The ISA Edmonton Section launched our first ever Mentorship Program this past October. Over 400 of our student members were encouraged to apply for just three mentee openings before October 31, 2015...
The ISA Edmonton Section Mentorship Program has been established to help mentees build and grow a career in automation. The program is eight months long and runs from October to May on a yearly basis. Mentees are paired with a mentor that has experience in the mentee’s area(s) of interest. Learn more about our ISA Edmonton Section Mentorship Program.
The launch of the ISA Edmonton Section Mentorship Program coincides nicely with our President's (Blaine Barnes) agenda for this year - "Our Students, Our Future". For more on this, read Blaine's President's Message.
The applications have been reviewed and we're very excited to announce who was selected. We were able to take on five applicants in total (not just three) - a special thanks to Blaine Barnes (ISA Edmonton Section President) for agreeing to mentor two candidates and Dion Dubé (ISA Edmonton Section Past President) for recently joining our mentor team, so that we could accommodate more mentees.
The ISA Edmonton Section Mentorship Program mentees for the 2015 / 2016 year are:
Khushaal Popli (mentor Dion Dubé)
Shlok Srivastava (mentor Andy Bahniuk)
Linyi Wang (mentor Blaine Barnes)
Ryan Kungl(mentor Blaine Barnes)
Austin Nowo (mentor Conor Heeney)
Our mentors for this year include:
Blaine Barnes - Blaine is the 2015/2016 ISA Edmonton Section President and the Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, for Tundra Process Solutions Ltd. Blaine has 17 years of experience in the automation/measurement/instrumentation industry and has worked in a variety of roles at Tundra including technical service, solution design, sales, and marketing. Blaine is a graduate of the SAIT Industrial Instrumentation Engineering Technology Program, and is also a journeyman instrumentation technician.
Andy Bahniuk - Andy is currently the ISA Edmonton Section Program Director and a DCS Specialist for Shell Canada. He has over 34 years of experience in the automation industry and specializes in Honeywell Experion/TDC 3000/2000 Distributed Control Systems, Network Security and Antivirus, and HART and Foundation Fieldbus Instruments. Andy is a graduate of NAIT’s Instrumentation Engineering Technology Program.
Conor Heeney - Conor is currently the ISA Edmonton Section Vice President and the Western Canada Regional Sales Manager forSamson Controls Inc. He has 10 years of experience in the industry (and with Samson) and has worked in valve after sales and service, valve engineering and selection and technical valve sales. Conor is a graduate of NAIT’s Instrumentation Engineering Technology program, and since has furthered his education through U of A’s Continuing Education Sales Development Program.
Dion D. Dubé - Dion is the ISA Edmonton Section Past President and the Director of Pipeline Control Systems for Enbridge Pipelines Inc., which manages instrumentation, control systems, SCADA and related infrastructure for the Liquids Pipeline business unit for North America. He graduated from the U of A in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.