Hubert Ng, B.A.Sc,
has been a member of the Transportation Planning Department of the MMM
Group as a Transportation Designer since 2006 and he is about to receive
his license as a Professional Engineer. Hubert graduated from the
University of Toronto in 2006 with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree
in Civil Engineering. He established great working relationships during
his short tenure as an EIT in the Engineering Development Program at the
Ontario Ministry of Transportation prior to joining MMM. Hubert has had
the opportunity to take part in many exciting Transportation Planning
and Traffic Engineering projects both locally and internationally while
at MMM. He recently completed a one year assignment as a Transportation
Designer who was permanently located in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. He assisted the MMM Transportation Team in developing a
strategic long term Transportation Plan for the Holy Cities of Makkah,
Madinah and Al Mashaer. Since his recent return to MMM’s office in
Thornhill, Hubert is looking forward to this opportunity to make a
significant contribution and play an active role as a member of the ITE
Toronto Section Executive. Specific objectives he would like to work on
if elected include:• more events geared to young professionals and students, to get them more involved in transportation and ITE
• developing a strategy for meeting members needs across the large Toronto section geography
• technical projects reflecting needs in the GTHA
• more multi-disciplinary meetings on topics of interest like complete streets and active transportation
Sean Nix,
B.U.R.Pl., M.Eng., is no stranger to the ITE Toronto Section -
particularly when it comes to ITE-sponsored student activities. From
2006 to 2009, Sean served as the President of the Ryerson Institute of
Transportation Engineers (the official Ryerson University ITE student
chapter), was appointed as a judge for the 2010 Joint ITE Student
Presentation Competition, and recently served as a judge for the CITE
2010 Traffic Bowl. Sean currently works at the Region of Peel as a
Technical Analyst in the Traffic Development Group, with over three
years of experience in the transportation industry. He holds a Master's
degree in Civil Engineering from Ryerson University.
Saad Syed, B.Eng,
EIT, is currently employed with URS Canada Inc. as a Graduate
Engineer assigned to their Highways Design Group. Saad’s experience
includes Detailed Design, Preliminary Design, Contract Administration
and Water Resources Design on complex freeways and transit facilities.
He is also currently enrolled in his last semester of Graduate Studies
at Ryerson University and is working on completing his Masters in
Applied Science in Transportation Engineering. Over the 2009 – 2010
academic year, Saad executed the role of President at the Ryerson ITE
Student Chapter.In his role he was responsible for the overall direction and execution of all Ryerson ITE events and activities along with the members of the executive committee. This included hosting guest lectures, presenting to various engineering and planning courses explaining transportation engineering and the ITE program and assisting the Toronto Section of ITE host the student presentation competition. Additionally, Saad has a vast amount of experience both with activity coordination and membership coordination through his work with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. Saad is a Captain in the Cadet Instructors Cadre and is currently serving as the Administration Officer of the 180 person strong Queens York Rangers Cadet Corps based in Fort York, Toronto. His current role involves membership coordination, administration of all personnel files, and coordination of all communications with the members of the organization. In the past, Saad has also worked as the Training Officer for the unit where his responsibilities have included the planning and execution of local, provincial and national trips and field training exercises for the cadet corps. This included everything from organizing the activity to establishing all necessary logistical support including location, food and equipment in order to achieve the variety of goals for each event.
Hossein
Zarei, P.Eng., M.A.Sc., As a Professional Engineer in Ontario,
I have over 8 years of academic and practical professional experience in
the fields of Traffic/Road Safety Engineering and Transportation
Planning. I graduated from University of Toronto with Master of Applied
Science degree in Transportation Engineering in 2007 and for the last
three years, I have been working as a Road Safety Engineer with AECOM
Canada. My recent work includes several interesting and comprehensive
traffic and road safety engineering projects through my involvement in
network screening, before-and-after road / rail safety studies, and road
safety audits along with transportation planning (including public
transit planning and transportation demand management strategies) and
Environmental Assessment (EA) studies. To name a few, I had the
opportunity to have a major role in several road safety projects such as
“International Road Safety Engineering Countermeasures and Their
Applications in the Canadian Context” for which I served as the main
author of the final report, and also another project called “Pedestrian
Safety at Rail-Road Grade Crossings” for Transport Canada. In addition
to active membership in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE),
I volunteer to Road Safety Committee of Ontario (ROSCO) through which I
have the opportunity to contribute towards enhancing the level of safety
on the Provincial transportation network with respect to all road users
and become familiar with well-respected professionals from both public
and private sectors. I am very excited and looking forward to become a member of the ITE Toronto Section Executive, as I believe that the ITE Toronto Section provides each of us with great opportunities to network, learn, share and render service that is of benefit to the others in transportation engineering profession. My intent is to assist ITE Toronto Section to the best of my ability and in my capacity as either the “membership coordinator” or the “activities coordinator” in 2011 and also to continue and expand this involvement in the following years. Finally I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all in advance for putting your trust in me.