Greg Blair

Greg Blair has a diverse work experience in various technical roles. Greg currently serves as the Director of Software at ePIC Blockchain Technologies since September 2018. Previously, they worked as a Research Engineer at GPU Analytics Inc, where they applied techniques such as OpenCL, GPU, DSP, and FPGA to real-time processing problems, specifically in controlling the 3D sound pressure field for a venue.

Greg also has teaching experience as a Professor at Seneca College from January 2014 to August 2018. During their time there, they played a significant role in advancing their computer science streams, being one of the first colleges to adopt teaching C++11.

Prior to this, they worked as a Research Engineer at Morgan Solar Inc and as a Senior Developer at Alt Software Inc. Greg also served as the Director of Technology at Jiangsu Shangyang Numerical Technology Company, where they designed and developed a large format 3D stereoscopic projection system. Furthermore, they worked at IMAX as a Software Research Engineer and at Leitch Video Inc as the Director of Software Development.

Greg began their career at Imperial Oil Limited as a System Analyst in the Strategic Planning Department, where they wrote a linear programming package for the Imperial Oil complex of companies and a 7-layer OSI network system for consolidating information from the company.

Throughout their career, Greg has demonstrated expertise in software development, research engineering, and teaching in various technological domains.

Greg Blair attended Brock University from 1971 to 1975, where they earned an Honours B.Sc degree in Mathematics. Greg then enrolled in the MBA Program at York University from 1975 to 1978, with a focus on Econometrics and Operations Research. In 2010, they pursued Mandarin studies at George Brown College, and the following year, in 2011, they continued their Mandarin education at the Toronto District Board of Education.