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Bill Thomas

Associate | Manager, Civil Engineering
Kingston, ON

Bill Thomas
#Associate | Manager, Civil Engineering# #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Engineering# #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Subject Matter Expert#
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
http://www.linkedin.com/in/william-thomas-
Bill is a Civil Engineer with approximately 15 years’ experience in Land Development and Municipal Infrastructure. His work involves project management of residential, commercial, and industrial developments, as well as municipal infrastructure design, construction and replacement.
#North America#
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Salim Kumar Narayanan

Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Architecture
Vancouver, BC

Salim Kumar Narayanan
#Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Community / Recreational Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Healthcare+# #Healthcare# ## #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Industrial# #Leader# #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Residential# #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transportation#
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Salim Narayanan has over 25 years of experience in various capacities ranging from Senior Project Manager to Designer in architecture for projects in Canada, USA, Middle East and India. He is skilled in developing design concepts, construction documentation, contract administration, and liaising with consultants, construction companies, city authorities, and clients. His experience in North America primarily includes mixed-use high-rise residential buildings. His previous experience also includes residential and office towers, commercial complexes, hotel and resort projects, institutional and healthcare facilities, sports/multi-purpose halls, movie theatres, industrial buildings, transit centers, housing complexes, luxury palaces, and grand houses. Salim has a keen interest in integrating technology, detailing, and functional design.
#North America#
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Catherine Ramsay

Associate | Manager, Architecture
Vancouver, BC

Catherine Ramsay
#Associate | Manager, Architecture# #All# #Ambulatory Care# #Healthcare# ## #Architecture# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Commercial# #Data Centre# #Commercial# #Office# ## #Design Build# #Detention Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Education# #School# ## #Green# #Healthcare# #Heritage / Historic Preservation# #Higher Education# #School# #Education# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #K-12 Education# #School# #Education# ## #Labs / Life Sciences# #Healthcare# ## #Learning+# #School# #Education# ## #Library# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Mental Health Care# #Healthcare# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #P3# #Pediatrics# #Healthcare# ## #Placemaking# #Police & Fire Stations# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Ports# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# #Terminals# ## #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Terminals# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# ##
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-ramsay-b4789025/
Catherine Ramsay has over twenty-five years of professional architectural experience. She brings strong project management skills within a diverse group of facility types including elementary, secondary and post-secondary educational projects as well as retail and commercial. Catherine has managed and coordinated engineering consultants and other specialty consultants through design and construction. Catherine brings experience in ensuring that the project goals, budgets and schedules are met. Catherine’s current project highlights are: New Westminster Secondary School and Richard McBride Elementary School. Catherine is passionate about architectural design.
#North America#
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Tony Gill

Global Director, P3 Buildings
Vancouver, BC

Tony Gill
#Global Director, P3 Buildings# #All# #Architecture# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Detention Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Healthcare+# #Healthcare# ## #Leader# #P3# #Regional / Sectoral# #Senior Management# ## #Senior Management# #Strategic Planning#
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tony Gill is Global Director, P3 Buildings. He is an architect and member of the Architectural Institute of BC, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, National Council of Architectural Registration Board, and the American Institute of Architects. He has extensive experience in the design and management of specialized institutional, high-tech facilities, protective services, and healthcare facilities. His focus has been on designing facilities with complex functional and building system requirements; in particular, he specializes in healthcare master planning, programming, medical planning, and strategic planning. He has managed facilities procured as design-bid-build, design-build, and design-bid-maintain-finance-operate (Public-Private Partnerships). Tony has a Master of Science degree in architecture and urban design from Columbia University.
#North America#
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Drummond Hassan

Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Architecture
Toronto, ON

Drummond Hassan
#Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Leader# #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Residential# #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Subject Matter Expert#
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
With over 40 years of experience, Drummond Hassan’s portfolio has ranged from residential, office/manufacturing, commercial and urban design projects. He is a Registered Architect that has received a Governor General’s Award for Residential Design, the Mississauga Urban Design Award and the Financial Post Design Effectiveness Award. He is currently leading a number of high-rise residential projects across the GTHA, collaborating with various offices in the Region as well as retail projects including the LCBO program and Holt Renfrew. Prior to joining IBI Group, Drummond Hassan was affiliated with architectural firms in London, England and Glasgow, Scotland. He received a B.Sc (Hon) and a B.Arch from Strathclyde University Department of Architecture and Building Science in Scotland.
#North America#
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Michelle Boucher

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Intelligent Transportation Systems
Boston, MA

Michelle Boucher
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Intelligent Transportation Systems# #Active Transportation# #Transportation# ## #Advanced Traveler Information System# #Advanced Traveller Information System# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# ## #All# #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Leader# #Project / Programme Management# #Strategic Planning# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Traffic Engineering# #Transportation# #Traffic Management# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Planning# #Transportation# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-boucher-0b729a77/
Ms. Boucher has extensive experience in ITS, transportation planning and engineering. As a 20+ year veteran of MassDOT Highway Division and former Director of ITS, she was instrumental in the planning, design, and implementation of the ITS Program in Massachusetts. As the Managing Director of KCUS from 2015-2019, she worked on several ITS related projects both in Massachusetts and overseas. She is the project manager for the MassDOT Statewide RTTM System and the MassDOT Smart Work Zone Manager Application. As a former public employee, she brings a practical and operational approach to projects. She has been part of teams and led teams that have developed strategic plans geared toward improving safety using ITS, concepts of operation, feasibility studies, safety and mobility studies, performance management and software development. After leaving MassDOT, she spent two years working at the National Volpe Transportation Center on ITS, traffic incident management, and the National Park Services safety program. During her time at KCUS she worked on projects which included providing a technical ITS program plan to the Colombian Ministry of Transport, a Transportation Strategic Framework for the King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia, and a Smart Work Zone implementation tool for FHWA.
#North America# #Northeast#
Sania D. Shifferd

