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Spread across over 60 cities, our team is a global collective of urban experts in design, architecture, engineering, civil, transportation, urban geography, real estate, landscape, communications, software development and so much more. These are the people defining the cities of tomorrow.

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Joe Peters

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Energy Solutions
Calgary, AB

Joe Peters
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Energy Solutions# #All# #Electrical Engineering# #Energy Solutions# #Project / Programme Management# #Research & Development# #Sustainability & Environmental Management# #Green# ##
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joepeterscanada/
For six years, Joe Peters had been the President and a Principal Consultant at Peters Energy Solutions, an energy industry consulting company with a focus in Alberta. The company was acquired by IBI Group and is involved in the development of over 600 MW of wind, solar and gas generation projects. Specific to solar power development, Peters Energy had represented both project developers and landowners, and provided services for project development, grid connections, off-grid projects, revenue modelling, technology selection and regulatory hearings. Clients include oil and gas companies, foreign and domestic generation developers, indigenous nations, advocacy organizations and irrigation districts. Prior to founding Peters Energy Solutions Mr. Peters was employed at Genalta Power, as Director, Regulatory, developing distribution-connected generation. Prior to that, Mr. Peters held a number of positions within FortisAlberta for 10 years, including Manager, Project Management and Engineering as well as Manager of Service Development, which involved the creation of a new rate class. Mr. Peters has also held several positions in Gas Transmission at TransCanada and NOVA Gas Transmission over a period of 11 years, culminating in the role of Manager, Pipeline Supply Analysis in Marketing Strategy.
#North America#
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Sam Hickey

Associate - Manager, Transit Data
Seattle, WA

Sam Hickey
#Associate - Manager, Transit Data# #All# #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Data Analytics# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Transportation# #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelhickey
Sam has over eight years of experience working with transit real-time passenger information systems and CAD/AVL systems. Sam leads the implementation and operations and maintenance of IBI Group’s transit data suite of software for clients including TransLink (Vancouver), Los Angeles Metro, and RTD (Denver). This suite of software includes TRANSIT-alerts, which is used to enter, manage, and disseminate service alerts, and TRANSIT-realtime, which aggregates, manages, and disseminates real-time locations and predictions. Sam also has a focus on real-time passenger information systems for rail and has designed and developed light rail and commuter rail real-time passenger information systems for RTD (Denver), SunRail (Orlando), and NFTA (Buffalo). Prior to joining IBI Group in 2015, Sam worked for the MBTA (Boston) for over four years. At the MBTA he designed and developed software that generated real-time arrival predictions for the subway lines and published the predictions on countdown signs and for app developers, served as system administrator for the bus CAD/AVL system, and managed the MBTA’s GTFS data. Sam has a Master’s degree in Transportation and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
#North America# #Pacific West#
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Sarah-Lynn Schnare

Associate | Manager, Interior Design
Halifax, NS

Sarah-Lynn Schnare
#Associate | Manager, Interior Design# #All# #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Office# #Commercial# ##
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sarah-Lynn Schnare is a NCIDQ-Certified Interior Designer with 10 years of design experience. Her portfolio primarily focuses on corporate design specializing in professional and financial services firms, including an ARIDO Award for her contributions to the KPMG Toronto North project. Her experience has developed a keen eye for quality, attention to detail, and client-focused professionalism. Her fine arts and interior design background have proven to be a seamless link to innovative, yet functional solutions. Sarah-Lynn’s passion for design and curiosity enables her to deliver creative and thoughtful solutions. Her ability to build relationships and listen intently makes her a valuable team member that successfully works collaboratively with all members of a project team. Her experience covers all facets of the design process from start to finish. Sarah-Lynn’s mission is to ensure client requirements and expectations are met efficiently and thoughtfully with quality of work as her highest regard.
#North America#
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Ray Whitchurch

