Introducing OSPE Board Candidate Ronald Walter Clifton, P.Eng.

NAME 

Ronald Walter Clifton, P.Eng.

EMPLOYER AND POSITION 

CliftonGroup International Limited, President & Founder  

EDUCATION 

BASc (1974), MASc (1977) Electrical Engineering – University of Waterloo  

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

• 2010 – Present: CliftonGroup International Limited, Ottawa 
• 1997 – 2010: President & CEO, International Datacasting Corporation, Ottawa 
• 1994 – 1997: President & CEO Senstar Corp/Daimler Benz Aerospace, Ottawa   
• 1990 – 1994: VP & General Manager, Zenon Environmental Systems Inc., Burlington 
• 1976 – 1990: Business Unit Manager, Computing Devices Company, Ottawa 

ACTIVITIES IN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS  

• Ontario Society of Professional Engineers – Director, Treasurer and Chair Audit & Finance 
• Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer – Warden 
• Aerospace Industry Association of Canada – R&D Committee 
• Mexican Association of Distance and Continuing Education – Honorary Member  

YEARS OF REGISTRATION WITH PROFESSION 

• Registered as a professional engineer in Ontario in 1976  

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, INCLUDING POSITIONS HELD 

• Member Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) 
• Member Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) 
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) 
• Lifetime Member Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 
• Executive Member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 
• IEEE International Carnahan Security Technology Conference—Member of the Executive   

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

• Director of the Board – Ottawa International Airport Authority (7 years) 
• Ottawa School of Art – Honorary Chair Development Campaign (1 year)  

CONFERENCE OR TECHNICAL PAPERS GIVEN OR PUBLISHED 

• Panel Chairperson: “The FCC Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council 
• (CSRIC) WG4: What We Can Learn”, inaugural annual CyberSat Summit, Herndon, VA, November 2017 
• “Cybersecurity for Broadcast”: Video Services Forum (VSF), Washington, DC, October 2017 
• Invited Speaker: “Assessing Public Media System Technologies”, co-authored with J. McCoskey (Eagle Hill) and Ted Krichels (CPB) PBS Annual Technology Conference TechCon 2017, Las Vegas, NV, April 2017 
• “Cybersecurity for Broadcast”: SMPTE Ottawa Chapter inaugural session, October 2016 
•  “Next Generation Broadcast Network Applications” – Internet2 Technology Exchange Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, June 2015  
• “Fundamentals of MPLS Networks for Broadcast Applications” – SMPTE Conference, Maryland, May 2015   
• “Cloud 201: Leveling up with Cloud Computing Technologies” – PBS TechCon, Las Vegas, NV April 2014  
• “SaaS Partner Panel”, Cloud Expo 2012, NY, June 2012 
• “Cloud Computing 101 – an Introduction”, SMPTE Conference CBC HQ, Montreal, PQ,  June 2012 
• “Introduction to Cloud Computing and Potential Applications for Public Broadcasting” PBS TechCon, Las Vegas, NV, April 2012 
• “Ka-band Satellites: The Broadcast Question Examined?”, Satellite 2012, Washington, DC, March 2012 
• “Introduction to Cloud Computing” IET Seminar, Ottawa, November 2011 

CANDIDATE STATEMENT 

It is an honour to be nominated again to serve on the OSPE Board of Directors and I welcome the opportunity to be of service to my chosen profession. I offer the experience gained from a full working career in the international high-tech arena as an Engineer and hands-on CEO. I also bring extensive strategic and governance experience from serving on several private and public Boards.

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