Highlights of Qualifications

  • Extensive teaching experience in diverse fields over the span of 19+ years
  • 9+ years of cutting-edge industry experience, having worked at Nortel Networks, Siemens Canada, WiMAX Forum, Research In Motion (RIM), and Huawei Technologies
  • 5+ years of hands-on-experience with security protocols and eHealth regulations and management systems
  • Recipient of the best Ph.D. thesis award by the IEEE Society
  • Distinguished speaker invitee to the 4th Symposium on Health Technology
  • Invited speaker at Chinese Bit's 1st Congress on U-Homes (Nov. 2011), 4th Congress of BioSoft (Mar. 2012), and 2nd Congress on U- Homes (Aug. 2012) Author and co-author of 4 patents in the areas of health-informatics
  • The leading editor of two books on advanced wireless management systems
  • The prime author of two QoS/security whitepapers supported by WiMAX Forum
  • Developed and delivered four course teaching materials for the Software System Developer (SSD) certificate degree program offered at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
  • Extensive academic/industrial knowledge and hands-on-experience in different areas of network security, including: Security algorithms, functions, and protocols
  • Extensive knowledge and expertise in the health informatics (eHealth/mHealth) - Proficient on eHealth standards in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Australia
  • Delivered a number of projects in the mHealth and M2M domains as the BlackBerry mHealth project leader - Project leader for the Artificial Pancreas Project (APP)
  • Successfully supervised graduate and undergraduate students, the industry liaison
  • Recipient of numerous research-based scholarships and grants, including the grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
  • Extensive experience and technical knowledge on biomedical link technologies
  • Extensive knowledge and hands-on-experience in Wi-Fi and Cellular technologies
  • Expert in security mechanisms and protocols, including biomedical authentication
  • Detailed knowledge of 2G and 3G (HSDPA, HSUPA, WiMAX, LTE)
  • Strong academic and research track, first author of 50+ accepted/published journal/conference/book chapter articles
  • Received 20+ IT-related training certificates
  • Attended numerous workshops/symposiums/conferences in different areas of network security, wireless QoS management, and health informatics