Associate Director | Principal, Urban Planning
Salt Lake City, UT

Ray Whitchurch
#Associate Director | Principal, Urban Planning# #All# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Development Engineering# #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Landscape Architecture# #Leader# #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Public Outreach# #Subject Matter Expert#
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
Ray Whitchurch is a project manager, Landscape Architect, Urban Designer and Planner, for large-scale federal, state, municipal, institutional, mixed use villages, commercial, and residential projects. With 26 years of experience, his projects have included landscape designs, architectural design, land planning and re-zoning, municipality general plans, subdivision development, public reviews and outreach.
#Mountain West# #North America#
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Vince Gallo

Associate | Manager, Architecture
Toronto, ON

Vince Gallo
#Associate | Manager, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Design Build# #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Retail# #Commercial# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vince Gallo has 20 years of experience and throughout this time, he has been involved in a wide variety of projects including the Aviva Centre Tennis Stadium (Canada’s National Tennis Centre) at York University, the School of Medicine at the University of Waterloo, State Farm Insurance Aurora Operations Centre, McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business located in Burlington Ontario, and numerous LCBO projects located throughout the province. Vince was instrumental in the selection of IBI as the Architect of Record for LCBO. Vince continues to manage projects involving both new-build and renovation of their many wine and liquor stores. Vince brings an organized and comprehensive teamwork approach to all his projects, developing excellent working relationships with clients, consultants and team members alike.
#North America#
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Welland Sin

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Architecture
Toronto, ON

Welland Sin
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Mobility Hub# #Transportation# ## #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Rail# #Transportation# ## #Subject Matter Expert# #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Welland is an architect with over 10 years of experience in major public transportation projects. Prior to joining IBI Group, Welland gained a diverse background in architecture, graduating from McGill University and working at firms in both Toronto and Montreal. Within IBI Group’s Transit Architecture Studio, Welland has played a key role on projects in Israel, Canada and the United States. Working in both the Tel Aviv and Toronto offices has given Welland a global perspective on the practice, gaining firsthand experience with unique design constraints and diverse construction methods. With local experience in multiple jurisdictions, Welland applies his skills as a team leader and designer to all phases of the project.
#North America#
Susan Christensen

Director | Operations USA
Binghamton, NY

Susan Christensen
#Director | Operations USA# #All# #Education# #School# ## #Higher Education# #School# #Education# ## #K-12 Education# #School# #Education# ## #Leader# #Learning+# #School# #Education# ## #Office Lead# #Subject Matter Expert#
Binghamton, New York, United States of America
Susan Christensen has over 20 years of experience in marketing management and communications, operations, business development, and global brand management. As Director, Operations USA, Susan will unify and grow IBI Group’s operational services and reporting structures across the country. Prior to joining IBI, Susan spent 10 years working with one of the world’s largest freight forwarder and overnight delivery companies, where she was responsible for developing the company’s customer-facing global trade data web applications.
#North America# #Northeast#
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Chris Jones

Associate Director | Office Lead, Boston
Boston, MA

Chris Jones
#Associate Director | Office Lead, Boston# #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Landscape Architecture# #Leader# #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office Lead# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Subject Matter Expert#
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Chris Jones directs a variety of campus landscape master planning and site design projects. His efforts also focus on site design for urban mixed-use development projects and associated streetscape restoration.
#North America# #Northeast#
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Matthias Olt

