Dr. Robert A. Hanna is a registered professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, and a designated consulting engineer. He is Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (FIEE), UK, and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC). He is President of IEEE Canada and IEEE Director (Region 7) for 2006 - 2007.

In the past 33 years, Dr. Hanna has been actively engaged in all aspects of electrical design work, complex power quality investigations and Adjustable Speed Drives (ASDs) applications covering over 50 installations for 30 major clients. The work conducted in these areas has resulted in 75 technical company reports, 35 technical papers including 16 IEEE transaction/conference papers. He is frequently retained as a senior consultant to provide unique technical expertise on complex, non-conventional, multimillion dollars projects for large industrial customers and consulting firms