retiring, Rick has been successfully mentoring many engineers on job hunting. These engineers who are having problems getting interviews and job offers, then approach him for help. He works with them to aid their efforts in securing a good position quicker. Several success stories are given as Recommendations in Rick’s LinkedIn profile.

Adekinle is a Project Manager with the Government of Saskatchewan

“Communication and engagement bridge the gap and pave the way for growth.”

Engineering brings a wealth of opportunities, allowing individuals to exercise their creativity through various roles. Adekunle Azeez is a Bridge Project Manager, leading bridge design, tender preparation, construction administration, and project management. Azeez’s interest in engineering began with motivation from his late father who saw he cared for people’s safety and had an innovative mind early in his childhood. Azeez was even more inspired after witnessing his uncle help people actualize their visions from sketches to physical construction. It comes as no surprise that today, Azeez contributes to the safety and well-being of the public through improvements to public infrastructure such as roads, culverts, and bridges – All of which provide easy access for the movement of the public and transportation of goods and services.

Azeez is also passionate about sharing his knowledge and experiences with professional newcomers. He has been a volunteer mentor for Saskatchewan Intercultural Association for over two years, helping professional newcomers navigate the road to achieving their engineering license and preparing for job interviews.

“it is important to give room for internationally trained engineers to exercise their talents which contributes to the development,” said Azeez. “The transition is not an easy task as some internationally trained engineers may find it difficult to enter the labour market while others may find it easy,” he added. Once a newcomer and engineering professional himself, Azeez advises that although there might be some challenges in the beginning, perseverance, patience and asking for help from other colleagues are major tools to succeed in the engineering profession.

Monica is Manager, Tailings and Dams (North Atlantic Operations) at Vale

With over fifteen years of geotechnical and tailings engineering experience in Oil sands and Hard Rock Mining in Alberta and Ontario. Strategist, influencer with strong leadership skills. Author and co-author of over ten technical papers on tailings management.

Manager for Tailings and Dams for a global mining company. Responsibilities include management of tailings and water retaining structures across the Canadian operational sites (Sudbury, Thompson, Long Harbour and Voisey’s Bay). Responsibilities also include managing tailings operation personnel , Responsible Tailings Facilities Engineers, EORs and engineering consultants. Managing a team of geotechnical professionals and specialists who manage Tailings operations, active and inactive dams.

Previously Senior Engineer and Technical advisor for geotechnical and tailings engineering projects in the Oil Sands and lead for Closure Landform designs, and decommissioning of tailings structures.