Yousef Kimiagar is an accomplished management and technology executive with over 35 years of experience at senior levels in organizations and management roles in multi-billion dollar rail transit projects around the world. He has contributed to many professional organizations and served in positions as: Board Member of IEEE Standards Association, Chair IEEE Standards Committee for CBTC and Signals, Chair of working group updating IEEE Standards 1474 for Communications-Based Train Control System, Fellow and member of the IRSE Council, Chair of TRB Strategic Management Paper Review.

HIGHLIGHTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Vice President Advanced Technologies Rail Systems Lead - Hatch
• Vice President Transit Rail Systems - Gannett Fleming
• Senior Director Transit Rail Systems - Parsons
• Senior Principal Transit Rail Systems - Delcan
• Senior Project Manager - Thales
• Research and Development Manager - Alcatel

EDUCATION:

• Master of Management Sciences (MMSc.), University of Waterloo, 2011
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering, IUST, 1984
• Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Implications for Business Strategy, MIT, 2018
• Academic Certificate Comparative Education Credentials B.Sc. EE, University of Toronto, 1998
• Ontario Building Code: Fire Protection, Occupant Safety and Accessibility, 2013
• Professional Engineers P.Eng. Ontario
• Professional Engineer British Columbia
• Project Management Professional, PMP