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Steve Lenderman

Associate - Manager, Architecture
Raleigh, NC

Steve Lenderman
#Associate - Manager, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Automotive# #Industrial# ## #Industrial# #Maintenance Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Water Resources Management# #Industrial# ##
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation - Roger Staubach
As Project Manager, and a Registered Architect, Steve has brought a wide range of experience over his 35 year career to IBI. Since joining IBI almost 4 years ago, he has specialized in industrial and automotive work. Originally hired in the Southfield, MI office, Steve has since transferred to the Raleigh, NC office where he has been for the past 3 years. His automotive/industrial experience has given him the opportunity to work for all the major automotive manufacturers while completing large or complicated projects of note for Toyota and Tesla. Since joining the Raleigh office, he has begun to diversify his experience, by working on a myriad of projects ranging from Maintenance & Operations (M&O) facilities for local and out of state municipalities, to working with the NC Wildlife Resource Commission, NCWRC, on the re-design of a shooting range. In May of 2019, he was promoted to an L1, Associate Principal, level within the IBI Global Leadership and more recently became the Operations Manager for the Raleigh office helping with the day to day operations of the office.
#North America# #Southeast#
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Ramakrishna Paduchuri

Associate | General Manager
Hyderabad, IN

Ramakrishna Paduchuri
#Associate | General Manager# #Advanced Traffic Management System# #Transportation# #ATMS# ## #Airports# #Transportation# ## #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Curbside Management# #Transportation# ## #Data Analytics# #Parking# #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Rail# #Transportation# ## #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Smart Cities# #Strategic Planning# #Traffic Engineering# #Transportation# #Traffic Management# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transit Planning# #Transportation# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Transportation Planning# #Transportation# ##
Hyderabad, Indiana, Asia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramakrishna-paduchuri-a1814a1a3/
Ramakrishna obtained a Master of Technology in Transportation Systems Engineering from IIT Bombay in the year 2005. He has close to 15 years of experience in the traffic engineering, transportation planning and modelling, varied experience in various sectors like highway concessionaire, multi modal transit system manager and traffic & transportation advisory. Worked in traffic and transport modelling in various sectors such as Highway traffic model development for India’s largest toll project (Kishangarh – Udaipur – Ahmedabad), Mega urban areas linking project (Mumbai Trans Harbor Link) and Regional level Traffic cum Transport modelling (Delhi Regional Rapid Transit System). Extensive experience in Traffic & revenue assessment for around 90 highway and urban Toll (PPP) projects in India International experience in the area of urban transportation field specific to the freight transportation and logistics management for the City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ramakrishna has experience in urban transportation planning studies like comprehensive mobility plans for cities, truck terminal feasibility studies and public transportation policy framework studies for improving public transportation in India cities along with Traffic management plans and road safety audits for around 300 km length of National highways of all phases like Planning, Construction and Operations.
#Asia#
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M. Gaston Salinas Carpio

Associate | Manager, Intelligent Systems
Mexico City, Mexico

M. Gaston Salinas Carpio
#Associate | Manager, Intelligent Systems# #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Brownfield Development# #Development Engineering# ## #Development Engineering# #Engineering# #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Research & Development# #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Spanish Regional# #Strategic Planning# #Systems# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Traffic Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation#
Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaston-salinas-carpio-563b966a
Best ideas comes when you're outside your comfortable zone. Always change so you never get comfortable!
M. Gaston Salinas Carpio has over ten years of experience working in the electronic/automatic vehicle identification field. He is responsible for the design of technological solutions that meet the demand of the market for Electronic Vehicle Registration, ITS, Manual Toll Collection and Electronic Toll Collection systems. Gaston has extensive experience in the design, cost estimation, integration, installation, supervision and implementation of these projects as well as defining and adjusting system architecture requirements from field devices up to Back Office Systems. His technical understanding, coupled with his appreciation for the needs of clients allows him to develop custom-fit solutions.
#Latin America#
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Vasilis Gaitanidis

Associate | Manager, Software Development
Athens, Greece

Vasilis Gaitanidis
#Associate | Manager, Software Development# #All# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Design Technology# #Mobile Technology# #Transportation# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Research & Development# #Smart Cities# #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ##
Athens, Greece, Europe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilis-gaitanidis-b8533251/
Vasilis has more than 35 years of experience in system and software engineering for enterprise and real-time systems. As an Airforce officer, he led the team that designed and developed the national part of the Hellenic Airforce’s Command & Control system (ACCS). Later, after entering the private sector, he worked as Chief software engineer and project manager for companies involved in the implementation of large-scale ICT projects addressing commercial, government and defence/security sectors. In 2016, Vasilis (as Chief Designer & Project Manager) successfully designed, implemented and delivered a high-end extensive security system with MIL-STD requirements on a military airfield in Greece, integrating a plethora of diverse devices and subsystems to a single Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) system with remarkable Command & Control features. He has, extensive hands-on experience in many programming languages and is actively exercising software development to this date.
#Europe#
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Gaby Harris

Associate | Manager, Architecture
Tel Aviv, Israel

Gaby Harris
#Associate | Manager, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Commercial# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation#
Tel Aviv, Israel, Middle East
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielleharris/
Gaby studied Architecture and qualified as an Architect in the UK before settling and practising in Israel, working predominantly for the Red Line LRT project. She has extensive experience in Transit Architecture, being involved in the Red Line from preliminary stages of design through construction. Gaby has most recently guided the successful interface coordination between the Systems and Fit Out Contractors, driving forward solutions and fostering a collaborative approach across the board.
#Middle East#
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Jay Deshmukh

Associate | Manager, Architecture
Toronto, ON

Jay Deshmukh
#Associate | Manager, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Education# #School# ## #Healthcare# #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Learning+# #School# #Education# ## #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Strategic Planning#
Toronto, Ontario, North America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayashri-jay-deshmukh-41aa1a4/
At a time when educational institutions are transforming in response to rapid socioeconomic change, design retains the powerful potential to shape campus environments that spark curiosity, enable innovation, build partnerships and foster lifelong learning.
An award-winning architect with over 20 years of experience, Jay is a recognized thought leader in institutional architecture of varied scales and typologies, in Canada and overseas.  She leads the design, strategic thinking and planning for education projects, and engages meaningfully with clients and stakeholders to define and implement the strategic vision of the project through place-centric design.  She is deeply engaged in the arts and design community in Toronto, as a member of the Board of Trustees at the Textile Museum of Canada, and as a frequent guest critic and lecturer at design schools. Presently, she is working effectively from home, leading the design of an integrated health sciences faculty with 5 schools, 26 user groups, and a large multidisciplinary team of professionals. 
#North America#
Keenan Kitasaka

Associate | Regional Mobility Technology Lead
Vancouver, BC

Keenan Kitasaka
#Associate | Regional Mobility Technology Lead# #Active Transportation# #Transportation# ## #Advanced Traffic Management System# #Transportation# #ATMS# ## #Airports# #Transportation# ## #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #CurbIQ# #Transportation# #Curbside Management# ## #Data Centre# #Commercial# #Office# ## #Design Build# #Healthy New Towns# #Healthcare# ## #Innovation Districts# #Smart Cities# ## #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Mobility Hub# #Transportation# ## #Operations# #Operations Centre# #Transportation# ## #P3# #Parking# #Placemaking# #Policy & Design Guidelines# #Ports# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# #Terminals# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Public Outreach# #Rail# #Transportation# ## #Research & Development# #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Smart Cities# #Strategic Planning# #Systems# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Terminals# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# ## #Traffic Engineering# #Transportation# #Traffic Management# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transit Planning# #Transportation# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Transportation Planning# #Transportation# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keenan-kitasaka-b-a-sc-m-eng-p-eng-27bb735/
I'm passionate about helping communities and families by making the world a better place, whether through developing a good plan, projects or volunteering.
Keenan Kitasaka is a senior professional engineer with over 36 years of experience including almost 28 years in the public sector and over 8 years as a consultant. Keenan is an expert in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and also supports transportation engineering and planning initiatives. He is registered as a P.Eng. in four provinces and actively supports and speaks at conferences in ITS Canada, TAC and other organizations.
#North America#
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Maria Henriques Lopes

Associate | Manager, Interior Design
Vancouver, BC

Maria Henriques Lopes
#Associate | Manager, Interior Design# #All# #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Residential#
Vancouver, British Columbia,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahenriqueslopes/
Maria specializes in bespoke high-end residential and hospitality design, her experience spans over 14 years across different continents and markets such as North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. She has worked with some of the most iconic interior design practices in the world, such as HBA-Hirsch Bedner Associates, Broadway Malyan Architects and CHIL Interior Design on their different studios, London-UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Vancouver. Maria started as a Lighting Designer and she quickly moved to become a residential and hospitality Interior Designer, where she has Lead multiple teams and projects across the globe. Having had the opportunity to travel across the world and work with some of the most remarkable designers, allows her to bring and share with her teams a unique and inspirational input to the projects. For Maria each project and its client are unique as well as its needs, time, place and cultural context.
#North America#
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Evangelos Pantazis

Computational Design Lead
Los Angeles, CA

Evangelos Pantazis
#Computational Design Lead# #All# #Architecture# #BIM & 3D Visualization# #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Data Analytics# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Parametric Design# #Design Technology# ## #Quantum# #Research & Development# #Residential# #Spatial Intelligence# #GIS# #Geographic Information System# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ##
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evangelos-pantazis/
Design is concerned with how things work, how they are controlled, and the nature of interaction between people and technology. When done well the results are brilliant, pleasurable buildings.
Evangelos Pantazis is an architectural engineer, building scientist, computational designer and educator. His research expertise is in complex geometric modelling and generative design strategies in conjunction with daylighting, energy modelling and performance driven design workflows across scales. His work empowers non-specialized architects and designers to develop design alternatives which couple critical design parameters with energy demand and supply, comfort, and livability. To date, he has authored and co-authored journal papers, peer reviewed scientific articles and book chapters. Prior to joining IBI in 2019, Evan was a member of i-lab and Schema Lab at the Viterbi School of Engineering, where his research was supported by a fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE) and Autodesk Inc. In practice Evangelos has worked for Graft Architects in Berlin, Studio Pei-Zhu in Beijing, Buro Happold Engineering in Los Angeles, has co-founded Topotheque design research studio and he is the CTO of Fablab Ioannina.Evan holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he was a fellow of both Onassis and Myronis Foundation. Additionally he holds a Master in Computer Aided Architectural Design from the Swiss Federal University of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and a Diploma in Architectural Engineering from the Aristotle’s University in Thessaloniki.
#North America# #Pacific West#
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Kaiping Zhang

Associate | Manager, Process Engineering
Markham, ON

Kaiping Zhang
#Associate | Manager, Process Engineering# #All# #Civil Infrastructure# #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ##
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Kaiping has over 20 years of experience in engineering design of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects including proposal development, conceptual design, feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design, and contract documents preparation; Extensive knowledge and experience in water / wastewater treatment systems, including preliminary, biological, tertiary, biosolids treatment, demineralization and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) treatment processes. Experience in asset management and condition assessment of process mechanical equipment.
#North America#
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Abhishek Chandrasekaran

Associate | Architectural Designer
Toronto, ON

Abhishek Chandrasekaran
#Associate | Architectural Designer# #All# #Architecture# #BIM & 3D Visualization# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ##
Toronto, Ontario,
Abhishek is a career-driven Architect with 11+ years’ experience on many large-scale architectural and master planning projects. He started his IBI Group journey at the Dubai office in early 2014 as part of the Master planning team. He has contributed towards many large-scale industrial projects in Saudi Arabia with an emphasis on creating a modern and attractive employment / retail destination. In 2018, he chose to go back to his architecture roots and has been part of the high-rise residential team in the Toronto Office. He specializes in concept and schematic design. Some of the notable projects he was involved in are 8 Elm, Olive Residences, North Core, Azura and 8 Wellesley condos in Toronto. Abhishek is currently managing several mid & high-rise mixed-use projects in Toronto and surrounding areas.
#North America#
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Andrea Lendak

Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Intelligent Systems
Toronto, ON

Andrea Lendak
#Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Intelligent Systems# #All# #Engineering# #Landmark Events# #Special Events# ## #Leader# #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Public Outreach# #Subject Matter Expert# #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ## #Wayfinding & Signage#
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Andrea Lendak has over 12 years of experience in the planning, implementation and operation of transportation systems. When it comes to Landmark Events, her key strength is coordinating multiple stakeholders from different agencies to ensure on-time project delivery. She brings a high level of contagious energy to projects to get work done on time. Andrea was part of the project management team that stewarded the award-winning delivery of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. She was also pivotal figure in transportation demand management for the Toronto 2015 and London 2012 Olympic Games.
#North America#
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