Board Members
Peter Devita
Board Member And PresidentPolitical Activist since 1971, in every Ontario and Canadian election since then:
- Candidate (4x Federally), Campaign Manager, Organizer
- Companion of PEO’s Order of Honour
- Fellow of Engineers Canada • Current President of Engineers for the Profession: https://e4pinc.ca/
- 2003 – 2006: OSPE Board (Ontario Society of Professional Engineers)
- 1990 – 2002: PEO Council (Professional Engineers Ontario)
- 2000 – 2001: President of PEO
- Helped to create OSPE in 2001
- 1999 – 2002: Board of EngCan; (Engineers Canada)
- 1976 – 1986: CSPE Board; (Canadian Society of Professional Engineers) 1984/6: CSPE President
- Author of: “A Search for Advocacy – Creating the Canadian Engineering Profession”
Roger Jones B.Sc(Eng), ACGI, DIC, M.Phil, MBA
Board Member and Treasurer
Residence: Thornhill (Markham), Ontario.
Education & Professional:
- ACGI, B.Sc(Eng): Electrical, Imperial College, London, UK.
- DIC, M.Phil (post-grad.): Control Systems, Imperial College, London, UK.
- MBA, McGIll University, Montreal.
- Former C.Eng (Chartered Engineer), UK.
- P.Eng, Life-Senior MIEEE and Fellow Engineers Canada (FEC)
Employment:
- Ferranti Aircraft Equipment Division, UK (inertial navigation)
- GEC, UK (process computer applications)
- Consultant, Montreal (measurement and control systems)
- Foxboro Canada Inc. (Montreal) (ditto)
- Noranda Research Centre (Montreal) (Dept. Manager, ditto)
- George Kelk Corporation (Toronto), VP and Chief Engineer. (Steel industry measurement systems)
- Currently: Retired.
Other:
- Former Councilor, Professional Engineers Ontario
- Former Chair, PEO Finance Committee
- Officer, PEO Order of Honour
- Recipient, Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
- Treasurer, CFO & Director, Thornhill Heritage Foundation
Ray Barton PhD, MSc., MBA, SMIEEE
Board Member And Secretary- Current President of INCOSE Canada (International Council of Systems Engineering)
- Board Member and Secretary, E4P (Engineers for the Profession)
- Vice Chair Ottawa Chapter of Professional Engineers of Ontario Innovation Program
- IEEE Representative to PAGSE (The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering)
- IEEE Chapter Chair for the Management of Engineering
- CEO Vitesse Reskilling Canada (non-profit)
- Vice President and CTO Enercom Canada
- IT software platform for real-time remote monitoring of Oil & Gas Drilling
- Contributing Member to ITU 3100 and IEEE P2784 Smart Cities
- Former work included Bell Labs, USA, Control Data Development Labs
Geroge Comrie, M. Eng., P. Eng., CMC, FEC
Board Member And Vice President
Mayor, Municipality of Whitestone, Ontario
- Licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Management Consultant with scopes of practice in software/ systems engineering and cyber security
- Founder and President, Data design Systems, Inc. (software products and services company)
- Former President, Professional Engineers Ontario (2004-2005, 2016-2017)
- Companion of PEO’s Order of Honour
- Founder of PEO’s Engineer-in-Residence Program (now Engineers of Tomorrow)
- Founder of PEO’s Government Liaison Program (2005)
- Former Chair, PEO Licensing Process Task Force / Licensing Committee
- Former Director, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (now Engineers Canada)
- Former Director, Information and Communication Technology Council (ICTC)
Vaj (Vajahat) Banday MSEE, MSCE, P.Eng, FEC, FCAE, PE (Michigan)
Board Member
- Master’s degree (Electrical Eng), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Master’s degree (Computer Eng), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Councilor At Large, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) 2022-2024
- Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE)
- Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC)
- Professional Engineer (State of Michigan since 2006)
- Past Chair- PEO Georgian Bay Chapter
- Chapter Executive – PEO Scarborough Chapter
- Chapter Executive – PEO Mississauga Chapter
- Board Executive Saugeen Shores United Football Club (2019-2022)
- Delegate Society of United Professionals, Bruce Power Local (2022-Current & (2009-2015)
- PEO 10 Yr Volunteer Service Award – 2017
Daksha Bhasker, P.Eng (CIE), MBA
Board Member
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A Principal Cybersecurity Architect at Microsoft
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Over 20 years of experience in the
telecommunications service provider industry
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Held roles in both business
management, technology development, and accountable for security of
complex solutions architectures and security systems development
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Security work experience spans carrier scale
voice, video, data, applications, infrastructure, and security solutions
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Worked at Bell Canada developing their
cyberthreat intelligence platform and securing cloud deployments. maintains industry certifications as CISSP, CISM, CCSK, privacy
engineering certification from Carnegie Melon University and more
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An advocate for women in the cybersecurity
technology industry
Thomas Chong M.Sc, P.Eng, FEC, FCAE, PMP
Board Member- Masters degree (Engineering), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
- Past President, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
- Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE)
- Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Chartered Engineer (C.Eng, UK)
- Served on York University’s Engineering committee (for Canada Accreditation.)
- Lector of St. Agnes Tsao Catholic Church, Director of the Popular Music Club.
- Former Nortel Canada employee.
- Currently:
- System Lead at Ministry of Health.
- Co-Chair of the Ontario Public Service, East Asian Network
- Director of Engineers for the Profession (E4P Inc.)
- Director of Veteran Bridging Homes Canada
- Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medallion (Senate of Canada.)
- Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Community Award.
- COVID-19 Humanitarian Medal (Federal.)
- PEO 2023 Order of Honour.
- 4th Degree Knights of Columbus
- Amethyst Awards (2), Ontario Public Service.