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Veikko Kuronen (Elect ’70) designed the Engineering Society logo in 1966-1967 when he was a student.��

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Email: kuronen@golden.net��

Hans Zander (Civil ’71) fully retired in March 2024. Hans says “During two semi-retirement years prior, I was hired as mentor for those following in my footsteps. U of W co-op experiences provided the foundation for a wonderful, exciting and successful career.”��

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Email: winstall@rogers.com

Santosh Gupta (Civil ’74) has been volunteering for Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) since 2000. He served on the Board of Governors of PEO for 11 years and now volunteers on several committees. Currently, he is the vice-chair of the Scarborough Chapter of PEO. Santosh helps the newly arrived foreign trained engineers to settle down in their profession.��

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Email: santoshgupta.gupta@gmail.com��

Robert Allen (Mech ’75) says “It’s hard to retire when you’re having fun.” So he identified 78 stimulating kisses in a kissing card game that he eventually coded as the application: KissPlay available on the Apple Store.

Connect with Robert.
Email: kissplay@icloud.com������

Perry Wildfong (Mech ’80) retired in January 2023 after 43 years of sales and consulting in payment systems to the major banks and digitizing the cheque processing industry. He is now focused on travel, golf and barbershop singing.��

Connect with Perry.
Email: perryawildfong@gmail.com����

Bernie Warren (MSci ’84) reports “It has been 40 years and I am now retired. I’m living the good life in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island. Now that I’m retired, I have lots of time and would love to connect. Got a new motorcycle so ready to go anywhere! I remember fondly those days sitting in management science classes and the Grad Club!” ��

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Email: Bernie.Warren@gmail.com

Yuri Quintana (Elect ’88, SD ’90 & ’95) launched the DCI Network, uniting patients, hospitals, companies, and non-profits to develop innovative technology solutions addressing complex healthcare challenges through multistakeholder collaboration, strategic roadmaps, and scalable implementations. Check it out at��

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Email: yuriquintana@yahoo.com��������

Carl Spiess (SD ’89) says “Still very happily married to Jennifer Spiess (Mech ’91). 3 great kids. Retired after 30 years of advising clients at ScotiaMcLeod. Now following my wind sport passion by teaching windsurfing and wing foiling - .”����

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Email: cdnwindsurfguy@gmail.com����

Michael Grasley (SD ’91) enjoyed nine months of retirement but it didn't last. Mike is now at Farm Girl Cereals as their COO, busy shepherding the company through a 10x increase in volumes.����

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Email: mkgrasley@gmail.com������

Anant Nambiar (SD ’93) was recently elected to the Town of Mamaroneck Council, in New York State. He will be 1 of 5 elected officials who will govern the Towns of Larchmont and Mamaroneck in Westchester County, NY. He retired from corporate life in 2021 and spends his time playing lots of Pickleball and advising FinTechs on a part-time basis. His eldest son, Kumar, retired in Oct 2023 after 5 years in the Oakland A’s minor league system and now works for the Baltimore Orioles in the front office. His second son, Sachin, works at Nomura in equity derivatives, and daughter, Simran, works at Deloitte Consulting, both in Manhattan. Anant recently caught up with Jasbir Singh Manak and Marty White in Toronto. He hopes to meet more U of W alumni soon, whether in New York or Toronto.��

Marcelo Sampaio de Alencar (Elect ’94) is a visiting professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil. He is founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (Iecom), published over 550 engineering and scientific papers and 31 books. He also wrote chapters for 14 books. Marcelo is an IEEE Life Senior Member and a laureate of the prestigious 2014 Attilio Giarola Medal, of the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society (SBMO). He just published the book Set, Measure, and Probability Theory (River Publishers, Delft, The Netherlands).��

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Email: sampaio.alencar@gmail.com��

Jeremy Carkner (Civil ’00) has recently joined Arup on secondment to the DAA (Dublin Airport).�� He’s very excited to help this team drive forward sustainability and decarbonisation in the months and years ahead.��

Connect with Jeremy.
Email: Jeremy.carkner.cw@daa.ie��

David Butler (MBET ’06) reports: “In 2023 I started my law firm. As a dual licenced attorney, my goal is to protect the rights of individuals and businesses, advocating for fairness, and making a positive difference in people's lives.”��

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Email: dbutler@davidbutlerlaw.com������

Amit Jethani (Mtron ’08) is now a co-founder at Mantle, pioneering AI-driven equity management for startups. The company launched in 2022 and raised over $11M. Amit says “Would love to chat with other founders in the space!”��

Connect with Amit.
Email: amit@withmantle.com��

Jacky Chen (Civil ’09) joined the TTC in January 2023 and became a senior civil engineer.��

Connect with Jacky.
Email: jacky.chen@ttc.ca����

Jonathan Loh (Mtron ’10) reports: “I launched Avensi Wave Coffee Sensory Cups with fellow UW grads Vance and Vince Lee. It’s our 3rd successful Kickstarter project under @icosabrewhouse and is the most funded coffee cup in crowdfunding history with over $330k raised.”��

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Email: johnny@icosabrewhouse.com����

Mostafa Elgamal (Elect ’13) recently has been promoted to director, Data Science at Sobeys.��

Vimal Intwala (Mech ’14) is working as vice president at the management consulting firm AlixPartners as a leader in supply chain and procurement transformation. His contributions in digital enablement have been recognized by the firm with back-to-back 'Achievement in Excellence' awards. He specializes in delivering cloud supply chain solutions.��

Connect with Vimal.
Email: vintwala.mba2022@ivey.ca��

Jiang Xu (Chem ‘16) is the senior scientist and group leader at Virogin Biotech. ��

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Email:��xujiangfrank@gmail.com����

Lucas Wang (SWE ’17) is product designer at Apple, and for the last year, he worked on the cross-product experience design for some cool features on the new Apple Vision Pro!����

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Email:��me@lucas.wang����

Michelle Liu (Civil ’18, ’20) got called to the Ontario bar (fancy phrase for "licensed in law") in June 2024 and hopes to run a part-time law practice that advocates for equity-seeking persons who experience discrimination in engineering spaces.��

Connect with Michelle.
Email:��michelle.liu@uottawa.ca������

Kristoff Malejczuk (Nano ’19) left his five-year Apple engineering career on account of the pull to God.����

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Email: kamalejc@uwaterloo.ca������

Aileen Agada (Enviro ’21) founded , an online marketplace that connects clients with freelance hairstylists who know how to work on afro-curly hair textures. To date, Aileen has raised over $100K+ in funding for BeBlended.��

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Email: aileen@beblended.ca��

Jordan Lin (Mech ’22) was recently named a Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leader in Canada by Corporate Knights (2023). Jordan has empowered over 900 youth on sustainability, and reduces emissions from infrastructure and buildings through decarbonization plans as a consultant at Arup. ��

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Email:��zjordanlin@gmail.com

Fatemeh Ahmadloo (Elect ’23) says “I was hoping to join a passionate team of engineers and I am right there! I have been working for eGrid team at Hatch for over a year.”��

Connect with Fatemeh.
Email: ahmadloof71@gmail.com��

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