Anthony Smith Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Leader of team with seven staff responsible for translating the 10-Year GO Bus Strategy and Regional Express Bus transformation plan into 3-Year Service Plans and infrastructure investment strategies.
• Our team monitors future GO bus facility requirements and produces Business Cases to evaluate the strategic, economic, financial and operational benefits and costs for GO bus infrastructure upgrades.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in Project Planning and Sponsor Office to support delivery of Business Cases for BRTs, LRTs, GO rail stations, and GO rail corridor service enhancement.
• Responsible for deploying an annual professional services budget of $300,000 and have completed over 20 projects including scope development, budget tracking and quarterly forecast updates.
• Support development of Zero Emissions Bus (ZEB) IBC and scope development for ZEB PDBC.
• Focus on team growth and performance with emphasis on improving employee engagement and adoption of LEAN initiatives to support overall organizational goals and objectives.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Project manager for high-profile business cases with a total consulting costs over $500,000 including the North-East Passenger Rail IBC, Regional Fare Structure IBC, and Concord GO Rail Station IBC.
• North-East Passenger Rail Update IBC included extensive cooperation with Ontario Northland and MTO and resulted in government funding of $75M announced in April 2022.
• Special advisor for the development & evaluation of service options for the Dundas BRT PDBC.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Business Case Assurance Team leader who drives performance by empowering staff to take ownership of projects from problem statement and option development to working with Sponsors.
• Project Manager for three heavy rail business cases for Milton off-peak service, London extension, and six GO bus infrastructure business cases for including calculation of benefit-cost ratios.
• Led development of a P&R Strategy and GO Bus Planning Guidelines.
• Supported multi-year bus & rail service planning via the 10-Year GO Bus Strategy, 2-3 Year Plan, and Service Memos by working in collaboration with Modelling & Geomatics, Customer Analytics, and Operations to conduct.
• Worked with Commercial Management office to expand partnerships with intercity bus carriers and accelerate third-party access to USBT.
• Led $100k contract to create a GTFS dashboard and co-created a GO bus performance dashboard.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Oversaw hiring process, task-management and performance and for several team members.
• Managed procurement, budgeting and delivery of consulting projects with a total value over $300k.
• Consistently delivered high-quality geospatial analysis, visualization and reporting projects that support evidence-informed decision making and delivery of high-profile, time-sensitive projects including the Ontario.
• Independently managed key performance measurement projects to support RER Full Business Case, 2041 Regional Transportation Plan, Rapid Transit Project Prioritization, New Station Business Cases, Port Credit TOD.
• Supported creation of Board Reports including the Auditor General review of new GO Stations.
• Represented M&G team on several working groups such as the Wi-Fi pilot and TOD Ridership study and nominated to serve as Acting Senior Advisor to the CPDO Leslie Woo during a two week period.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led project management and task execution for multi-modal transportation planning projects for clients including the Ministry of Transportation, Metrolinx, Municipalities and First Gulf.
• Developed expertise in performance evaluation of large, complex projects such as CalgaryNEXT.
• Authored technical written content and graphics for reports, memos, presentations and proposals.
• Developed division standards for spatial data management and project templates for reporting.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Secured a $15,000 MITACS research grant called Measuring Indicators of Community Health and Holistic Well-Being Based on Future Land Use and Transportation Planning Scenarios using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Engaged internal and external stakeholder to construct built environment indicators and evaluate financial, environmental and health impacts of three population and employment growth scenarios.
• Reported greenhouse gas emissions based on modelled building, waste and transportation data.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led geospatial data analysis, mapping and reporting for Dr. Richard Florida’s ‘Cities’ research team.
• Projects included tracking venture capital investment, development of income and gender inequality measures, a walkability index, and mapping changes to employment clusters across the GGH.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Supported mobility hub and corridor studies, neighbourhood development plans, and regional growth studies by providing geospatial analysis, maps, infographics, and presentations.
• Led geospatial analysis to complete four large provincial and federal environmental assessments.
• Received promotion to intermediate role based on proven ability to create realistic work plans and budgets, write winning responses to requests for proposals (RFPs), keep projects on time and on budget despite dynamic.

University Of British Columbia

• Key member of an interdisciplinary research team using GIS to exploring how environments and policies contribute to inequalities in children’s development in neighbourhoods across BC.
• Responsible for spatial and statistical analysis, map and infographic design, geocoding, database management, manuscript writing, and leading stakeholder consultations and public presentations.

Master Of Planning, Urban Development, 3.9 Overall Gpa

Focus on how urban design and transportation planning can improve population health and environmental sustainability. Graduate Teaching.

Arts, Urban Development & Human Geography

Activities and Societies: Member of the Student Environmental Centre (SEC) Major: Honours Human Geography with specialization in GIS and.

High School Diploma