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Joe Pettipas

Director | Interior Design Lead, Buildings
Toronto, ON

Joe Pettipas
#Director | Interior Design Lead, Buildings# #Airports# #Transportation# ## #All# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Education# #School# ## #Entertainment Centre# #Commercial# ## #Healthcare# #Healthcare+# #Healthcare# ## #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Higher Education# #School# #Education# ## #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Leader# #Library# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mental Health Care# #Healthcare# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Public Outreach# #Residential# #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Strategic Planning# #Subject Matter Expert#
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-pettipas-47871ba/
As the Interior Design Lead for IBI’s Buildings sector, Joe has an innate understanding of the challenges facing our clients, across all verticals, today. With extensive experience gained from projects in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Americas, he has an appreciation for the importance of brand and how it needs to be synthesized into the built environment for project and organizational success. Joe leads a highly creative and talented group of professionals around the globe focusing on the spaces people occupy, that spans corporate workplace, transportation, hospitality, residential, retail, healthcare, education and institutional arenas.
#North America#
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Maria Dugand

Associate | Manager, Geomatics
Edmonton, AB

Maria Dugand
#Associate | Manager, Geomatics# #All# #Geomatics / Land Surveying# #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ##
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-dugand-880a3a93/
Maria Dugand is a registered Alberta Land Surveyor or ALS for short. Her education includes a diploma in Geomatics Engineering and Surveying from La Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela. Maria came to Canada in 2007 and has focused on Municipal Land Development in Alberta since then. As a Manager in the Geomatics department in Edmonton, Alberta she is responsible for the management of a team of professionals and technologists involved in the collection and maintenance of field data for dealing with land ownership and development projects. Her attention to detail and focus on end results ensures her clients get a quality product delivered on time.
#North America#
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Myrna Norman

Business Manager
Houston, TX

Myrna Norman
#Business Manager# #All# #Economic / Financial Analysis# #Strategic Planning#
Houston, Texas, North America
Ms. Norman joined IBI Group in 2000 and is the Business Manager of the firm. As a CPA, she honed her analytical and organizational skills through her work with doctors, lawyers and public accountants. Myrna currently oversees business operations for IBI Group in Texas and Oregon and is responsible for managing and monitoring project-related finances. She also manages the day-to-day operations of the accounting department while working closely with the Principals to advance the firm’s strategic financial goals.
#North America# #Southeast#
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Gene Simmons

Associate Principal | Field Services, Buildings
Houston, TX

Gene Simmons
#Associate Principal | Field Services, Buildings# #All# #Leader# #Learning+# #School# #Education# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Subject Matter Expert#
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Gene Simmons initially worked on the contractor’s side, learning hands-on experience in carpentry, surveying, concrete formwork and placement. Moving into management, Gene worked as a project superintendent, estimator, project manager and handled client relations. He shifted to the architectural side almost 30 years ago and has worked as the Director of Field Services since 2000. His practical experience is vitally important to maintaining communication among project team members and IBI Group’s field staff taking projects seamlessly from design through to construction.
#North America# #Southeast#
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Neale Hunt

Project Manager
Vancouver, BC

Neale Hunt
#Project Manager# #All# #Environmental Assessment# #Development Engineering# ##
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Neale Hunt is a professional chemist with more than 10 years of experience in environmental chemistry. He is experienced in several aspects of federal, provincial and municipal environmental site investigations, including Stage 1 and Stage 2 investigations; detailed site investigations; site remediation; and air quality investigations. His background as a chemical analyst, working both within the laboratory and on site, has provided expertise in field investigation and sample analysis design, analytical data interpretation and development of remedial strategies. Neale is responsible for coordination and supervision of field operations, site investigations, development and implementation of data analysis tools, and technical report writing. 
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Remi Welch

Associate | Manager, Contract Administration
Markham, ON

Remi Welch
#Associate | Manager, Contract Administration# #All# #Civil Infrastructure# #Commercial# #Construction Management# #Industrial# #Residential#
Markham, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/remi-welch-a50685108/
Remi Welch is a Manager with the Construction Management group in IBI and has over 25 years of project management and leadership experience, including extensive construction project management. Through experience, brings a vast amount of knowledge, practicality, and attention to detail. Communication and professionalism are a key part of our Project Management and Contract Administration Team. Possessing the skill-set, diligence, experience, and personality to see any task through to completion.
#North America#
Geoff Carter

Director| CAN Solutions Lead, Intelligence
Toronto, ON

Geoff Carter
#Director| CAN Solutions Lead, Intelligence# #Airport Taxi Dispatch# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# #Transit Technology# ## #All# #Data Analytics# #Leader# #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Revenue Collection# #Transportation# #Revenue / Tolling# ## #Road Permitting System# #Transportation# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# ## #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Subject Matter Expert# #Systems# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Traffic Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Alerts# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# #Transit Technology# ## #Transit Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Real Time# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# #Transit Technology# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #TravelIQ# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Geoff Carter joined IBI Group working in the development of our Advanced Traffic Management Systems software with an emphasis on the mapping display functionality. Geoff now leads IBI’s Advanced Traveller Information web and data interface team. Geoff and his team now support IBI traveller information systems that service roughly 25% of the population in the US, with notable active 511 solutions deployed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Florida, Wisconsin and Los Angeles. Geoff led IBI’s efforts for the deployment of the traveller information web site for the Pan Am games. Geoff has led efforts to provide SaaS (Software as a Solution), advanced IBI’s hosting center in Tampa, Florida and has managed the program to productize IBI’s software solution thereby allowing IBI to bring tremendous value to its clients. He is currently leading IBI’s efforts to advance the Event Reporting System and managing the New York and Wisconsin 511 projects.
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Hans Kim

