Instructor Profile.

Muhammad is a professional electrical engineer, and has twenty-three years of multidisciplinary experience in project planning, designing, financing, procurement and construction of renewable and conventional energy projects. He has been actively involved from prefeasibility to the construction and commissioning stage of the project. He has spent several years in engineering consulting, utility and development sectors. He assisted many energy companies, developers and utilities in managing the RFP process, contract negotiation and administration. On the technical side, he was involved in system engineering, analyzing emerging energy and power markets, remote metering, and SCADA. He assisted in selecting and procuring the capital intensive equipment (Wind Turbines, Solar Panels, Generators, Substation, Transmission and Distribution), saving millions in project development costs. He has been actively involved in engineering and public policy infrastructure projects, particularly in energy and power in Canada and overseas. On the utility level, he was involved in private power development, utility management, smart metering, and restructuring and transmission lines.

He has been actively involved in energy policy formulation, generation- mix planning, substation design, procurement, testing and commissioning, transmission line, smart grid, and utility management, and deregulated energy markets. He is the member of Professional Engineer of Ontario (PEO) and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). He has been actively involved in engineering and public policy projects particularly in power sector in North America and globally.

Mr. Amjad holds a Master Degree from McMaster University Canada. He completed his engineering and management education from USA, Canada Sweden and Pakistan. He holds Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering, attended MS/Ph.D. Graduate Program in Power Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York USA. In 1997, he was awarded a scholarship by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Stockholm, Sweden for specialized training in International Business Management Techniques and Standardization. He has extended his academic horizon by executive level management and technical courses and has deployed innovative ideas for expansion and problem solving.

He had held numerous senior engineering and management positions and leadership roles in many cross functional departments in utilities and municipality sectors in Canada and overseas. He was responsible for technical review and due diligence of projects and agreements in South Asian and Middle East markets, funded by World Bank and many other international financial institutions and assisted to develop 5000 MW of private power projects in those regions.

Currently, Mr. Amjad is working as an independent consultant for strategic business development projects for electrical utilities, energy and power sector companies on grid modernization, smart grid, storage, distributed generation, micro grid, utility asset mapping and financial institutions and investment companies for due diligence and feasibility studies.

Upcoming Courses by Muhammad Amjad