BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Mountain BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210301T192225Z UID:BD0876C4-6F61-4988-B5F1-071F289AA4E1 DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Mountain:20201118T120000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Mountain:20201118T130000 DESCRIPTION:Interested in becoming an IEEE volunteer but don't know where t o begin? Wondering how you can use your volunteer experience to help your career?\n\nJoin this event to hear from Ronnie Minhaz\, Transformer Consul ting Services Inc.\, who will be talking about his experience volunteering with IEEE and how it helped him to build his consulting business.\n\nRonn ie Minhaz began his journey with IEEE as the GOLD (now Young Professionals ) Chair. He then transitioned to Section Chair for the Southern Alberta se ction. This experience led him to join the IEEE Power and Energy Society ( PES) Transformers Committee\, which has allowed him to give various techni cal presentations for PES Chapters around the world.\n\nDuring this talk\, Ronnie will discuss how his involvement in IEEE helped him to grow his tr ansformer consulting business and allowed him to travel around the world f or technical seminars\, site inspections\, and more.\n\n------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nRonnie Minhaz received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from U niversity of Manitoba\, Canada. Before founding his own company\, Transfor mer Consulting Services Inc.\, Ronnie worked as a Transformer Designer at Pauwels Canada\, as an Equipment Engineer at SNC Lavalin and Enmax Power\, and as a Substation Lead Engineer at McGregor Construction. Ronnie has th e experience of performing Quality Assurance inspections in Transformer Ma nufacturing plants around the world. Besides providing services on Transfo rmer as consultant\, Ronnie has been an instructor for training sessions\, workshops\, conferences and seminars related to transformers around the w orld.\n\nRonnie is a registered professional engineer in the province of A lberta\, Canada and an IEEE Senior member. He has held various leadership positions at the IEEE Section level and is a regular member of the IEEE PE S society. He is also a member of several working groups and task forces w ithin the IEEE Transformers Committee.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.i eee.org/m/244915 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244915 ORGANIZER:ladawson@ucalgary.ca SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:How being an IEEE volunteer can "transform" your career URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244915 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Interested in becoming an IEEE volunteer b ut don't know where to begin? Wondering how you can use your volunteer exp erience to help your career?</p>\n<p>Join this event to hear from Ronnie M inhaz\, Transformer Consulting Services Inc.\, who will be talking about h is experience volunteering with IEEE and how it helped him to build his co nsulting business.</p>\n<p>Ronnie Minhaz began his journey with IEEE as th e GOLD (now Young Professionals) Chair. He then transitioned to Section Ch air for the Southern Alberta section. This experience led him to join the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Transformers Committee\, which has all owed him to give various technical presentations for PES Chapters around&n bsp\;the world.</p>\n<p>During this talk\, Ronnie will discuss how his inv olvement in IEEE helped him to grow his transformer consulting business an d allowed him to travel around the world for technical seminars\, site ins pections\, and more.</p>\n<p>--------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------</p>\n<p>Ronnie Minhaz receiv ed his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Manitoba\ , Canada. Before founding his own company\, Transformer Consulting Service s Inc.\, Ronnie worked as a Transformer Designer at Pauwels Canada\, as an Equipment Engineer at SNC Lavalin and Enmax Power\, and as a Substation L ead Engineer at McGregor Construction. Ronnie has the experience of perfor ming Quality Assurance inspections in Transformer Manufacturing plants aro und the world. Besides providing services on Transformer as consultant\, R onnie has been an instructor for training sessions\, workshops\, conferenc es and seminars related to transformers around the world.</p>\n<p>Ronnie i s a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta\, Canada a nd an IEEE Senior member. He has held various leadership positions at the IEEE Section level and is a regular member of the IEEE PES society. He is also a member of several working groups and task forces within the IEEE Tr ansformers Committee.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR