Welcome to FAST!
Tues, Feb 1, 2022
Órla Keane, MSc, BA
Professor, Design and Built Environment
Órla joins us with experience from various academic and industry capacities with a specialty in retail, exhibition and sustainable design.
She earned an MSc in Sustainable Development for the Built Environment, a BA in Interior Design and has worked as an interior designer and sustainability consultant on both residential and commercial projects.
Órla spent six years as a senior designer with Selfridges’ Arnotts of Dublin and lectured for the Design Faculty at Griffith College Dublin, where she was integral in the implementation of Ireland’s very first MA Interior Architecture. Following, Orla taught at TU Dublin’s School of Creative Arts, where she established a student exchange program between TU Dublin and Ryerson University’s School of Interior Design. She also taught for the Fashion Faculty of several secondary and college sectors specializing in mentoring retail design start-ups and environmental design.
Ali Owayid,
Professor, Information, Communication and Technology
No stranger to FAST, Ali has been working as an FT technologist for our faculty since 2017 and was instrumental in setting up the Data Centre at BCTI working closely with industry partner, Cisco. He has also been teaching part time at Humber as well as other Ontario colleges.
Since he earned his M.Sc. in Information Technology Management, Ali has gained valuable industry experience as an IT specialist and network administrator. He developed his skills and knowledge in cybersecurity through several industry certificates and has developed course curriculum in cybersecurity.
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our newest FAST members!
