Alexei Botchkarev (Alex Bot), SMIEEE - Section Chair

Dr. Alexei Botchkarev is a consultant with over 30 years of experience in project management, systems analysis, modelling and simulation, business processes analysis, information systems solutions, requirements analysis and scientific research.

Alex holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from the Kiev Aviation Engineering Academy, Ukraine, and Ph.D. from the aerospace R&D Institute.

Also, he has several professional certifications in project management and systems/business modelling:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Certified Modelling and Simulation Professional. M&SPCC NTSA/NDIA.
• Microsoft professional certification: MS Project 2007, Managing Projects.
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Professional.

Currently Dr. Botchkarev is a Consultant with Chartwell Inc. – a well-established Toronto consultancy specializing in enterprise and business transformation.

Dr. Botchkarev has comprehensive knowledge of the Ontario government project management policies, processes and approaches in program planning and performance reporting. Knowledge of Ontario Public Service standards. He has hands-on experience developing business cases, project charters, schedules and plans according to the government methodology. Monitoring and reporting status and performance.

His recent assignments were in the areas of:

• business process re-engineering with Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario;
• business modelling with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care;
• large systems transformations with the Independent Electricity System Operator (part of the former Ontario Hydro). 

In the course of his career Alex worked as an employee or consultant in multiple industries (aerospace, information technologies, advanced materials, healthcare, education and training) and in various capacities (program/project manager, product manager, marketing manager, research analyst) in Canada, US, Europe, and Asia. He has more than 15 years of successful career in the aerospace R&D and manufacturing environment with expertise in managing/coordinating R&D projects. Alex has solid background in the quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, and simulation modelling of complex processes and systems. He has experience in coordinating complex avionics integration programs in commercial aviation industry. 7 years of patent research and coordinating intellectual property issues. 5 years in the education industry in Toronto.

Alex has authored or co-authored more than 60 publications, including chapters in three books.

His current interests are in enterprise and business architecture, modelling and simulation, quantitative methods in project management, Monte Carlo simulation and SR&ED.

 Also, Alex is a Founder and Principal of the GS Research & Consulting in Toronto.

He is member of the IEEE, and the IEEE Computer Society.

Alex served as Toronto Section’s Membership Development Chair in 2005, Chair of Conferences and Conventions from 2004 to March 2007, Vice Chair of the Section in 2006 to 2007. He served as an IEEE Canada Newsletter Editor in 2006 – 2007. He has been a member of the organizing committees of several IEEE conferences.

He has been Chair of the Toronto Section and a member of the IEEE Canada Board of Directors since January 2008.