McGill Engine Team
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Benoit BouletP.Eng., Ph.D., SMIEEE
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Katya MarcM.Eng, MBA
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Vivian DinizPh.D., Eng.Business DevelopmentVivian has joined the McGill Engine team to help foster collaborations and transfer of knowledge between faculty and industry partners. Her academic background includes a PhD in Chemical Engineering from McGill. Prior to joining the Engine, she worked as a process engineer for several years at multinational engineering firms in Canada, Brazil and Australia, and has acted as a technical patent advisor for a Montreal legal firm. Her mix of academic and industry expertise is ideally suited to achieve the goals of all involved with McGill Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (The McGill Engine) and the Innovation and Partnerships Office.
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Elizabeth LallemandProgram Engagement Associate
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Michael M. AvedesianTechEiRDr. Avedesian has over 33 years of operations, technology and business management experience in the corporate sector. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Cambridge University. |
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Dr. Andrew CsingerTechEiRDr. Csinger served as Executive Vice President of Product Strategy and Development at Dategrity Corporation. He served as Senior Vice President of Systems Services of GT Group Telecom Inc. He served as Senior Vice President and CIO of Group Telecom from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Csinger served as President of Xcert Software Inc., which he founded in 1996 to develop the emerging public key infrastructure product. Dr. Csinger served as Advisor at Spark Integration Technologies Inc. Dr. Csinger was founding President of InterSpect Systems Consulting, successfully implementing many Internet security projects for clients including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Government of Canada. He served as Advisor at Distrix Networks Ltd. Dr. Csinger was a mentor of the SFU Technology Business Mentorship Program and has been both mentor and reviewer for the New Ventures BC business plan competition since 2007. He was NSERC PostDoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University and a visiting scholar at the German Center for Artificial Intelligence in Saarbrucken. Dr. Csinger served as Director of a2b Fiber Inc. since July 30, 2008 until November 2013. Dr. Csinger holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University. |
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Engine Booster Group

Students in the Faculty of Engineering have multiple opportunities to engage in existing co-curricular activities such as student societies, associations, committees, clubs and design teams. Our goal is to expand on these existing opportunities in order to enhance and increase student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) learning opportunities. These learning opportunities can provide students with essential skills for creating their own technologically-based companies. Furthermore, these same skills are highly valued by employers as they are necessary to identify and tackle big problems in the increasingly complex and fast-paced world of technological innovation.
For more information: Engine Booster Group