Bilal Riaz

Bilal Riaz specializes in Digital Signal Processing within Telecom, Optical, and Wireless Communications, and has interests in Digital VLSI and RF design. They have held various roles, including Hardware Design/Verification Engineer at Nortel and Senior Systems Engineer at Ciena. Bilal is passionate about public speaking and leadership, serving as both President and VP Education at LAN Toastmasters, where they earned the Competent Communicator and Competent Leader awards. They hold a B. Eng. (Honors) and M. Eng. (Thesis) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University, achieving high CGPAs of 3.98 and 3.94, respectively.