Victor Goncalves of Alpha Technologies

In today’s global high tech world, innovation is considered a must for organizational survival. Having the ability to harness and convert creativity to innovation has become a critical organizational requirement for Alpha.  The opportunity to innovate is something most of us want more of in our daily work lives.  Innovation in the workplace is everyone’s job.   Come learn how Alpha innovates.

Biography:

Victor graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1987 with a B.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computing Engineering. He has over 30 years of leading R&D teams to conceptualize, design and develop technology products for the power supply industry. In his current position as Chief Technology Officer, Victor is responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and leading all aspects of the company’s technology strategy. His team is developing state-of-the-art power supplies that are being designed into hardened outdoor power cabinet systems that provide the backup power needs of today's fast changing wireless communication networks, outdoor security systems and emerging Smart Grid networks and devices.

Martin Ordonez

At UBC, we view our entire campus as a living laboratory, a kind of giant sandbox in which there is the freedom to explore—creatively and collaboratively—the technological, environmental, economic and societal aspects of sustainability. With a focus on student learning, research excellence, and community engagement, the power program at UBC is changing the way electrical power/energy is produced and used. Learn how UBC transforms research into action and deploys innovative powering solutions.

Biography:

Dr. Martin Ordonez is the Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems and Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also the holder of the Fred Kaiser Professorship on Power Conversion and Sustainability at UBC. He was an Adjunct Professor with Simon Fraser University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. His industrial experience in power conversion includes research and development at Xantrex Technology Inc./Elgar Electronics Corp. (now AMETEK Programmable Power), where he developed high-density power converters and advanced controllers.

He is the principal investigator of several power conversion grants and has developed partnerships with various companies in the sector. With the support of industrial funds and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), he contributed more than 100 publications and R&D reports in the power area. Dr. Ordonez is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS, a Guest Editor for IEEE JOURNAL OF EMERGING AND SELECTED TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS, an Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, serves on several IEEE committees, and reviews widely for IEEE/IET journals and international conferences. He was awarded the David Dunsiger Award for Excellence in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (2009) and the Chancellors Graduate Award/Birks Graduate Medal (2006), and became a Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.