Changiz Sadr is a Telecommunications Engineer, a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, and a Fellow of Engineers Canada. Prior to his current assignment to the Board of Directors of Cyber Security Global Alliance (CGSA), Engineer-In-Residence (EIR) Advisory Board of Engineers of Tomorrow, and his recent appointments to the Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board and the Board of Engineers Canada, he was practising in areas of Communications Infrastructure Engineering and Cyber Security for several years.
Changiz has been recognized with many prestigious professional achievement awards, such as the Most Dedicated Communications Engineering Consultant in Ontario (Corporate Vision Magazine's Canadian Business Awards 2019) and Industry Excellence Award Finalist for Telecom Professional of the Year in 2008 (Association Of Telecom, Mobility, and IT Management Professionals).
Changiz Joined the Emerging Disciplines Task Force of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) in 2008 as the industry Subject Matter Expert (SME) and led the Communications Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) group of this task force as the vice chair until 2011. During this time, he and his team created the Core Body of Knowledge (CBK) for CIE and presented it to the PEO Council in 2010, which resulted in the CIE to become the 32nd engineering discipline in Ontario.
Changiz has served PEO for over 20 years including PEO Council from 2013 to 2017, Executive Committee, Chair of Regional Councillors Committee, and also on chapter and several different committees such as Finance, Audit, Discipline, and Experience Requirements Committee (ERC). He has also served 4 years on the Council of Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT).
He has received numerous awards including the Canada Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers in 2019, the Willowdale 150 Commemorative Medal in 2018, two PEO’s Order of Honour Awards in 2011 as a Member and in 2018 as an Officer, and six Ontario Volunteer Service Awards from 2009 to 2020.