Wednesday, June 10, 2009
AREC-VIP meeting - June 3, 2009
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We had a great event with 55 participants enjoying Dr. Mircea Mihaescu, P.Eng.
presentation of Innovation and Transformation:
-- how to manage the innovation process to transform a company
-- how the innovation process is applicable to an engineer's career management
Comentarii primite de la participantii la intalnire legate de subiect, prezentator si recomandari pentru actiunile viitoare ale AREC:
"Mi-a facut si mie placere sa particip la prezentarea lui Mircea. Felicitari pentru organizare. M-am bucurat sa vad atat de multa lume, si cred ca audienta a fost sincer interesata si impresionata.-D.R.
"Am vrut doar sa va multumesc pentru organizarea evenimentului AREC de saptamana trecuta pe care personal il consider un succes. A fost o incantare sa-l cunosc si sa-l ascult pe Mircea si sunt convins ca nu sunt singurul care-l considera o sursa de inspiratie." - O.D.
"Demult n-am mai vazut asa de multi romani strinsi pe un "motiv profesional". Mircea Mihaescu, intr-adevar, este o persoana deosebita iar subiectul a fot de interes." - D.G.
"Voiam sa transmit felicitarile mele pentru seara reusita de la intilnirea AREC si consider ca prezentarea a fost excelenta si "inspiring". Trebuie sa-l mai invitati ca sa ne mai "deschida ochii" :-)Ca foarte proaspat membru AREC (eu credeam inainte ca AREC este exclusiv pt ingineri), sint convinsa ca o sa am beneficii prin participarea mea la intilnirile membrilor." - C.V.
"Mai aduceti "real-world-people" de acest gean!"
"Foarte interesant topicul si discutia. Intalniri cu topicuri asemanatoare cat mai dese sunt binevenite."
"Much useful information. More such meetings during the year."
"Foarte interesant. Felicitari pentru realizarile avute."
"Foarte buna prezentarea; de asemenea prezentatorul este un edvarat leader si "influencer". Daca mai cunoasteti si alte personalitati ca dansul, nu ezitati..."
"Too technical, the level of presentation was behind the technical average."
"Exciting message for keeping the innovative spirit alive. The presenter couldn't be better; warm, knowledgeable, entertaining, inspiring. Well organized and advertised event. Where is the youngest generation (20-30 yrs)?"
"Prezentarea a fost facuta la obiect pe intelesul tuturor."
"Great topic, great speaker, great information."
Ratings on 39 ballots received:
Topic: 26-Excellent, 12-Very Good, 1-N/A
Presenter: 34-Excellent, 4-Very Good, 1-Fair
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Va asteptam la Intalnirea AREC-VIP Roman - 3 Iunie 2009
Association of Romanian Engineers in CanadaTogether We Are Stronger!
Dragi prieteni,
Avem placerea de a va invita Miercuri 3 Iunie, la intalnirea cu Dr. Ing. Mircea Mihaescu, din cadrul intalnirilor AREC cu VIP Romani.
Avem placerea de a va invita Miercuri 3 Iunie, la intalnirea cu Dr. Ing. Mircea Mihaescu, din cadrul intalnirilor AREC cu VIP Romani.
Mircea are peste 20 de ani de experienta in software engineering, in dezvoltarea si implementarea proiectelor de software de scara larga. Mircea este Directorul departamentului WebAhead Development and Security Innovations in IBM's CIO Head Office in New York, USA. Departamentul lui Mircea este responsabil cu previziunea modului in care software-ul & hardware-ul vor fi folosite in viitor, ce aplicatii vor fi necesare, cum vor inter-reactiona ele, etc. - o activitate foarte "futuristica" si interesanta.
Inainte de a ajunge Director la WebAhead Development and Security Innovations, Mircea a fost Director al departamentului Software Development la IBM Tivoli, dezvoltand produse care se ocupau cu automatizarea centrelor de date. Mircea a ocupat mai multe pozitii de conducere in IT, consulting si software development, avand o cariera de succes in companii de dezvoltare de software, incepand cu start-ups si continuand cu dezvoltarea firmelor pana la maturizarea lor, realizand o crestere exceptionala a firmelor in care a lucrat.
