School of Computing & Academic Studies Computing Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

Our faculty and staff in the Computing Department bring a wealth of industry-relevant skills and educational experience to your training at BCIT. For more information about our instructors, including program associations, please visit our individual departments.

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Key personnel

Computer Systems Technology (CST) Diploma

Donna Turner, Program Head (Student Success) / Instructor
D’Arcy Smith, Program Head (Curriculum) / Instructor
Stephanie Jackson, Program Coordinator

Computer Systems Technology Bachelor of Technology (CST BTech) Degree

Donna Turner, Program Head (Student Success)
Mirela Gutica, Program Head (Curriculum) / Instructor
Michal Dziubek, Program Coordinator

Computer Information Technology (CIT) Diploma

Thomas Lane, Program Head / Instructor

Full-Stack Web Development (FSWD) Diploma

Sam Meech-Ward, Program Head / Instructor
Ron Terencio, Program Coordinator

Technology Professional Programs (TPP)

Uwe Helm, Program Head, Network Administration and Security Professional (NASP) – On parental leave until March 31, 2021
Phil Weier, Program Head / Instructor, Software Systems Developer (SSD)
Michael Whyte, Program Head / Instructor, Front-End Web Developer (FWD)
Orrett Morgan, Program Head / Instructor, Technology Support Professional (TSP)
Lorraine Fentie, Program Head / Coordinator / Instructor, Office Administrator with Technology Program (OAT)
Yoonie Cho, Program Coordinator, Technology Support Professional (TSP), Front-End Web Developer (FWD) & Software Systems Developer (SSD)

Computing Part-time Studies programs (CST/PTS)

Gustavo Montemor, PTS Program Assistant
Joanne Atha, Coordinator PTS and Industry Training
Kevin Cudihee, Program Head, PTS and Industry Training
Karen Lee, PTS Program Assistant

School of Computing and Academic Studies (SoCAS)

Aaron Hunter, Acting Associate Dean Computing Programs
Cynthia van Ginkel, Business Development Manager
Youri van Vliet, Marketing and Communications Coordinator

“The beauty of AI for me is that you solve a problem, but then you can automate it. Offloading some of the duty means you can do more things – you’re building tools to help you. It’s this tooling aspect that really interests me – I’m not looking to build a robot human that acts similar to humans. I want to use AI to help humans.”

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Faculty & staff

Full-time programs

Computer Systems Technology (CST) Diploma
Computer Information Technology (CIT) Diploma
Computer Systems Technology Bachelor of Technology (CST BTech) Degree
Full-Stack Web Development (FSWD) Diploma

Fast-track programs

Front-End Web Developer (FWD)
Office Administrator with Technology (OAT)
Software Systems Developer (SSD)
Technology Support Professional (TSP)
Network Administration and Security Professional (NASP)

Instructors

Thompson, Christopher G
Abdulla, Aman I, Option Head – Data Communications & Network Security
Yu, Benjamin, Option Head – Database
Randhawa, Tejinder, Option Head – Client/Server
Ferguson, Arron
Richards, Dennis, Option Head – Digital Processing
Neilson, Robert J
Tang, Keith H
Wei, Albert H
Link, Bruce D, Option Head – Information Systems
Elmasry, Medhat, Option Head – Web & Mobile (.NET)
Wiebe, Christopher R
Harrison, Jason W, Option Head – Tech Entrepreneur
McGee, Patrick H, Instructor, Option Head – Predictive Analytics
Noureddin, Borna
Hunter, Aaron
Orr, Carly Y
Huang, Chi En
Lord, Trevor D
Dargahi, Farnaz, Option Head – Cloud Computing
Zhang, Lei
Aibin, Michal
Amintabar, Amirhasan
Yim, Jeffrey W
Guichon, Patrick J
Changizi, Neda
Mulder, Michael J
Dhanji, Armaan
Guicherd, Timothee F
Magliery, Thomas
Kukreja, Rahul
Khezrzadeh, Maryam
Javadi, Seyed Mohammad
Kozma, Beata
Deol, Rajen S
Cooper, Alexandra M

Why choose teaching? Q & A with Computing Program Head Trevor Lord

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