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Heidi Rose

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Interior Design
Toronto, ON

Heidi Rose
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Interior Design# #All# #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Hotels & Resorts# #Commercial# #Hospitality# ## #Interiors# #Interior Design# ## #Leader# #Residential# #Retail# #Commercial# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Heidi Rose is a team design lead with well over a decade of experience in the field of Interiors. She specializes in conceptual design in both hospitality and high-rise residential interiors. With her experience she has developed a keen eye for detail with the utmost attention to quality and design, and has the ability to establish and identify creativity in each new opportunity. Heidi’s strengths lie in concept through to construction focusing on building honest client relationships, while maintaining the overall design intent and direction. She has the ability to provide creative design solutions that adapt seamlessly to aesthetic, and project goals. Her design approach is to collaboratively provide tasteful, and thoughtful interiors that are relevant and cultivated. Some of Heidi’s experience is built from working on the Public Hotel in Chicago, the Editions Hotel in Miami, and the St. Regis Hotel in Mexico City to name a few during her growth at Yabu Pushelberg. IBI Group initiatives have brought her multiple high-rise residential opportunities ranging from high to low end markets making her experience vast and adaptable. The ties between hospitality and residential design are like-minded in creating lasting interiors to surprise the visual senses of the end user.
#North America#
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Michael Sampson

Engineering Field Services Lead
Waterloo, ON

Michael Sampson
#Engineering Field Services Lead# #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Engineering# #Leader# #Rail# #Transportation# ## #Transportation# #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ##
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-sampson-1ab105140/
Michael Sampson has over 15 years of industry experience, including 10 years of contract administration. He has worked on projects ranging from small municipal reconstructions, to assisting with assembling P3 bids worth over $500m. He is currently responsible for contract administration and project coordination, including coordinating with regulatory agencies, utilities, contractors, municipalities and owners. He has oversight of various construction projects from the initial data gathering through the preparation of contract documents and site services, to the completion of warranty, and manages the lifecycle of the construction contract for owners to ensure a coordinated, successful completion.
#North America#
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David O'Gorman

Associate | Office Lead, London, ON
London, ON

David O'Gorman
#Associate | Office Lead, London, ON# #All# #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Design Build# #Development Engineering# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Low Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Maintenance Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Mid Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Office Lead# #Project / Programme Management# #Residential# #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ## #Water Resources Management# #Industrial# ##
London, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidogormanpm/
David O’Gorman is the Office Lead for the London Ontario office with corporate responsibilities for business development, staff management and client interfaces. David has over fifteen years of progressive experience in project management, contract administration, project co-ordination and engineering design, the last ten years of which have been based in the Greater Toronto Area and southwestern Ontario. David’s experience includes multi- disciplinary engineering design teams, civil and process engineering design, engineering studies and Class Environmental Assessment Studies, contract administration, contract advisory, constructability review, independent review and arbitration, engineering proposals, public communication and coordination with clients, other engineering disciplines as well as corporate level partnerships, sub-consultants, suppliers and regulatory bodies as related to water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
#North America#
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Jessica Deslippe

Transportation Engineer
Toronto, ON

Jessica Deslippe
#Transportation Engineer# #All# #Curbside Management# #Transportation# ## #Traffic Engineering# #Transportation# #Traffic Management# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdeslippe/
Jessica Deslippe is a Transportation Engineer with over 5 years of experience, focusing on traffic operations and road user safety for both public and private sector clients. Her experience in transportation engineering is broad, and includes the preparation of traffic operations analysis, traffic signal operations, microsimulation modelling, traffic safety analysis, roundabout analysis, and the development of strategic plans. Jessica has completed signal timing coordination studies for numerous agencies, including the City of Toronto and Durham Region, as well as developed optimized timing plans for different stages of construction for large-scale transit projects, including as the vivaNext Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in York Region. Jessica also has experience with curbside management, congestion management, and event management planning. Working on these types of projects has provided her with a thorough understanding of mobility trends, the balance between mobility and safety, and trade-offs between different road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, transit, trucks, vehicles, and other unique road users.
#North America#
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Jonathan Darton