In unul din mesajele postate pe blog-ul lui, Mircea spune:
"One possible way is to think of connections as career, task, and social relationships. A career relationship is with someone that you will continue to keep in touch as you move from job to job -- a mentor, a technical guru, etc. A task relationship is with someone you work together on a project -- you may bump into each other ten years later and chat, but the relationship is essentially short-lived. A social relationship is with your social network as you would consider it before the birth of "social network sites" -- people you know and keep in touch outside work." Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Tema prezentarii lui Mircea la intalnirea cu membrii si suporterii AREC este Innovation and Transformation:
-- how to manage the innovation process to transform a company
-- how the innovation process is applicable to an engineer's career management
-- how the innovation process is applicable to an engineer's career management
Mircea va face si o scurta prezentare a carierei sale profesionale, urmata de sfaturi/recomandari pentru cei interesati.
Costul de participare la intalnirea cu VIP-ul Roman este $10 pentru ne-membri, si GRATUIT pentru membri AREC (mai jos sant informatii cum puteti deveni membri AREC).
- Membrii noi vor plati $40 daca inscrierea se va face pana in luna Iunie a fiecarui an, iar daca inscrierea se face dupa luna Iunie, vor plati $5 pentru fiecare luna completa ramasa pana la sfarsitul anului.
AREC: VIP Roman Meeting
When: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 starting at 6.00 p.m. with networking and light refreshments.
Where: George Kelk Corporation 48 Lesmill Road, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2T5
When: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 starting at 6.00 p.m. with networking and light refreshments.
Where: George Kelk Corporation 48 Lesmill Road, Toronto, Ontario M3B 2T5
Nu uitati cartile de vizita!
Va asteptam cu drag,
Executivul AREC
Executivul AREC
PROCEDURA DE A DEVENI MEMBRU AREC
1. Trimiteti prin e-mail datele de contact (nume complet, adresa, telefon acasa si celular, adresa de e-mail) precum si diploma de absolvire a facultatii, in forma scanata, la AREC@sympatico.ca
2. Faceti plata de $40 in modul urmator:
A) Plata prin e-mail (valabila pentru cei ce fac Internet banking):
- Log into your bank account.
- Go to "Email Money Transfers" or something similar (each bank has a different description for sending money by e-mail)
- Go to "Add a new recipient" and add AREC with e-mail address AREC@sympatico.ca
- Go back to "Email Money Transfers"
- Under "Message to recipient" write "AREC membership for Your Name" (put your name)
- Under "Amount": $40
- Under "Create your own security question" write "AREC"
- For "Security answer" or "password" write "Engineer"
- Send
B) Trimitand un cheque pentru "AREC" la:
AREC, 7377 Sandhurst Drive, Mississauga, ON L5N 7G7
C) Plata cu cec sau cash la intalnirea AREC cu VIP Roman – vedeti anuntul de mai sus.
In cateva zile dupa plata, vei primi un e-mail cu chitanta confirmand plata cotizatiei (si care confirma de asemenea ca ai devenit membru AREC). In cazul in care aveti asigurarile cu TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, numarul chitantei va va fi necesar la reinoirea asigurarii sau la inceperea unei sigurari noi cu ei. Meloche Monnex au rate preferentiale pentru membrii AREC (ca si pentru membrii PEO).
PEO Executive Committee 2009-2010
Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the licensing body for professional engineers in the province, installed the 2009-2010 Council. See more details at PEO Council
Vice president (elected)
Major (retired) Corneliu Chisu holds a BEng from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and an MEng in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. He has been a military engineer and served with the Canadian Forces in
CATHERINE KARAKATSANIS, P.ENG.
President
Catherine Karakatsanis is a senior vice president and board member at Morrison Hershfield Limited. She heads up the building and facilities division, which provides multi-disciplinary engineering expertise to the commercial,
institutional, residential, industrial and public sectors. After graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in engineering science from the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Karakatsanis was a research assistant at UWO’s Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory. In 1989 she joined Morrison Hershfield, where she
has had a diversified career with extensive engineering and management experience. She has
been a structural engineer, project manager and construction manager; conducted specialized engineering research for litigation; and held several management positions. Karakatsanis has been an active volunteer in the engineering community for over a decade, having served on the board of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) for five years and as OSPE president and chair. She has chaired and been a member of numerous PEO and OSPE committees. In addition to her role as president of PEO, she is a member of the boards of the Ontar
io Professional Engineers Foundation for Education and UWO’s faculty of engineering advisory committee. Karakatsanis is also active in her community. ckarakatsanis@peo.on.ca
DIANE L. FREEMAN, P.ENG.
