Deborah Burke
Partner Programs Manager
AMD

Roza Kohen
Manager of Major Reinforcements
Enbridge Gas Distribution

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Deborah Burke
- 23 years with Nortel in ASIC Design, Wafer Fab Process Development, Marketing (Ottawa, San Diego)
- 2 years with Tundra Semiconductor in a senior process/program role (Ottawa)
- 9 years with AMD in Marketing and Board Engineering (Markham)
- 11 years of night school to obtain BA and Engineering Degree from Carleton University (Ottawa)
- Currently manages efforts of six senior engineers (Shanghai/Markham) in the development of Partner Technical Support Programs (technical training, mentorship, technical reviews with customers)
- Travels quarterly to China and Taiwan to meet with AMD Add in Board Partners

Roza Kohen
A graduate of Israel’s Technion University in Chemical Engineering, Roza worked at Imperial Oil for 15 years. Since, she has worked in a number of roles at Enbridge Gas Distribution. She has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Roza has a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering from Western Ontario and is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario.

Roza worked in multiple departments through out her career and developed extensive experience in all aspects of Project Development (from concept through to implementation); Strategic Planning; Economic Evaluations; Marketing; Production, and Environment Health & Safety. The jobs took her from Toronto to Sarnia to Halifax and back. In senior roles at Enbridge, Roza advanced a relationship with the City of Toronto, negotiating an agreement to jointly promote energy and water efficiency retrofits, and developing a strategy to provide financing to qualified customers in the public, non-profit and private sectors. She created and implemented a comprehensive, integrated Distribution Management System that provides order, consistency and internal controls, to ensure safety and reliability for the public, and the environment. Roza led the Environment, Heath and Safety Department and developed multiple programs to improve the Safety Culture and distinguish Enbridge as a leader in the Gas & Electric Utilities sector. In her current role, as a manager of major reinforcements, Roza is responsible for creating a 20 year gas distribution expansion plan in Ontario.

Roza served on a number of industry committees through the American Gas Association, the Canadian Gas Association and Ontario Energy Association.