Associate Director | Office Lead
Austin, TX

Sania D. Shifferd
#Associate Director | Office Lead# #All# #Architecture# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Commercial# #Green# #Heritage / Historic Preservation# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Higher Education# #School# #Education# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Industrial# #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Leader# #Learning+# #School# #Education# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mid Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Office Lead# #Project / Programme Management# #Residential# #Strategic Planning#
Austin, Texas, United States of America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sania-shifferd-75a401/
Strategy, collaboration, and positive environments for people
Sania has extensive experience in architecture and interior design. Her comprehensive approach includes business development, client relationship management, project management, architectural and interior design, production, and quality assurance. Her ability to design and coordinate renovation and new construction, shell and interiors, results in fully coordinated projects that integrate architecture and interiors with a unified design expression and an emphasis on quality. Sania’s expertise spans the markets of high tech, creative office, corporate office, spec office, full service interiors, higher education, institutional, residential, renovation and due diligence, hospitality, and sustainable design. She excels in understanding and interpreting a client’s unique culture and aesthetic requirements, utilizing a strategic, collaborative approach to process development and problem solving, informed by a lively interest in positive communication and relationship development. A strong client focus combined with careful and perceptive listening allow her to develop long-term client relationships, while her focus on design team and contractor relationships promotes a collaborative atmosphere and enables the success of her projects.
#North America# #Southeast#
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Ainsley Brown

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Transportation Planning
Edmonton, AB

Ainsley Brown
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Transportation Planning# #All# #Civil Infrastructure# #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Transportation Planning# #Transportation# ##
Edmonton, Alberta, North America
Ainsley is a transportation planning engineer with 19 years of experience in transportation planning and project management, with expertise in transportation policy and master plan implementation. Ainsley has worked on a wide range of projects from policy development and transportation impact assessments through to design and construction. She has a specialty in multi-modal transportation, renewal projects, Complete Streets, and collaborative processes to develop principles and goals for project success. With training in GBA+ as well as diversity and inclusion, Ainsley seeks to develop transportation infrastructure which is accessible and welcoming for all users. She is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
#North America#
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Helen Parkyns

Studio Principal
Birmingham, UK

Helen Parkyns
#Studio Principal# #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Data Analytics# #Economic / Financial Analysis# #Office Lead# #Operations# #Policy & Design Guidelines# #Systems# #Traffic Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation# #UK Regional#
Birmingham, United Kingdom,
Helen Parkyns has 20 years of experience working on many of the UK and Europe’s flagship ITS projects. She is an internationally respected project manager who combines technical insight and accomplished communication and team management skills to deliver operational ITS projects and services. She has worked on all aspects of the lifecycle of ITS projects, from feasibility studies through to implementation and post-project evaluation. Helen has extensive experience in the development of policy and business cases, operational management of road networks and traffic control centres, driver information systems and behavioural responses to such systems, data exchange, trends analysis and data manipulation, national and European projects.
#United Kingdom#
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Sylvia Fitzwater

Sr. Associate Principal | Interior Design, Buildings
Houston, TX

Sylvia Fitzwater
#Sr. Associate Principal | Interior Design, Buildings# #All# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Education# #School# ## #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Specialized Learning# #School# #Education# ## #Subject Matter Expert#
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Sylvia Fitzwater has over 20 years of interior design experience, with a specialization in the design of spaces for educational, commercial, health care and institutional clients. Her primary responsibilities include: design management of the project, design collaboration with client, creating interior design concepts, specifying furniture and fixtures, equipment , managing the interior design process including all furniture selections and specifications, overseeing interior project schedules, and adhering to furniture/fabrics/accessories project budgets. Sylvia is conscientious, precise, and is known as an effective communicator with client and stakeholder groups.
#North America# #Southeast#
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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#
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Leslie Young

Director | Managing Principal
Los Angeles, CA

Leslie Young
#Director | Managing Principal # #All# #Architecture# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Education# #School# ## #Higher Education# #School# #Education# ## #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Leader# #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Office Lead# #Strategic Planning# #Transportation#
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-young-b6324b5/
As Director, Managing Principal, Leslie will help develop a diversified and strategically aligned portfolio of work that emphasizes partnerships and innovation in the United States. With over two decades of experience in architecture, she maintains a passion for ensuring design excellence and brand management while leveraging the firm’s global expertise. As a former President of the USC Architectural Guild, Leslie is an active leader within the Southern California design community, and currently participates as an Advisory Board Member of Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council, and is Co-Chair of the ULI-LA Mobility Committee. She is a LEED-accredited professional and a Certified Development, Design & Construction Professional of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
#North America# #Pacific West#
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