Dr. Reza Aria

• M.A.Sc., Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ryerson University
• B.Sc., Computer Engineering, Azad University

PhD Candidate & Researcher

St. Michael Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada (2011 – present)

• Leading the development and quality assurance of a new e-Health initiative to support chronic disease self-management for patient with single or multiple comorbidities
• Coordinating a study for evaluating the different features of the new e-Health system and acting a liaison between academia and industry
• Working with a team of healthcare professionals including physicians and nurses in the hospital setting
• Tracking and monitoring the project  progress reports as well as identifying and mitigating any project related risks

Teaching Assistant

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (2010 – present)

• Assisted in teaching several courses such as: Information Systems in Management (2KA3), Information Systems in Business (K603), Data Mining & Business Intelligence (K723), System Analysis and Design (3KA3), Project Management (K731)

Quality Assurance Analyst

Thomson Reuters, Scarborough, ON, Canada (2007 – 2008)

• Participated in the development and planning of the testing and quality assurance of Thomson-Reuters and Thomson-West (U.S. partner) several new products
• Worked with a team of professionals including project managers, developers and testers from Canada and the U.S. (partner)
• Attended weekly meetings with immediate teammates and managers as well as the development teams and project managers from the U.S. partner to discuss all the issues surrounding the project down to the last detail
• Provided progress reports and presentations to the upper management and other team members as well as the U.S. partners

Test Engineer

General Electric (GE-Canada), Markham, ON, Canada (2006 – 2007)

• Participated in the design, development and integration of test systems customized towards validating the integrity of GE’s PCR (Power Control Relay) products
• Worked with teams of professionals including product designers, firmware designers and technicians on an ongoing basis in order to develop a final test system that is cost effective, efficient and immensely improved in comparison to its predecessors
• Attended the arranged weekly meetings with immediate teammates as well as the manufacturing department’s manager to discuss all the issues surrounding the project down to the last detail

Co-founder & Software Engineer

Sky Robotics Technologies Inc., Tehran, Iran (2004 – 2006)

• Participated the design, development and integration of the software systems for world class automotive assembly line robots for Saipa Co., one of the biggest automobile makers in middle east
• Managed and supervised the general costs, resource assignments, system development and target deadlines related to the software part of the project

Software Developer

Atlas Systems, Arak, Iran (2001 – 2004)

• Developed a variety of software for the automation of office tasks

Certifications

PMP (Project Management Professional) – 2013

CSSGB (Certified Six Sigma Green Belt) – 2013

In the final year of his B.Sc. studies, Reza served as the head and the technical supervisor of the Iranian robotics team participating in the International Fire-fighting Robots Contest in the U.S. and later, in the 3rd International IEEE Latin American Robotics Contest in Mexico.

After completing his bachelor degree in Computer Engineering, Reza worked as a software engineer for a couple of years before deciding to move to Canada. In Canada, he worked for a few well-known international companies such as General Electric and Thomson Reuters.

He established the International Robotics Academy, an educational robotics institute in 2007, where he taught some electronics and robotics as well as some programming courses. In 2008, he decided to go back to school to pursue his own education.

Research in progress

Doctoral Dissertation: The Role of Support and Sustainability Elements in the Adoption and Sustainability of Use of a Chronic Disease Support System.

Publications

R. Ariaeinejad, N. Archer, (2014) “Importance of Mobile Technology in Successful Adoption and Sustainability of a chronic Disease Support System”, International Journal of Social, Human Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 4, 2014

R. Ariaeinejad, N. Archer, “Key Determinants in Adoption and Sustainability of an m-Health Self-management System”, Proceedings of Med-e-Tel 2014, Luxembourg, April 2014

R. Ariaeinejad, N. Archer, “Sustainability of an m-Health Self-management System”, Research Awareness Month, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, October 2013

L. Rajabion, S. Shah, K. Subramaniam and R. Ariaeinejad, “Students’ Knowledge Management and Uses of Web 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education: Comparative Study between Four Different Countries (Canada, U.S.A, India, and Saudi Arabia)”, 13^th European Conference of Knowledge Management, Cartagina, Spain, September 2012

R. Ariaeinejad, K.S. Viand, C. Demers, N. Archer, “Personal Decision Support for Chronic Disease Self-Management”, American Health Informatics Advances Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2012

R. Ariaeinejad and A. Sadeghian, (2011) “Spam detection system: A new approach based on interval type-2 fuzzy sets“, CCECE, pp.379-384.

K. Habibi, R. Ariaeinejad and A. Abhari, “Modeling and Simulation of Web Service Replica Choosing Algorithms”, Spring Simulation Multi-Conference, San Diego, USA, May 2009