Associate Director | Principal, Architecture
Seattle, WA

Matthias Olt
#Associate Director | Principal, Architecture# #Active Transportation# #Transportation# ## #All# #Architecture# #Automotive# #Industrial# ## #BIM & 3D Visualization# #Bridge Engineering# #Transportation# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# ## #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Brownfield Development# #Development Engineering# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Commercial# #Community / Recreational Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Data Centre# #Commercial# #Office# ## #Design Build# #Design Technology# #Economic / Financial Analysis# #Education# #School# ## #Energy Solutions# #Entertainment Centre# #Commercial# ## #Environmental Assessment# #Development Engineering# ## #Green# #Healthcare# #Healthcare+# #Healthcare# ## #Healthy New Towns# #Healthcare# ## #Heritage / Historic Preservation# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Higher Education# #School# #Education# ## #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Industrial# #Infill Development# #Innovation Districts# #Smart Cities# ## #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #K-12 Education# #School# #Education# ## #Labs / Life Sciences# #Healthcare# ## #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Library# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Low Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Manufacturing# #Industrial# ## #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Mid Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #P3# #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Research & Development# #Residential# #Smart Cities# #Solar# #Energy Solutions# ## #Strategic Planning# #Sustainability & Environmental Management# #Green# ## #Systems# #Transportation#
Seattle, Washington,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-a-olt-46111919/
My vision is to create spaces of sculptural lightness that inspire ideas, promote joy and elevate sustainable systems.
Matthias Olt works as a talented design leader and architect. His distinct use of softly swooping waves or crisp, clean lines can be found on culturally significant and sustainably designed buildings across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Notable examples of his work include Lotte Center Hanoi, Huarun Tower, Chengdu, China, and The Net, Seattle, USA. Matthias, originally from Frankfurt, Germany, has worked in the industry for 30 years. It’s in sustainability where Matthias truly shines. Most recently, he has pitched bringing wood back into architecture in a big way. His vibrant, climate-aware designs for hybrid builds that include steel or carbon fiber wrapped with wood and cased in cement are a nod to minimalistic and forward-thinking design. In 2022, Matthias received a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award for his design of the unTower, aka Use-Neutral Tower. In 2017, Matthias received an AIA Seattle Honors Award for his innovative design of a 39-story Conceptual Mass Timber Tower in Seattle. Matthias is a registered architect and received the German architecture diploma from the University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany, and he also holds an undergraduate degree in chemical science.
#North America#
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Daniel Edmund Paolucci

Associate | Manager, Buildings Projects
Toronto, ON

Daniel Edmund Paolucci
#Associate | Manager, Buildings Projects# #All# #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Commercial# #Community / Recreational Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Data Centre# #Commercial# #Office# ## #Design Build# #Industrial# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Mechanical Engineering# #Office# #Commercial# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Rail# #Transportation# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpaolucci/
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." – Theodore Roosevelt
Daniel Paolucci is a project manager and professional engineer with a background in mechanical engineering. With over 10 years of experience, Daniel is a tech-savvy and personable leader with consistent success and leadership in the design and construction of large transit and capital projects. Daniel has strong skills in project planning, change control and risk management. Able to manage large and complex projects while maintaining a high team morale and energy, Daniel is a skilled mentor and mediator successful at bringing out the best in his team members.
#North America#
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Bruce Beaton

Associate | Project Manager
Los Angeles, CA

Bruce Beaton
#Associate | Project Manager# #All# #Engineering# #Industrial# #P3# #Project / Programme Management# #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Subject Matter Expert# #Transportation#
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Bruce Beaton is an accomplished project manager with over 25 years of experience, utilizing best practices to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of the following: complex infrastructure designs, large industrial, commercial, institutional, transportation, transit, and healthcare projects. He has extensive experience with the AFP/P3 delivery model as both leader of project agreement development and transaction phase activities with Infrastructure Ontario and as Technical Advisor to Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Transportation on multibillion-dollar transportation projects. Bruce is fully versed in the development of schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, risk matrices and procurement documents. His past and current roles have required leadership of teams of professionals, both internal and external, in the development of complex infrastructure designs, technical specification documents and managing multidisciplinary design teams to deliver high quality designs.
#North America# #Pacific West#
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Gianni Ria

Director | Sr. Practice Lead, High Rise Residential
Toronto, ON

Gianni Ria
#Director | Sr. Practice Lead, High Rise Residential# #All# #Architecture# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Leader# #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Residential# #Subject Matter Expert#
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gianni Ria holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto and over the past 30 years, served as lead designer on a number of successful hospitality, residential and commercial projects. Gianni has recent hospitality projects include the SOHO Metropolitan Hotel and Residences, a four star hotel in Toronto’s entertainment district, and the Hazelton Hotel and Residences in the Trendy Yorkville area of Toronto. Gianni’s work has been recognized through awards and publications.
#North America#
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