Associate | Manager, Bridge Engineering
Toronto West, ON

Hans Kim
#Associate | Manager, Bridge Engineering# #All# #Bridge Engineering# #Transportation# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# ## #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Design Build# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #P3# #Structural Engineering#
Toronto West, Ontario, Canada
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/hans-kim-118ba5193
Hans is the Bridge Engineering Group Lead at IBI with progressive experience in bridge/culvert structure preliminary and detail design, rehabilitation design, inspection, evaluation, project coordination/management, contract preparation and administration on a variety of MTO, Metrolinx, and municipal assignments. Hans is currently overseeing all bridge and culvert design assignments on major transit and highway/roadway projects undertaken by IBI. Hans’s experience is diversified across a wide spectrum of technical and managerial domains, and includes numerous projects for provincial, municipal and private clients with a wide range of structural sizes and complexity. He has successfully demonstrated on a number of projects with MTO and municipalities that he is qualified to manage projects ranging from low to high complexity.
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Matthew Belaen

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Architecture
Toronto, ON

Matthew Belaen
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Community / Recreational Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Design Build# #Entertainment Centre# #Commercial# ## #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Library# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Low Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Manufacturing# #Industrial# ## #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Mid Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Mobility Hub# #Transportation# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #P3# #Placemaking# #Project / Programme Management# #Residential# #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Subject Matter Expert# #Terminals# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Matt is an Architect Project Manager at the 55 St. Clair W office and has been with IBI for four years. He has experience leading large complex projects with fully integrated multi-discipline project teams, working closely with the Toronto West and Richmond Hill offices. Matt works directly with clients from the initial project vision and programming stage through to construction. Recent projects that he has been a team leader on include the Magna International Head Office and multiple Metrolinx Transportation Pursuits. Prior to joining IBI, Matt was a manager and a design team member for the concept and approvals phase of the Parq Vancouver project, an 800,000 sq. ft. multi-hotel, conference centre, and casino complex. He has been a design team member for various architecture design competitions for cultural buildings and libraries in Quebec, several of which have been recognized internationally for design merit. Matt has also worked on, and lead, various cultural and community architecture projects in Asia, with a focus on Indonesia and Taiwan. Matt is a member of the OAA and RAIC.
#North America#
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Puneet Kumar

Associate | Manager, Architecture
Vancouver, BC

Puneet Kumar
#Associate | Manager, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Project / Programme Management#
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Let's get it done and done right.
Puneet Kumar joined IBI in 2012. He is an Associate at IBI Group and a professional with over 25 years of experience in various capacities ranging from Design to Project Management for projects in British Columbia (Canada), California and India. He offers outstanding talent in project management, problem solving, consultant coordination, and training team members. He is skilled in developing design concepts; production of construction documentation (working drawings, details, specification coordination, and tender) and liaising with clients, consultants, construction groups and city authorities. His experience in British Columbia and California is primarily in mixed-use high-rise residential buildings. His past experience in India includes design of corporate offices including interior design, Transit centers and various residential projects. Mr. Kumar is familiar with all major aspects of architectural practices from design to site administration. Recent projects include, River Green Parcel 9 and Lot 12 in Richmond BC and two 45 Storey Residential Towers in San Diego, California. Puneet has a keen interest in use of Technology for various aspects of project design and construction documentation.
#North America#
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Adam Haimour

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Civil Engineering
Calgary, AB

Adam Haimour
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Civil Engineering# #All# #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Development Engineering# #Engineering# #Indigenous Engagement and Relations# #Leader# #Sustainability & Environmental Management# #Green# ##
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Adam Haimour is an Associate Director and Practice Lead of the Civil Engineering Group with IBI Group. He is a professional engineer registered in Alberta, BC and overseas with over 15 years of experience in municipal/civil engineering and land development projects in both greenfield and retrofit/redevelopment settings. He has completed a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Engineering degree (M.Eng.) at the University of Calgary. Mr. Haimour has worked on numerous projects throughout Western Canada for various municipalities, districts, hamlets, private developers and First Nations. He specializes in multi-disciplinary team management, concept/schematic design development, budget management, preliminary/detailed engineering design, urban/rural road design, water/wastewater engineering, transportation engineering, tender/contract documents, contract administration, and construction management. He has managed large-scale engineering and land development projects for both the public and private sector.
#North America#
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Philip Gray

Associate Director, Infrastructure Planning
Oakville, ON

Philip Gray
#Associate Director, Infrastructure Planning# #All# #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Green# #Leader# #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Smart Cities# #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ## #Water Resources Management# #Industrial# ##
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-gray-1668a947/
Philip is and Associate Director of Infrastructure Planning with over 30 years’ experience in municipal infrastructure facility planning associated with water, wastewater and storm water systems. Philip has been involved in and managed an array of municipal, water resource, and watershed management projects across Canada and in the United States involving field program, modelling, and facility planning in response to growth, infill and intensification in urban areas and wet weather issues. He specializes in master planning and wet weather issues (flooding, CSO planning, receiving water quality, regulatory requirements) through the development and application of hydrologic / hydraulic models to evaluate complex watershed and municipal systems.
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