Located at the Siemens Headquarters in Oakville, Ontario, the MAC will serve as an environment for customers and partners across multiple vertical markets to collaborate on driving their digital transformation agenda and leveraging the true potential of data. This is the first center of its kind in North America to focus specifically on smart energy grids, intelligent buildings and industry digitalization solutions serving transmission system operators (TSOs), distribution system operators (DSOs), utilities, industry partners, smart building operators and other infrastructure entities. The Siemens MAC brings together local and global Siemen's expertise and customer references with an expansive Siemens software portfolio and technologies in asset specific software applications, digital twins, cloud-based platforms, advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI).Technically responsible to define, build and drive the strategy of the MAC.Utilize Customer Value Co-creation workshops to discover customer pain points and drive innovation forward in terms of proof of value solutions.Collaborate with other subject matter experts both internally within Siemens and externally with key stakeholders and partners.

The Engineering Team consists of 80+ Engineers across all the businesses.Responsible for Engineering Governance activities across Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Siemens Digital Industries and Siemens Mobility businesses.Responsible for resource management, technical guidance on strategic projects and the requirement to foster engineering excellence within the company.Part of the Siemens Canada core management team.Technology and Innovation solution and partnership reviews.Leading the company-wide Siemens Canada Dragon's Den Technology & Innovation Competition.Third Party Technical Product and Solution Portfolio Reviews for potential Mergers & Acquisition.University Relations Lead for Siemens CanadaMeet with corporate C-Suite Utility Management & Federal/Provincial Governments for strategic project topics.

The Werner von Siemens Award is the most prestigious awards within Siemens. Once a year, teams from around the Siemens world apply for recognition in various categories:Siemens matters: recognizes outstanding examples of responsibility, integrity and societal impactCustomer first: recognizes customer insight, demand creation and breakthrough customer solutionsPerformance: recognizes project/solution optimization with value creation & competitivenessIngenuity: recognizes technology & innovation whilst demonstrating leadership & entrepreneurshipBusiness Award: recognizes performance and profitable growth with leadership and engagementCountry Award: recognizes countries for demand creation, market penetration and customer loyaltyWorking out of the Global CEO Office in Munich, Germany Responsible to lead the Ingenuity Category that focuses on technology and innovationReviewed over 200 applications from around the world in this categoryCarried out technical deep-dive application assessment with technical experts and team leadsShort-listed to top 3 applications and presented to the Siemens Managing BoardWorked with the teams throughout the process to prepare them for the awardsResponsible for the Spotlight Category - Projects that had a small change but a big impactResponsible for moderating technical podcasts for both the Top 12 spotlight projects and the Top 12 finalists for all categories mentioned above.Overall, it was a fantastic opportunity to get insights and network with the leadership team of Siemens and be part of the Werner von Siemens Award 2020 project team.

Responsible at the Divisional Level for all Engineering and Development related activities. Lead Engineering initiatives and Innovation within the operating companySame roles and responsibilities as the position below.

Responsible at the Divisional Level for all Engineering and Development related activitiesLead Engineering initiatives and Innovation within the DivisionManage cross business unit related engineering activities across the divisionBusiness Units include: TS - Transmission Solutions, HP – High Voltage Products,MS - Medium Voltage Solutions, LP - Low Voltage Solutions, DG – Digital Grid Solutions,TR – Transformer Solutions, CS – Customer ServiceResponsible for Resource Management for all Engineers within the Energy Management DivisionMeet with Corporate Utility and Industry Management to discuss technology and market trendsTechnically responsible for Microgrid Solutions across CanadaWork with the Head of the Division on Strategic ProjectsWork with Division’s Head of Business Units, Sales, Strategy, Business Excellence and HumanResources on topics directly relating to Engineering activities within their portfolio.Worked with the Head of the Division and Head of Human Resourses to create a Local Key ExpertProgram for all Engineers within the division to career path within the engineering stream.Head EMPower Engineering – a bottom up initiative involving individual business unit engineers todrive divisional strategy for Engineering

Responsible for the Operations and Project Management of the System Business within Energy Automation.Manage all Energy Automation projects within Canada.Work with the Energy Management team on strategy for growth and business direction. Identify and work towards high market potential areas by showcasing our product portfolio and USPsCommercial Responsibilities - cost calculations, gap & margin analysis, change order managementProject Reviews & Assessment - scope definition, opportunity & risk analysis & review, costing, technical issues, quality assessment, project planning.Responsible for the Project Teams & Personnel - direct reports career planning, remuneration assessment, expense reports, resource planning & scheduling, HSE & PPE reviews.Technically approve project specific equipment selection and oversee procurement activities.Consulting Activities - work directly with customers on concept realization and solution development. Specifically, network architecture design, product selection, cyber security, etc. Responsible for the Smart Grid Laboratory - assets, demo equipment, and training.Recruitment within the Operations group - Technical competence assessment and best fit.Carry out technical trainings and demonstrations to customers and utilities.Assist the business development and proposal team with technical aspects review.Direct involvement in a number of technically complex projects - carry out project management activities, technical base and detailed design, configuration, commissioning and final witness testing. (See Projects Section for More Detail)

Technical Lead Manager within the Energy Automation Division for the Lower Gulf Region specifically:United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Yemen.Technically Responsible for Protection, Control & Substation Automation Systems Projects.Lead various teams for project execution from infancy to final handover and close out from concept realization to base design, detailed design, configuration, factory acceptance testing (FAT) to final install, site acceptance testing (SAT), and energization.Conducted technical meetings with utilities within the regions for concept clarification, technical solution realization, trainings, product per-qualification and complex commissioning activities.Carried out resource planning, time scheduling, and project planning for multiple teams running multiple projects in parallel.Responsible for product and system pre-qualification and approval by end client involving a step by step demonstration of equipment behavior and functionality all in line with laid out specification criteria for protection and control systems.Directly involved in strategic complex projects carrying out technical functionality demonstrations of complicated schemes and system solutions as well as assisting the commissioning teams with problem solving.Conducted project review meetings with management that focused on budget reviews, forecasting, order income calculations, risk assessment and claim and variation order management.Assisted the sales team with product selection and technical concept realization for their proposals.

Coordinated activities for 5Nos. Substations in Abu Dhabi, UAE.Activities involved - project planning, time scheduling, testing activity sequencing, project reviews and assessment with management.Responsible for technical documentation preparation, review and submission.Conducted progress meetings with the end client.In addition to the above mentioned, was also responsible for parameterization and configuration of Substation Automation Systems within our group. Executed 11Nos. Systems across the emirate of Abu Dhabi.