Dr. Réda Fayek is currently a professor of engineering at Conestoga College, building a Cyber Systems Engineering program for accreditation. He holds a PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, a Masters in Systems and Computer Engineering from Carleton University, as well as an Executive MBA from Ivey School of Business of Western University. He temporarily served as an adjunct faculty in Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Réda’s research focused on robotics, autonomous navigation, (big) data abstractions for real-time decision-making. As executive in several startups, he lead the full commercialization of more than a dozen HardTech and MedTech products with successful exits realizing significant gains to shareholders. These leading technologies covered areas like genomic microarrays, microbiology automation, medical imaging, digital pathology, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, LiDAR and others.

Réda is contributing to the engineering profession through 20 years of volunteering at the Experience Requirements Committee of PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario), and academic accreditations with the CEAB (Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board). He is a Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), a Fellow of Engineers Canada, and received the Ontario Volunteer Service Award and the University of Guelph Outstanding Volunteer Award. He was nominated for the University of Waterloo Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal.