I have worked in various positions (Semiconductor Engineering to IT Management) for twenty-nine years after graduating from Humber College in 1969. The companies I have been employed by are University of Toronto - Department of Medical Biophysics, Texas Instruments, Air Miles Group, LSI Logic and finally completing my industry experience with Lucent Technologies as the Chief Information Officier(CIO). I started at Humber College in 1998 completing a certification course with Cisco and as well I completed my teaching degree at Brock University in 2007. My teaching interests are in data and voice networking along with microprocessor development and programming.
David Lloyd has been a faculty member for Humber College I.T.A.L. for 26 years. He has a Bachelor of Science with University of Toronto, Masters of Arts in Education with Central Michigan University and a Ph D in education with University of Toronto. His interests involve electronic hardware, assembly language programming , computer networking, adjunct professor for the Master of Arts in Education offered by Central Michigan University in partnership with Humber College.
My educational qualifications are MSC (Computer Science), York University (in progress), MA (Adult Education), Central Michigan University, 1994, MBA (Personnel, Finance), York University, 1978, BASc. (Electrical Engineering), University of Waterloo, 1974.
I have worked at Humber College since 1983. I teach in the Computer Engineering Technology program, and Computer and Network Support Technician program. Since joining the college, I have also been Program Coordinator of several Technology programs as well as Chairman for these programs for three years.
Prior to this, I worked for IBM as a manufacturing engineer and as a software developer for seven years. I also worked for NorTel for two years as a project manager of new products.
My interests lay in the Linux operating system and in formal methods of Object Oriented Programming.
Educated at the Royal Air Force College in England. Graduated from a three year airborne electronic engineering technologist course. (Equivalent to U.K. Higher National Certificate). Emigrated to Canada and spent 13 years in the aerospace industry involved in manufacturing Inertial Navigation Systems, Cockpit LED displays and Radar.
Joined Humber College Queensway Campus as a teacher of Electronics, Mechanics and Optics in 1978. Was assigned to work on international projects set up between the college and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). Sent to Kenya for two years, the Caribbean for six months, and then a further two years in Africa. Taught at the Keelesdale Campus, and later transferred to the North Campus and taught in the Electronics, Computer Engineering and Apprenticeship departments.
Kalavathi Sarma – Ph.D., Chemistry Annamalai University (India) & B.Ed., (Math, Science & Technology) York University.
I taught chemistry for undergraduate students in India. I am bilingual (English & French) and I worked in Royal Victoria hospital (Montreal). I was working in a plastic industry before joining Humber College and I also worked for plastic training center (Humber College) teaching the program “chemistry for plastics” during 1993 and 94 in addition to organic, analytical and general chemistry for chemistry department. I returned to Humber in 2003 and I am teaching Industrial Organic Chemistry for Chemical Engineering Technologist. I am one of the Lab Instructors for the physics lab which is a part of Computer and Net work Support Technician Program.
Professor Leon King has a Specialist Degree in Computer Science but has also been hacking software since the age of 10. He actively knows about 30 different programming languages and has done system level and network programming in Windows, Macintosh, Unix/Linux and some other operating systems as well. Currently he's interested in software development for cell phones and in this past Winter term he directed a Project course targetting Java based phones including the Blackberry. He also teaches students how to construct databases in Oracle and DB2, create graphic simulations of algorithms, design portable code and portable data, and develop client/server software where programs on one machine talk to and exchange information with programs on others.
Prior to coming to Humber College Paul Michaud worked in the geophysics industry supporting and designing microprocessor based instruments for use in oceanographic and mineral exploration. He also worked in the development of credit card verification terminals and robotic integrated circuit testing equipment.