Director | Sr. Practice Lead, System Engineering
Calgary, AB

Jonathan Darton
#Director | Sr. Practice Lead, System Engineering# #All# #Data Analytics# #Information & Communications Technology# #ICT# ## #Leader# #Mobility Hub# #Transportation# ## #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Multi-Modal Transportation# #Transportation# ## #Operations# #Operations Centre# #Transportation# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Public Outreach# #Research & Development# #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Strategic Planning# #Subject Matter Expert# #Systems# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Traffic Engineering# #Transportation# #Traffic Management# ## #Traffic Management# #Transportation# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #TravelIQ# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-darton/
Jonathan Darton BCOMM, ISP, ITCP has 15 years of experience in the areas of Intelligent System design, development, and implementation. Jonathan has been actively engaged with stakeholders for many ITS, TMC and systems related projects including ATMS, ATIS, Data Acquisition, and Data Warehousing systems. Jonathan manages the Canada West Intelligent Systems Solutions team which provides service to clients throughout Canada and internationally. He holds the Information System Professional (ISP) and ITCP designations from Canada?s Institute of Information Technology Professionals and is currently serving as Co-chair of the ITS Canada ATMS Technical Committee.
#North America#
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Melinda Tracey

Associate | Manager, Intelligent Systems
Calgary, AB

Melinda Tracey
#Associate | Manager, Intelligent Systems# #Advanced Traffic Management System# #Transportation# #ATMS# ## #All# #Data Analytics# #Design Build# #Healthcare# #Innovation Districts# #Smart Cities# ## #Mobile Technology# #Transportation# ## #Operations# #Policy & Design Guidelines# #Project / Programme Management# #Smart Cities# #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Spatial Intelligence# #GIS# #Geographic Information System# ## #Strategic Planning# #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Planning# #Transportation# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Calgary, Alberta,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-tracey-694aaa6a/
Melinda Tracey is an experienced Project Manager and leader with IBI Group’s Intelligence team and has provided support and guidance in the development of emerging and trans-formative technologies focused on Telecommunications and Intelligent Transportation programs for local, national and international clients. Melinda has been engaged over the past 12 years in the business of telecommunication strategies, network deployments and the development and expansion of internet services to rural, remote and indigenous communities.
#North America#
Deepak Darda

Global Director, Innovation
Toronto, ON

Deepak Darda
#Global Director, Innovation# #All# #Corporate# #Senior Management# ## #Economic / Financial Analysis# #Leader# #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Office Lead# #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Senior Management# #Smart City Platform# #Smart Cities# ## #Systems# #Traffic Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
As the head of IBI Group’s Office of Innovation, Deepak is driving IBI’s transformational pivot to a technology-driven design firm through focused efforts catalyzing core growth, transforming IBI’s business models, exploring future tech disruptions in the industry, and fostering innovation. Deepak also leads IBI’s Smart City Sandbox initiative, a unique partnership between public- and private-sector industry leaders, whose goal, together with the start-up ecosystem, is to bring innovative new technology solutions to urban environments. Prior to becoming the Global Director of Innovation, Deepak built IBI Group’s presence in India from the ground up into the significant contributor to the firm’s International operations that it is today. Deepak is an alum of the Harvard Business School and holds a Masters degree from Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Bachelors degree from IIT Bombay.  
#North America#
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Anthony Sgro

Associate | Manager, Intelligent Systems
Toronto, ON

Anthony Sgro
#Associate | Manager, Intelligent Systems# #Advanced Traffic Management System# #Transportation# #ATMS# ## #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #CurbIQ# #Transportation# #Curbside Management# ## #Curbside Management# #Transportation# ## #Design Technology# #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Operations# #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Smart Cities# #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Subject Matter Expert# #Systems# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Transportation# #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anthony Sgro, a Professional Engineer in Ontario, has over 7 years of experience with IBI Group providing consulting and advisory services, engineering oversight, and systems deployment for a variety of ITS projects including revenue collection and traffic management systems. Anthony has led toll system deployments, cost and feasibility studies, and preliminary and detailed design reviews, system requirement definition, and the development of standard operating procedure and technical specifications to support our clients.
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Alyssa Koehn

