PEY Co-op Edge Conference 2022

Sixth Annual PEY Co-op Edge Conference 2022

Saturday, September 10, 2022

10:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MY), Room MY150

University of Toronto, 55 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 0C9, Canada

Agenda

Start	End	Duration	Activity
10:00 a.m.	10:30 a.m.	30 minutes	Attendee arrival / Sign-in*
10:30 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	15 minutes	Opening remarks
10:45 a.m.	11:45 a.m.	1 hour	Student panel 1: Goal Setting and Diverse Opportunities
11:45 a.m.	12:00 p.m.	15 minutes	Break
12:00 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	1 hour	Student panel 2: Leadership and Teamwork
1:00 p.m.	1:45 p.m.	45 minutes	Networking lunch
1:45 p.m.	2:45 p.m.	1 hour	Employer panel
2:45 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	15 minutes	Closing remarks

There's no substitute for experience

We're very grateful to all our speakers--students, employers and alumni--for sharing their insights with students pursuing co-op.

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Students

Vanathi Anpalagan

Industrial Engineering
General Motors

About Vanathi

"I play with data and create insights. I dedicate my time to learning, creating things to inspire others and to be inspired at the same time.

Try to stay curious and see the world from a new perspective every day."

-- Yixin Tian

Maeesha Biswas

Industrial Engineering
PocketHealth

About Maeesha

Maeesha is an Industrial Engineering student with a strong interest in healthcare technology and human-centred design. She completed her 16-month PEY Co-op at PocketHealth as a full-stack software engineer intern.

Pockethealth is a U of T Engineering alumnus-founded startup that enables medical image sharing between patients and providers. Some highlights of her internship include rolling out over 20 user-facing A/B tests to drive product conversion, conducting user experience and product deep dives, and introducing frontend error monitoring.

She can speak to her experience pivoting from human factors to software engineering, working remotely, moving from a corporate workplace to a startup, and taking courses during PEY. Further information about her interests and background can be found at https://maeeshabiswas.com/.

Wing Yan Chan

Industrial Engineering
Varicent

About Wing Yan

PEY Co-op Edge Conference 2022 participant

Alice Chew

Chemical Engineering
TC Energy

About Alice

Alice is a 4th year chemical engineering student who finished a 16-month long internship at TC Energy. She was a system optimization intern who worked closely with her project managers on the development, planning, coordination, and execution of over 30 pipeline integrity programs (e.g. rupture repair, valve replacements, etc.) costing over $60MM to ensure continued safe and reliable operation of TC Energy’s assets.

She gained exposure to the energy industry, construction, project management skills and how to build a low-cost high impact solution to eliminate any mundane task. She is now determined to further her studies in sustainable energy to be at the forefront of clean energy transition.

Robert Ciborowski

Computer Science
RBC Capital Markets

About Robert

Robert is a computer science student who finished his PEY term at RBC Capital Markets as an AI Engineer, where he worked with deep reinforcement learning trading algorithms.

Before his PEY, Robert worked at a startup. After his PEY, Robert worked at Meta in Boston as a software engineer intern. Robert's favourite projects include Metagram, which won 1st place at UofT Hacks IX, and Neo-Zero, his Kickstarter-funded video game.

Emily Dawe

Chemical Engineering
Ontario Power Generation

About Emily

Emily Dawe is a final year Chemical Engineering undergraduate student pursuing a minor in Sustainable Energy. She recently completed her PEY Co-op at Ontario Power Generation, working in Performance Engineering at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.

Emily will be working as a Nuclear Engineer in Training at Hatch when she graduates. She is looking forward to being a student panelist and networking at the PEY Co-op Edge Conference.

Mehak Kalra

Computer Engineering
Synopsys Inc.

About Mehak

Lucy Ma

Engineering Science
Bombardier Aerospace

About Lucy

Lucy Ma is a 4th year Engineering Science Undergraduate Student pursuing a major in Biomedical Systems Engineering and a minor in Engineering Business.

