IEEE CJECE Advisory Board

Dr. Tom Murad, Country Lead of Engineering & Technology at Siemens Mobility - Canada, a member of Engineering Order of Honour - Professional Engineers Ontario “PEO", is a respected Technology leader, thinker, an award-winning Educator and distinguished speaker on the topics of: Engineering, Technology and Technical talents / skills development and education. An advocate of Innovation and creativity specifically in the Areas of Digitalization, Smart Infrastructure and Industrie 4.0

In 2010 , he Joined Siemens in Canada, prior to his current role he was the Country Lead of Engineering, Technology & Academics for Siemens Canada as well as the founder of the Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy "SCETA", that he established and directed since October 2014. Before that, he was the Head of the “Expert House” and Engineering Director for Siemens Canada’s Industry sector since 2010.

Prior to joining Siemens, Tom was the Senior VP and COO of AZZ- Blenkhorn & Sawle for many Years with an extensive career in Professional Engineering and Executive Management of Innovative Technical Operations including Academic and R&D work in Electrical power, Industrial Controls and Automation. He is also serving as a member of various advisory Boards of Directors in the Industry and Academia.

Dr. Murad holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics), and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Power Electronics and Industrial Controls from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK, with a Leadership Program Certificate from Schulich Business School, York University in Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi has more than 21 years of university and college teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also has more than 27 year experience in telecommunication and electrical engineering industries including R & D. Currently, he is a professor and coordinator of Algonquin College–Carleton University Joint Degree Program “Bachelor of Information Technology – Photonics and Laser Technology–BIT-PLT”. He is also the R&D Coordinator at the Algonquin College Faculty of Technology and Trades.

He played a major role as a Member of the 2017-2022 Strategic Plan Advisory Team, Algonquin College. Prior to Algonquin College, Dr. Almuhtadi worked with Nortel as a Team Leader and Senior Verification and System Engineer in Optical Networks Verification, Optical Solutions R &D. Dr. Almuhtadi proves remarkable leadership with his strong background in high technology and engineering industry as an innovative educator and researcher, helped the College to become a polytechnic institution. He is the founder of the applied research pillar at Algonquin College that led to get $10.5M funded from various Canadian agencies (NSERC/OCE/IC/CIDA/NCIT/ORDCF/PRECARN). He is the founder and designer of a complete leading-edge Optophotonics Lab, with Optical Transport Network-OTN 0.15-100 Gb/s ($5M project).

Dr. Almuhtadi is one of the founders of the new “Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks-CENGN,” with $65M funding. He received several recognition awards from IEEE, academia and industry, to name few: IEEE Leadership Award 2010, IEEE Canada W.R. Service Award, Algonquin College Laurent Isabelle Award 2009 for Teaching Excellence, and NISOD 2006 Award), 2015 EIC Canadian Pacific Railway Medal.

Rob is Smart Grid Engineer at Itron Inc., a world leader in metering equipment and information management solutions for electric, gas and water utilities. He performs engineering tasks as part of Itron’s Global Solutions Delivery Group. In his role he uses business process re-engineering to develop technical solutions and management processes for the implementation of systems or enterprise wide solutions using Itron’s hardware and software products.

Prior to forming SIMMARIX, an independent Meter Data Management and Consulting Organization, Rob worked for ENMAX Corporation, the electric utility for his home city of Calgary. During his eleven-years at ENMAX, he held numerous positions with increasing responsibility in management, customer service, engineering and contracts management.

Rob is active in the engineering profession. His volunteer activities include IEEE volunteer of 25+ years, APEGA Mentoring Program mentor, speaking with U-Calgary new engineering students about careers and, regularly judges at science fairs and student project/paper competitions.

Branislav Djokić (IEEE M’90-SM’97) received Dipl.Ing. degrees in Power Systems Engineering in 1981, in Electronics in 1984, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1988 and 1993, respectively, from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. From 1982-1990, he was with R&D Institute Mihajlo Pupin, Belgrade. From 1990-1994 he was a Staff Member of the School of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade University. In 1994 he joined the Institute for National Measurement Standards, National Research Council of Canada.

Dr. Djokić is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario. He is IEEE PES Emerging Technologies Coordinating Committee Vice-Chair, IEEE Canada Other-Societies Committee Chair, IEEE Ottawa Section Educational Activities Chair and past Section Chair. In 2007, he received IEEE Regional Activities Board (RAB) Award for leadership in support of IEEE Ottawa Section. At NCSLI 2008, he received the best paper award in the international track for his paper on the calibration of Rogowski coils. His area of expertise is: new instrumentation and measurement methods for both highest-accuracy and industrial applications for AC electrical power, energy, high voltage, and high current, including calibration of Rogowski coils, which are widely used for measurements of large and transient AC currents in protective relaying, power and automotive industries, and plasma physics.