Tam Wagner, P.Eng., Director, Demand Side Management
When it comes to building diverse skills and charting an enviable career path, you don’t have to join a huge organization. Just ask Tam Wagner, who says there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving your goals at the IESO – her love of learning has taken her from the control room to leading teams that support real-time and future reliability.
Saeed Mohamed, Program Analyst Funds, Community Engagement & Indigenous Relations
As a U of T student interested in community building, Saeed Mohamed never imagined he’d be able to realize his passion for helping remove barriers faced by marginalized communities in either a government agency or in the electricity industry. But today’s he’s doing that in both – thanks, in part, to his co-op experience, which opened doors to new possibilities.
Joseph Ricasio, P. Eng., Manager, Operations Planning
When it comes to significant grid events, Joseph Ricasio has seen it all – from forest fires to ice storms and tornadoes – since joining the IESO in 2007. But on a team where addressing contingency is second nature, and where there’s always a Plan B and Plan C, it’s the day-to-day contributions to system reliability that make the difference.
David Le, EIT, Power System Engineering Analyst
For David Le, learning in an academic setting is one thing. But it’s the exposure to the inner workings of a power system, and the opportunity to put his grounding in power system theory into practice in the real world – and in real time – that led the former co-op student to return to the IESO to build his career.