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William (Will) Heywood

Associate | Manager, Stormwater Management
Markham, ON

William (Will) Heywood
#Associate | Manager, Stormwater Management# #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Detention Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Residential# #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ## #Water Resources Management# #Industrial# ##
Markham, Ontario, Canada
www.linkedin.com/in/william-heywood-495b4957
Will has extensive progressive engineering experience both in Canada and abroad in the field of Water Resources. He is currently an Associate Manager for the Stormwater Management Solutions and Water Resources teams in Markham. His areas of expertise include hydrologic/hydraulic analysis, watershed studies, stormwater management design (including Low Impact Development (LID)), flood plain analysis, erosion and sediment control, municipal engineering including design of major and minor conveyance systems, highway drainage including culvert and bridge hydraulics, Computer Modelling associated with the above analyses, preparation of tender documents, cost estimates, and specifications for Water Resources projects. As Team Lead, Will is also responsible for engineering project management, technical support, staff coordination, peer review, client relations, and business development. He is a member of the Ontario Good Roads Association Sewer Design Curriculum Development Committee and coordinator and annual lecturer for their Sewer Design course
#North America#
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Pavel Stoev

Director | Practice Lead, Intelligent Systems
Pompano Beach, FL

Pavel Stoev
#Director | Practice Lead, Intelligent Systems# #Advanced Traffic Management System# #Transportation# #ATMS# ## #Airports# #Transportation# ## #All# #Data Centre# #Commercial# #Office# ## #Information & Communications Technology# #ICT# ## #Systems# #Systems Engineering# #Systems# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ##
Pompano Beach, Florida,
Pavel Stoev is an experienced Professional Systems Engineer with a 16-year track record of leading complex IT and communications infrastructure projects. He specializes in cybersecurity and applies his extensive knowledge of cybersecurity standards to ensure the secure design, development, and delivery of IT/OT systems in the ITS and Smart Cities markets. Pavel’s expertise spans multiple geographical regions and industries, including airports, transit, transportation, and generally public infrastructure. He provides engineering and project management leadership, guiding teams in delivering cybersecurity assessments, design, procurement, deployment, and integration of resilient computing and communication platforms. With a strong background in electrical and software engineering, Pavel excels in network and systems engineering, data center operations, systems architecture design, telecommunications systems integration, RF systems, cybersecurity standards application, and software configuration management. 
#North America# #Southeast#
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Paul Williams

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Toronto West, ON

Paul Williams
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering# #All# #Electrical Engineering# #Engineering# #Industrial# #Leader# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Mechanical Engineering# #Project / Programme Management# #Subject Matter Expert# #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ##
Toronto West, Ontario, Canada
Paul Williams has over 30 years of project and design experience in the electrical engineering field. He has been responsible for conceptual design, specifications, feasibility studies, detail engineering, inspections, commissioning, and project management on numerous utility, industrial and commercial projects.Currently, Paul is the Mechanical and Engineering Peer Reviewer for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the Project Manager for the Metrolinx Lewis Road Layover Facility and Metrolinx Mimico Layover Facility, and provides Senior Electrical oversight for various projects.
#North America#
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Kate Lambert

Associate | Manager, Planning
Vancouver, BC

Kate Lambert
#Associate | Manager, Planning# #All# #Healthcare# #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Master Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# #Placemaking# ## #Policy & Design Guidelines# #Project / Programme Management# #Public Outreach#
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kate Lambert is an urban planner with IBI Group’s Vancouver practice. With more than ten years of experience as a planning consultant, Kate has contributed to major community planning and social policy initiatives, managed complex development approvals, and facilitated dynamic public engagement processes for a variety of private and public sector clients in urban and rural communities across BC. As a planner and project manager, Kate has developed exceptional skills in people and resource coordination, communication, and strategic analysis. She values collaboration and believes a strong vision, effective policy and meaningful community engagement are key elements to successful city building. Kate is a Registered Professional Planner and Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. She holds a Master’s of Environmental Design (Planning) from the University of Calgary, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria. Kate is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute as Chair of the Women’s Leadership Initiative in BC
#North America#
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Andrew Wong

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Transportation Engineering
Toronto, ON

Andrew Wong
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Transportation Engineering# #Active Transportation# #Transportation# ## #All# #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Data Analytics# #Engineering# #Leader# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Multi-Modal Transportation# #Transportation# ## #Operations# #Operations Centre# #Transportation# ## #Project / Programme Management# #Research & Development# #Software as a Service# #SaaS# ## #Systems# #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Terminals# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# ## #Traffic Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transit Management# #Transportation# ## #Transit Oriented Development# #TOD# ## #Transit Planning# #Transportation# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Traveller Information# #Transportation# #511# #ATIS# #Advanced Traveller Information System# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-c-k-wong-p-eng-pmp-72985b8/
With ten years of experience in traffic and transit operations, Andrew Wong has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to ITS. His project work the development of technology plans, benefit-cost analysis, traffic signal control systems, transit dispatch systems, transit signal priority, operation and maintenance plans, and stakeholder consultation, with a recent focus on traffic and transit data collection and analytics.
#North America#
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Mojan Nozari

Associate Director | Practice Lead, Architecture
Vancouver, BC

Mojan Nozari
#Associate Director | Practice Lead, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Community / Recreational Facilities# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #High Rise Residential# #Residential# ## #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Library# #Institution# #Civic & Government# ## #Living+# #Residential# ## #Mixed Use# #Commercial# ## #Office# #Commercial# ## #Residential# #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Sustainability & Environmental Management# #Green# ##
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mojan Nozari is an Associate and Project Manager on the IBI Living+ team, experienced in mixed-use residential/commercial high-rises, libraries, office buildings, hospitality, entertainment, conference, and community centres. Mojan has 30 years of experience including 10 years with IBI Group. Her most notable projects include the award winning Parq project, an 800,000 sq ft multi-hotel, conference centre, and casino complex located in downtown Vancouver. As an Associate, she is responsible for architectural design, problem solving, project management, consultant coordination, training team members, and maintains multiple internal/external collaborative relationships with different teams in several IBI offices. Mojan has a Master of Architecture and Planning, is a Registered Architect in Iran, and is currently pursuing her registration in BC. Her current large-scale projects are Olympic & Hill, Los Angeles CA, and Brentwood Town Centre – Phase 2, Burnaby BC. She is an effective project manager who can guide a team through all stages of the project, from schematic design through construction to occupancy, liaising with clients, Planning and Building departments, and coordination with consultants. Notable examples of her projects include: Alexandra English Bay, Moda, 1500 Robson, Broadway Block (Long Beach, CA)
#North America#
Mark Bendix

Director | Operations
Toronto West, ON

Mark Bendix
#Director | Operations# #Airports# #Transportation# ## #All# #Automotive# #Industrial# ## #Bridge Engineering# #Transportation# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# ## #Brownfield Development# #Development Engineering# ## #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Data Analytics# #Design Build# #Energy Solutions# #Engineering# #Hospitality# #Commercial# ## #Industrial# #Land Use Planning# #Placemaking# #Planning & Urban Design# ## #Leader# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Maintenance Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Manufacturing# #Industrial# ## #Mobility Hub# #Transportation# ## #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Multi-Modal Transportation# #Transportation# ## #Office Lead# #Parking# #Project / Programme Management# #Strategic Planning# #Sustainability & Environmental Management# #Green# ## #Systems# #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Terminals# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# ## #Transit Planning# #Transportation# ## #Transportation# #Warehouse & Distribution Centre# #Industrial# ##
Toronto West, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-bendix-46b55b11/
A successful project is usually the result of the close cooperation and team work between the owner, the architect, the engineers, the contractor, and design and construction professionals.
Mark Bendix is a Director with over 35 years of experience in the management, direction and coordination of large technical groups. He has an Electrical Engineering background and has been responsible for the evaluation, planning, design and maintenance of industrial, commercial and institutional facilities across a wide cross section of these sectors. This includes transit facilities, automotive plants, water and wastewater facilities, hotel and entertainment facilities, transformer stations, aviation facilities and office buildings. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in a number of Canadian provinces and is a Fellow of Engineers Canada. Mark is responsible for the technical and financial performance of the Toronto West office that provides a diverse range of services and oversees the performance of design teams on complex projects. This includes interpreting and understanding the project requirements, confirming these with the various stakeholders and sponsors, identifying the various design services needed, maintaining and adjusting resources as required to meet schedules and budgets, coordinating the various design tasks and teams and executing the design quality assurance and control processes.
#North America#
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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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Michael McGann