Associate | Manager, Urban Design
Vancouver, BC

Alyssa Koehn
#Associate | Manager, Urban Design# #All# #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Policy & Design Guidelines# #Public Outreach#
Vancouver, British Columbia, North America
Alyssa Koehn is an urban designer with IBI Group’s Vancouver practice. Her work focuses primarily on the development of master planning concepts, where she manages both the design and approval process, as well as facilitating public engagement and outreach. She has worked on both public and private sector projects, ranging from a few acres to a city-wide scale. Alyssa holds both a Master of Architecture and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. She works to integrate the two disciplines, ensuring that master planning concepts both align with local policy goals and transition smoothly into architecture. Alyssa is a strong communicator and project manager, often leading large and complex project teams. Her strengths are her attention to detail, efficient administration, and interdisciplinary approach to site design, as well as the integration of design-thinking into the public engagement process to ensure successful outcomes for both participants and clients.
#North America#
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Jim Fox

Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Mechanical Engineering
Southfield, MI

Jim Fox
#Director | Sr. Practice Lead, Mechanical Engineering# #All# #Engineering# #Industrial# #Leader# #Mechanical Engineering# #Operations# #Project / Programme Management# #Subject Matter Expert#
Southfield, Michigan, United States of America
Jim Fox is responsible for the administration of corporate operations and projects. He manages the project organization, scheduling, scope definition, manpower planning, budgeting, expediting the various design disciplines, as well as monitoring their quality and progress. For selected projects, he serves as the upper level liaison with our client.
#Midwest# #North America#
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Fady Shweihat

Associate | Manager, Linear Infrastructure
Markham, ON

Fady Shweihat
#Associate | Manager, Linear Infrastructure# #All# #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Design Build# #Industrial# #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ##
Markham, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fady-shweihat-p-eng-b0369049/
Fady Shweihat, P.Eng. is an experienced Senior Project Manager and Team Leader at IBI Group with 18 years of diverse experience working on a variety of water and wastewater engineering projects in the municipal, industrial, oil/gas and mining sectors. In his capacity as a Manager, Fady has been effective in ensuring his objectives of quality project delivery, staff engagement and budget / schedule control performances are met. His technical skills and experience are in all phases of linear municipal infrastructure includes detailed design and/or analysis of linear infrastructure of large and small diameter watermain, trenchless design (HDD, MTBM, TBM, HAB), storm and sanitary sewers, road reconstruction, earthwork calculations, storm water management, hydraulic analysis, preparation of cost estimates and tender documents, contract administration and site inspections. Through much of Fady’s career, he has been working under the ISO 9001 banner and as such, is experienced with the quality control processes in producing technical documentation and drawings, revision control, reviewing/checking procedures, and document control.
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David Duong

Associate - Manager, Transit Technology
Toronto, ON

David Duong
#Associate - Manager, Transit Technology# #All# #Mobility Hub# #Transportation# ## #Revenue / Tolling# #Transportation# ## #Strategic Planning# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-duong-78670440
Great transit is about providing a seamless & smooth customer experience for riders. Transit technology can help realize those positive experiences.
David joined IBI Group in 2012 as a Transit Technology Analyst in the Transit Technology Practice, and is a graduate of the University of Waterloo Civil Engineering program. David has been an Associate – Manager, Transit Data and Technology since May 2019. David’s current/past roles/projects include: Project Manager for TTC Wheel-Trans to upgrade their scheduling, dispatching, and customer-facing (e.g. Website, Mobile App) systems to improve mobility for those with disabilities travelling on public transit; Project Manager for the PRESTO project, helping deploy Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) and Add-Value Machines (AVMs) on the TTC network. He has experience in managing cross-office multi-disciplinary teams for all phases of a project, including: needs assessment, concept of operations, system specification development, procurement, and deployment. David has experience in a wide-range of Transportation Systems (ITS) solutions, such as Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL), Rail and Bus Scheduling Systems, Real-time Information Systems (RTIS), and Fare Management Systems.
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