During her PEY Co-op, she worked at Bombardier Aerospace as a Project Engineering Intern, where she discovered her passion for being a part of a multidisciplinary team. Throughout the year, Lucy continued to take part in extracurricular activities such as design teams, mentorship programs, and research projects.

Lucy will share her experience being a woman in engineering, key learning outcomes, and anecdotes with tips on how to make the most out of your time on PEY.

Cecilia Rozario

Industrial Engineering
RBC Capital Markets

About Cecilia

"I'm looking forward to sharing my experience being a woman in engineering, key learning outcomes, and anecdotes with tips on how to make the most out of your time on PEY."

-- Lucy Ma

Yixin Tian

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kijiji

About Yixin

Employers

Fyyaz Khan

Senior Engineer
Marvell Semiconductor

About Fyyaz

Peter Murphy

Management Consultant
The Poirier Group

About Peter

Peter is a 1T5+PEY Chem undergraduate, and a 1T9 Graduate student from U of T. He has worked in tech, cpg, academia, and currently works as a management consultant for The Poirier Group solving problems for major companies.

Peter's PEY experience at IBM as a technical analyst was a pivotal experience for him and provided a number of the skills he employs today in both his day to day and project based endeavors. He mentors students frequently and is always happy to answer questions about his experiences.

"My PEY experience as a technical analyst at IBM was pivotal. It provided a number of the skills I employ today in both day-to-day and project-based endeavours. I mentor students frequently and I'm always happy to answer questions about my experiences."

-- Peter Murphy

Tara Nash

Manager of Recruitment and Organizational Development
Safran Landing Systems

About Tara

Tara is a Human Resources professional with over 20 years of progressive experience. After completing a business degree at York University, she continued her studies by completing a one-year post Diploma in Human Resources at Durham College. After completing a co-op position at Teva Pharmaceuticals, she was offered her first HR position as a training coordinator at their penicillin facility in Markham. She spent 11 years with Teva, progressing through many HR roles, and held her last position as an HR Generalist at the Corporate Head Office.

In 2014, Tara “landed” her dream job at Safran Landing Systems as a Talent Acquisition Specialist in Ajax. She states, "I immediately took over the PEY recruitment program and have participated in hundreds of student interviews. As my career greatly benefited from my co-op opportunity, I value this program and support it in any way I can. I recently started my new position in August of this year as the Manager of Recruitment and Organizational Development, where I look forward to continue to partner with U of T and build our Engineering pipeline with future talent."

Navila Uddin

QA Engineer
Nulogy Corporation

About Navila

After graduating from Electrical Engineering in ‘12, Navila joined development teams in managing software technical risks at every point in the software development lifecycle. She continues to become a high-performing individual where she coaches her team in the quality mindset while writing code and facilitating product management activities.

"When working collaboratively, it is important to take the reins when you know least so you can push the whole team forward. That's how high performing teams are created across the workforce - by becoming E-shaped individuals."

Outside work, Navila loves being outdoors with her family or training for her next sprint triathlon.

"I...took over the PEY recruitment program and have participated in hundreds of student interviews. As my career greatly benefited from my co-op opportunity, I value this program and support it in any way I can."

-- Tara Nash

Jessica Yu

Human Resources
Tenstorrent

About Jessica

Jessica Yu is part of the HR team at Tenstorrent. Tenstorrent is a scaling start-up building the next generation of compute including ML accelerators and high performance CPU.

Prior to Jessica's experience at Tenstorrent, she was the career coach and advisor at Rotman School of Management's Master of Management Analytics program and Campus Lead at AMD & TD.

Jessica holds a Bachelors of Human Resource Management from York University and recently completed her Masters of Education at the University of Toronto.

"When working collaboratively, it is important to take the reins when you know least so you can push the whole team forward. That's how high performing teams are created across the workforce - by becoming E-shaped individuals."

-- Navila Uddin

PEY Co-op Alumni

Fyyaz Khan

Senior Engineer
Marvell Semiconductor

About Fyyaz

Peter Murphy

Management consultant
The Poirier Group

About Peter