2010 Nominees For Council
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denis Filipovic received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia in 1994. He has completed various under-graduate and post-graduate technical modules in a number of electrical engineering fields. He has also completed management programs with the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University.
In 1992, as an undergraduate student, Denis joined the post-graduate program that was part of the global Electro Magnetic Transient Program development effort. Since his transition to Canada in 1994, Denis has worked with several engineering, procurement and construction firms in Calgary on a number of projects within the oil and gas industry. Denis has also held various corporate positions. Currently, he is Principal Electrical Engineer / Deputy Chief Engineer with Bantrel, Calgary, working on a large SAGD project. He has enthusiasm for mentoring E.I.T.s and younger technical staff, and especially enjoys providing presentations on various engineering and management topics.
Denis has been an APEGGA Member since 2001.
Denis and his wife Roberta enjoy spending their time with their two young boys, and also value those precious few spare moments when they can get out biking, running or taking long walks. His volunteering time is devoted mostly around his children’s interests.
APEGGA Activities
Member (2000-present)
Affiliations, Corporate or Community Service
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2000-present)
Presenter, International Society of Automation
Volunteer, within community around his children’s activities
Is the concept of professional self-regulation of engineering and geoscience an outdated concept or an efficient and effective means of protection public safety and well-being and the environment?
Professional self-regulation is one of the most important facets of engineering and geoscience practice within Alberta. APEGGA holds the public trust, which once lost, would be difficult to replace. We must be diligent in ensuring that those who represent our profession have the skills to perform the tasks they are engaged in, that we are being progressive in our advocacy for conservation and that the operation of our profession is transparent to the public.
Should the need to facilitate international mobility of skilled knowledge workers to ensure Canada’s continued well-being and prosperity outweigh the need for due-diligence in evaluating the education and experience of internationally educated applicants for professional licenses?
As an internationally educated engineer, especially after practicing in Canada for some time, I believe that due-diligence in the evaluation of technical credentials is required. With new challenges like the Bologna Protocol and Alberta-staged multinational project executions, it will be required even more so in the future. Expedited evaluations and more tangible benchmarks against which each applicant will be evaluated may be required, but not the eradication or relaxation of the process itself.