President-elect
Diane Freeman graduated with a civil
engineering degree from the University of Waterloo in 1992 and was licensed in 1994. An associate with Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Ltd., working in the area of air quality, Freeman was elected in 2006 as a City of Waterloo councillor. She served as a PEO Western Region councillor for four years and is active on the Discipline Committee, and as a professional practice exam invigilator. In 2005-2006, she was appointed vice president on the Executive Committee, and chaired the Regional Councillors Committee. In 2004, she was vice chair of the Regional Councillors Committee and chaired the Chapter Leaders Conference. A past me
mber of the Professional Engineers Awards Committee, Freeman was also active on the Grand River Chapter executive as chapter education coordinator from 1994 to 2000. Dedicated
to science awareness and enriching learning environments for children, Freeman is president of the board of directors for the Butterfly Learning Centre. In 2007 and 2008, she was elected a director on the board of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, where she is a member of the Large Urban Caucus. She is also a director and secretary of the Air and Waste Management Association (Ontario section). dfreeman@peo.on.ca
J. DAVID ADAMS, P.ENG., MBA
Past president
Dave Adams, past president PEO 2008-2009, studied arts and science at Carleton University before earning a BEng in mechanical engineering at
McGill University, and an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Western Ontario. Involved extensively in mechanical engineering
design and production management, and acquisition analysis and business operations, he has worked at the National Research Council, in the Alberta oil fields, CIL, Cockshutt, Abitibi and Rio Tinto (England), and held senior positions with Canadian Gypsum and Massey Ferguson before acquiring the 140-employee Canada Spool & Bobbin Company. Adams is president of Maple Leaf Engineering, a consulting firm specializing in lean design and manufacturing, wood processing machinery, and sawmill and dry kiln design. He was twice elected a regional councillor and has many years of chapter, committee and task force service. He chaired both the Governance Task Force and the Audit
Comm
ittee. A past president of the Rotary Club and elder of Lutheran Church Canada, Adams is a member of Gideon International, Canadian Who’s Who since 1989 and Marquis Who’s Who (US) since 1984. Adams was made a member of International Men of Achievement in 1986.
CORNELIU E. CHISU, P.ENG.
Major (retired) Corneliu Chisu holds a BEng from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and an MEng in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. He has been a military engineer and served with the Canadian Forces in
Bosnia Herzegovina (2004) as an engineer advisor to the NATO Multinational Task Force (NW) and in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2007), as a requirements officer of Task Force
Afghanistan’s Engineer Support Unit. Chisu has served as a public member of the Building Materials Evaluation Commission and was an application process administrator at PEO. Until 2004, he was the honorary consul of the Republic of Moldova (head of the consular post in Toronto) and secretary of the Consular Corps Association of Toronto. He served with the Italian Trade Commission in Bucharest and Toronto as technology transfer advisor. He worked as a research scientist and teaching assistant at the Energy Research Institute and Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Chisu was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration; Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; NATO medal for Balkan Operations; Canadian Peacekeeper Medal; and General Campaign Star Medal Afghanistan.
He was inducted into PEO’s Order of Honour in 2006. cchisu@peo.on.ca
Afghanistan’s Engineer Support Unit. Chisu has served as a public member of the Building Materials Evaluation Commission and was an application process administrator at PEO. Until 2004, he was the honorary consul of the Republic of Moldova (head of the consular post in Toronto) and secretary of the Consular Corps Association of Toronto. He served with the Italian Trade Commission in Bucharest and Toronto as technology transfer advisor. He worked as a research scientist and teaching assistant at the Energy Research Institute and Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Chisu was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration; Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; NATO medal for Balkan Operations; Canadian Peacekeeper Medal; and General Campaign Star Medal Afghanistan.
He was inducted into PEO’s Order of Honour in 2006. cchisu@peo.on.ca
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Romanian Canadian Day
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Pe ce pariaza cel mai bogat roman din Statele Unite
Pentru George Haber, cel mai bogat roman din Statele Unite, succesul inseamna 90% inspiratie si 10% ratiune. Antreprenorul, care a construit in Silicon Valley patru companii pe care le-a vandut, a ratat o afacere cu Bill Gates si o listare la Bursa, crede ca aceasta criza financiara pe care o traversam inseamna incheierea capitalismului si inceperea unei noi etape a dezvoltarii umane.
(citeste continuraea aici Pe ce pariaza cel mai bogat roman din Statele Unite)
(citeste continuraea aici Pe ce pariaza cel mai bogat roman din Statele Unite)
Friday, May 01, 2009
Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?
Dr. Mercola is providing in this article a much needed natural and integrative medicine perspective to the Swine Flu (and Flu in general) paranoia. Education is Power and the best form of prevention. Thanks.
