2009 Chapter Executive Committee

The executive committee consists of five (5) Officers and between five (5) and nine (9) Executive Members (Executive) elected annually.

	CHAIR Ingrid G. de Buda, P.Eng., PMP, FEC.
Ingrid de Buda, P. Eng., PMP, FEC has been actively involved with the Ottawa Chapter Executive since 1992. She has served as Treasurer, has represented the Chapter at the Regional Congress Council (RCC), and has served as a judge for a number of Science fairs and similar academic events. She is currently the Chapter’s in-house webmaster and IT support, and serves as Chair of the Communications Committee and Bylaw Revisions/Review Committee. She is also a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP). In 2010, she was awarded the honour of Fellow of Engineers Canada.


	VICE-CHAIR Fraser Smith, P.Eng. Jp2g Consultants Inc.
A. Fraser Smith, P.Eng. has been a member of the Ottawa Chapter Executive since 2007 and was previously the Secretary for the Algonquin Chapter from 1993 to 1996. He graduated from University of Toronto in 1987 with a degree in Civil Engineering. Fraser has been involved in land development and watermain construction in the Ottawa area for the past eight years. He is currently a Senior Project Engineer with Jp2g Consultants Inc.

	PAST-CHAIR David Grant, P.Eng. AECOM Canada Ltd. Tel.: 613-820-7728 x 229
David Grant, P.Eng. has been a member of the Ottawa Chapter Executive since 2005, having served as Director, then Secretary from 2006 to 2008. He graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1999 with a degree in Civil Engineering. His professional background includes primarily Municipal Infrastructure Engineering and Environmental Engineering. He is currently a Project Engineer with AECOM Canada Ltd. (formerly Totten Sims Hubicki).


	SECRETARY Pierre Legault, P.Eng. Canadian Federal Department of Agriculture
Pierre Legault, P.Eng. has been a member of the Ottawa Chapter Executive since 2007. He has been a Professional Engineer since 1994 and has worked for a variety of Canadian Federal Departments, and has experience in building assessments, retrofitting cost estimates, layout design and review, construction tendering and project management in addition to training/awareness in building construction standards & methods. He has cooperated with several international groups in developing design standards for a variety of topics. He has an Associate degree in Applied Sciences and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa.


	TREASURER David Nguyen, P.Eng. Jp2g Consultants Inc.
David Nguyen, P.Eng., Ing. joined the PEO Ottawa Chapter in 2009. He graduated in civil engineering from the University of Ottawa in 1997. David is a bilingual civil engineer involved in municipal infrastructure, stormwater management, and concrete rehabilitation related projects. He is currently a Project Manager at Jp2g Consultants Inc.



	EXECUTIVE Sucha S.Mann, P.Eng. PMP Past Chair, 2007 Banga Group 613-591-3002 Sucha<atsign>BangaGroup.com
Sucha Mann, P.Eng. joined the Ottawa Chapter Executive in 2005 and served as Chair in 2007. He is currently the Chair of the Education-Outreach-Awards Committee. Sucha graduated in Electrical Engineering from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1971. His career path included defence and IT/telecom work in UK, Canada and the US, including 24 years with Nortel Networks. He has provided consulting services for market development for green energy technology, project management, and teaches Project Management Professional (PMP) courses with particular emphasize on sustainability. Sucha was part of the Canadian Environment Mission to India, helping to understand environmental issues in the Indian sub-continent; developing business relationships between Canadian and Indian companies. His interests include finding simple and environmentally sustainable solutions in engineering and business processes, improving corporate accountability in publicly listed companies and sharing sustainable challenges with policy makers.


	EXECUTIVE Amjad Farran, P.Eng., PMP SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. Tel.: 613-836-6288 x 8305
Amjad Farran, P.Eng. joined the Ottawa Chapter Executive in 2006. He received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and a Master's degree in Engineering Management in 2003. Amjad works for SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. in Kanata as a Firmware Engineer. He is interested in promoting the high value of licensed professional engineers in our community.


	EXECUTIVE Wenqin Shao, P.Eng. Health Canada Tel.: 613-954-6125
Wenqin Shao P.Eng. joined the Ottawa Chapter Executive in 2009. Wenqin graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2002 with a degree in Executive Master of Business Administration and graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1996 with a degree in Energy Technology. Wenqin has provided consulting services in business development, global market strategy development and green energy technology promotion. He currently works in Health Canada.


	EXECUTIVE Guy Boone, P.Eng. Nemko Canada Tel.: (613) 737-9680 x 290
Guy graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1990 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a Safety Sales Executive for Nemko Canada, after working with Alcatel & Nortel as a Product Safety Engineer, as well as AECL & Alcatel Transportation as a System Safety Engineer. Guy joined the Ottawa Chapter Executive in 2008, and had previously served as Vice Chair with the Algonquin Chapter.


	EXECUTIVE Christian (Chris) Tacit, P.Eng.
Chris Tacit, P.Eng. has been a Director of the Ottawa Chapter Executive since 2009 and serves as the Chapter’s Privacy Officer. He graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1981 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and received his MBA and law degrees from the University of Ottawa in 1987. He has been a licensed professional engineer in Ontario since 1983 and has been qualified to practice law in Ontario since 1989 and in Alberta since 2005. He also practices law with respect to certain other Canadian jurisdictions in the manner permitted by the National Mobility Agreement of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and he is a registered Trade-mark agent in Canada. Chris is the Principal of his law practice and consulting firm TacitLaw where he provides professional services in the areas of corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, securities, technology, intellectual property, competition and consumer protection law. Chris also consults and advises on public policy development and government relations.


	EXECUTIVE Christopher (Chris) Taylor, P.Eng. Avaya Canada 613-763-8794 christophertaylor@rogers.com
Chris Taylor, P.Eng. has been a Director of the Ottawa Chapter Executive since 2009 and was previously on the Ottawa Chapter Executive serving in similar capacity from 1990 to 1992. He graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Master's degree in Engineering in 1993 and a Master's degree in Business Administration in 1996. Chris has been employed with several high technology companies in the Ottawa area for the past 15 years including Nortel. He is currently Senior Product Manager with Avaya Canada. Chris is also the incoming PEO Eastern Regional Councillor for 2010.


	EXECUTIVE Clement Bourgogne, EIT Wood Banani Bouthillette Parizeau 613-596-6454 x 328
Clement Bourgogne, EIT graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2008. Clement works as a Mechanical Designer for Wood Banani Bouthillette Parizeau, specializing in energy efficiency, green buildings and LEED certification. Clement joined the Ottawa Chapter Executive in 2009.