Associate | Manager, Transportation Engineering
Waterloo, ON

Michael McGann
#Associate | Manager, Transportation Engineering# #Active Transportation# #Transportation# ## #All# #Bridges, Roads & Highways# #Transportation# ## #Bus Rapid Transit# #Transportation# #BRT# ## #Civic & Government# #Institution# ## #Civil Engineering# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #Civil Infrastructure# #Design Build# #Municipal Infrastructure# #Civil Infrastructure# ## #P3# #Project / Programme Management# #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ## #Water / Wastewater# #Industrial# ##
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mcgann-97a680119/?originalSubdomain=ca
Michael has over 15 years of progressive experience in the design of various transportation and municipal engineering projects, including design team supervision, preliminary and detailed design, contract administration and inspection. Prior to joining IBI Group, Michael spent four years as the Manager of Design and Approvals at the City of Cambridge where he oversaw the Annual Capital Infrastructure Replacement Program. Michael worked on a wide variety of municipal projects including local residential roads, collector and arterial roadways, downtown core area streetscaping projects, trenchless watermain and sewer rehabilitations and Municipal Class Environmental Assessments. This experience has given him a deep understanding of the challenges faced by municipalities and the ability to truly understand the needs of municipal clients. With this experience he can manage projects in a proactive manner, anticipating challenges and addressing them before they become issues.
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Amer Obeid

Associate | Manager, Architecture
Toronto, ON

Amer Obeid
#Associate | Manager, Architecture# #All# #Architecture# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ##
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Amer has over 20 years of experience in architectural design and construction for various building typologies. He has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Engineering from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary. Following graduation, Amer worked in the United Arab Emirates as a member of the government architectural and engineering staff with responsibilities that developed from design review and detailing to complete design and construction supervision for numerous projects, including major public, residential and industrial developments. He joined IBI’s transit architecture group in early 2001 to 2005 and continued his architectural career in Verona Italy for several years prior to rejoining IBI Group in 2009. Amer has participated in various transit projects from conceptual design and construction documentation through to the completion of construction. These projects include the TTC Eglinton Bus Station, the GTAA Automated People Mover Stations and the Finch West Subway Station. Amer is currently leading the architectural design detailing and construction document production for the new 11 km NTA Red Line LRT project in Tel Aviv.
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Paul Lavallee

Director | US Sector Lead, Intelligence
Seattle, WA

Paul Lavallee
#Director | US Sector Lead, Intelligence# #All# #Information & Communications Technology# #ICT# ## #Leader# #Mobility+# #Transportation# ## #Office Lead# #Operations# #Project / Programme Management# #Regional / Sectoral# #Senior Management# ## #Senior Management# #Subject Matter Expert# #Systems# #Systems Integration# #Systems# ## #Traffic Engineering# #Transportation# #Traffic Management# ## #Transit Technology# #Transportation# #ITS# #Intelligent Transportation Systems# ## #Transportation# #Transportation Engineering# #Transportation# ##
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
As the US Sector Lead, Intelligence, Paul Lavallee is responsible for overseeing the strategy, growth and development of the company’s new and existing business for IBI Group’s intelligence practice across the US, working closely with Carl-Henry Piel, James Barbosa, and Ritesh Warade who lead the services, solutions and operations subsectors respectively. Bringing over 30 years of experience as part of IBI Group’s intelligence practice, he has helped organizations at all levels effectively integrate technology into city planning, design and operation, and transform how business is conducted today. He is internationally recognized as a transit technology and revenue collection system specialist with specific expertise in bringing together multi-stakeholder teams and delivering high-profile projects. Paul is a licensed Professional Engineer currently working with thought leaders to help integrate technology into the daily fabric of people’s lives. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto, and a Masters of Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
#North America# #Pacific West#
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Jorge Arevalo

Associate | Manager, Electrical Engineering
Toronto West, ON

Jorge Arevalo
#Associate | Manager, Electrical Engineering# #All# #Electrical Engineering# #Engineering# #Industrial# #Light Rail Transit# #Transportation# #LRT# ## #Retail# #Commercial# ## #Terminals# #Transportation# #Transit Facilities# ## #Transit Facilities# #Transportation# ## #Transportation#
Toronto West, Ontario, Canada
Jorge Arevalo has 25 years of experience in the aerospace and electrical consulting industries and has been involved in electrical specifications, schematic and detail design for all electrical building systems for commercial, industrial and government buildings. He develops projects with accuracy, efficiency and within time limits and ever responsive to client needs, Jorge is able to adjust design and find solutions to fit within budget constraints. For the last few years Jorge has been leading IBI Group’s electrical teams in the transit field including work at multiple TTC stations, Metrolinx layovers at Mimico and Lewis Road and the Metrolinx James Station in Hamilton. Most recently Jorge has led a ten-man electrical team for four stations on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project.
#North America#
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