Read the full extensive article here.
Read the full extensive article here.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
How our thoughts are affecting the job search results
How our thoughts are affecting the job search results
2 hours interactive workshop - FREE!!!
Gabriela Casineanu, M.Eng, MBA, Certified Coach
www.quantumlifecoach.ca
Would you like to know how your thoughts are affecting your job search results?
How you can influence them?
Together we will identify the barriers in getting a (better) job. Then, through coaching exercises you will be guided to:
· Experience different perspectives
· Understand the impact of your own thoughts on the job search results.
When: May 21, 2009, 3-5PM
Where: Skills for Change Employment Resource Centre (SfC ERC)
1139 College Street, Toronto ON M6H 1B5 (College & Dufferin)
Call 416-572-0790 to register
"This workshop facilitates a wonderful introspection, to understand how our thoughts could ruin our career evolution. We leave this workshop with a new perspective and a new life approach. Being ourselves the biggest barrier in our evolution, we learned with Gabriela how to better define what we want. It was an excellent opportunity to think about ourselves, how our own thoughts are usually limiting us. Bravo Gabriela!" - Valerie Plourde, Job Search Workshop Facilitator
“During this workshop, I realized that sometime I unconsciously designed my job search strategy in a way that my limitations were hiding many skills that I have. I really appreciate how the workshop was facilitated, the interactive method used, where I was successively an actor and a participant. Even if we know or heard before that our mental can affect our results, it’s totally different when we experience it (like in this workshop).” Participant
2 hours interactive workshop - FREE!!!
Gabriela Casineanu, M.Eng, MBA, Certified Coach
www.quantumlifecoach.ca
Would you like to know how your thoughts are affecting your job search results?
How you can influence them?
Together we will identify the barriers in getting a (better) job. Then, through coaching exercises you will be guided to:
· Experience different perspectives
· Understand the impact of your own thoughts on the job search results.
When: May 21, 2009, 3-5PM
Where: Skills for Change Employment Resource Centre (SfC ERC)
1139 College Street, Toronto ON M6H 1B5 (College & Dufferin)
Call 416-572-0790 to register
"This workshop facilitates a wonderful introspection, to understand how our thoughts could ruin our career evolution. We leave this workshop with a new perspective and a new life approach. Being ourselves the biggest barrier in our evolution, we learned with Gabriela how to better define what we want. It was an excellent opportunity to think about ourselves, how our own thoughts are usually limiting us. Bravo Gabriela!" - Valerie Plourde, Job Search Workshop Facilitator
“During this workshop, I realized that sometime I unconsciously designed my job search strategy in a way that my limitations were hiding many skills that I have. I really appreciate how the workshop was facilitated, the interactive method used, where I was successively an actor and a participant. Even if we know or heard before that our mental can affect our results, it’s totally different when we experience it (like in this workshop).” Participant
Monday, April 13, 2009
Ford continues to bet on Romania by bringing 200m euro to Craiova
Ford Motor Company, one of the world's leading car manufacturers, invested over 200 million euros in Ford Romania in January, the first instalment of the 675 million-euro investment aimed at bringing the Craiova-based car plant up to American standards.
The over 200 million-euro capial increase accounts for nearly half the overall foreign investments conducted in January in the form of capital contribution, according to data from the National Trade Registry Office.
While companies such as steel maker Voestalpine dropped their investment plans in Romania or shut down production, as was the case of Leoni on the Mioveni platform, the 200 million-euro investment is a "breath of fresh air" for the Romanian car industry.
Ford will attract its car part suppliers to Craiova, which will lead to the creation of over 40,000 new jobs. The sum is lower than the one announced by company representatives, who said at the beginning of the year that the Board of Directors of Automobile Craiova had approved a share capital increase by 250 million euros for Ford Romania.
The over 200 million-euro capial increase accounts for nearly half the overall foreign investments conducted in January in the form of capital contribution, according to data from the National Trade Registry Office.
While companies such as steel maker Voestalpine dropped their investment plans in Romania or shut down production, as was the case of Leoni on the Mioveni platform, the 200 million-euro investment is a "breath of fresh air" for the Romanian car industry.
Ford will attract its car part suppliers to Craiova, which will lead to the creation of over 40,000 new jobs. The sum is lower than the one announced by company representatives, who said at the beginning of the year that the Board of Directors of Automobile Craiova had approved a share capital increase by 250 million euros for Ford Romania.
