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Burnaby, British Columbia

As Vice President, Infrastructure Senior Client Services Manager, and Strategic Growth Lead at Carollo, I play a pivotal role in driving the development of the infrastructure market and team in British Columbia, aligning with the broader regional growth strategy for Canadian operations. This involves collaborating with the British Columbia Market Lead, Client Service Managers, and consultants to identify and attract strategic hires, contributing to the expansion of the infrastructure business within the region and in new strategic growth areas outlined in our Canadian growth strategy.In addition, I focus on integrating the infrastructure team with Carollo operations in the United States to facilitate work sharing. This strategic integration aims to benefit clients in our region, enhance the local employee experience, and support the company's overall growth strategy. My commitment extends to promoting a culture of technical excellence and client-focused project delivery, providing coaching and mentoring to build a robust client services network within the infrastructure team.

British Columbia, Canada

Leading implementation of the operating plan and its objectives, focusing on clients, project delivery excellence, talent development, quality and financial performance.Leading strategic objectives for the market sector in Western Canada.Communicating strategies and engaging employees in achieving the objectives of the business.Building relationships with key clients, industry organizations, teaming partners, and stakeholders to identify opportunities to grow the businessAttracting, developing and retaining team members in alignment with WSP employee programs to enable the team to execute on the strategic objectives and strengthen the WSP brand.Assisting in optimization of financial performance including net revenue, operating margin and DSO.Collaborating with peers to leverage technical expertise, ensuring client satisfaction and implementing best practices.Responsible for leading and developing employeesEnsuring that WSP programs of health, safety & environment; and ethics & compliance are an overriding part of the team culture.Managing team of 36 including Engineers, Modelers and Technicians.

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Director: Conveyance & Infrastructure PlanningDirector: Construction ManagementDirector: BIM-CAD groupNational Lead: iCRC Water Wastewater (India Team)As part of the Management Team for the newly integrated three business streams, I am responsible for building a comprehensive business plan and development strategy.Leading business planning, marketing and capacity building efforts supporting the cross-functional delivery of business within Western CanadaManaging resourcing and recruitment needs at a strategic level Instrumental to the development of Offshore Engineering team in IndiaNational Lead - Water Wastewater (India Design Centre) - leading a team of 23 professionals.Leading recruitment drive for Western Canada WW BusinessDirect report responsibilities of interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employeesBuilding, growing and managing a high-performance team, serving as a leader and mentoring the team. Identifying emerging talent and working with them to reach their full potential; ensuring rising stars are nurtured, developed and given new areas of responsibility.Currently leading a team of 40 professionals in BC comprises of Conveyance & Planning, BIM-CAD, Construction Management professionals.

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Responsible for successfully directing and delivering projects including all financial reporting and management, client relationship management and managing project managers.Responsible for the business development and client account management including leading and delivering high quality successful bids Led the development of a comprehensive business plan and development strategy supporting practice growth within the Western Canada water wastewater group.Led three different groups within WSP - Led group of engineers and modelers- Led BIM Group- Led Design Centre (water wastewater) for WSP in IndiaDeveloped a new team of specialist (BIM, Revit, Civil 3D), to bring a new skill set to the Group.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Active participation in the development of a comprehensive business plan and development strategy supporting practice growth within Opus. Responsible for the day-to-day business management Managing resourcing and recruitment needs at a strategic level Canada Lead - Water Resource Management & Flood Risk ManagementCanada Lead - Water Asset ManagementLeading business planning, marketing and capacity building efforts supporting the cross-functional delivery of business within Western Canada.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Responsible for the management of all day to day activities of the branch. Some of the key tasks included:Engineering management of branch officeMotivated, led and directed the branch staff creating a positive culture and working environmentManaged business development activities such as scope of work development, estimating, and proposal preparationResponsible for the recruitment, development, and mentoring of professional & technical personnel

Vancouver, Canada Area

Involved in Business Development geared towards Water Resource Engineering with focus on the master planning studies in water supply, sanitary sewers, drainage and flood risk management within British Columbia and Alberta. Responsible for performance management of several team members. This includes goal setting and career planning, performance evaluation, conducting training and deliverable review.Project Management and delivering master planning studies for various clients across British Columbia and Alberta.

As a Sr Project Manager I led a team of Engineers and Wastewater Modellers to deliver the wastewater projects. I was responsible for all technical aspects of projects, supervising a team of modellers/engineers, undertaking all project QA requirements, project planning, management of resources, defining scope & budget for schemes and client service management. These projects include feasibility assessment, preliminary design, detailed design, hydraulic modelling, preparation of procurement documents, bill of quantities and drawings etc. Managed and delivered numerous projects on water and wastewater including urban drainage, highway drainage and flood risk assessment for local authorities, private developers and utilities companies. Key achievements: Achieved “Centre for Design Excellence” for Atkins Dublin Office within the Global Atkins Business. Repetitive Business from existing local clients.Significant role in business intelligence and development.

As a Design Engineer, I was involved in number of hydraulic modelling projects which included procurement & management of Asset, CCTV, topographical surveys, construction of InfoWorksCS hydraulic model build, calibration and verification, identification of hydraulic deficiencies withing the drainage system and Optioneering. I was involved in the following key projects:Arklow Sewer Modelling Study, Arklow Town CouncilNaas Surface Water Drainage Assessment, Wicklow County CouncilAdamstown Strategic Development Zone, SDDCShanganagh & Bray Main Drainage Scheme, DLRCC

With Tata Consulting Engineer, I was involved in ADB, UNICEF funded infrastructural projects, UK based projects, under the capacity of design engineer to project coordinator role. The works included preparation of technical feasibility report, preliminary design, detailed design, tender document preparation, specifications, tender assessment & report for the water supply, foul water, storm water networks and roads components. Some key projects I was involved with:Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development (ADB funded)Ifraz and Dokan Water Supply Projects for Cities of Erbil and Suleimaniyah, Iraq (UNICEF)Long Term Asset Plan (LTAP) , Carl-Bro UKNandurbar Water Supply Project Vishakhapatnam Industrial Water supply Project, Phase-II

Worked for Jacobs-Babtie as a Project Engineer for World Bank funded infrastructural project and UK based Dam Break Analysis. The role included conceptual design, preliminary & detailed design of storm water, foul sewer network design, preparation of BOQ and tender documents, assisted in hydraulic design of pumping main and pumping station etc. Worked as hydraulic modeler for Dam Break Analysis. Some key projects I was involved with: Segregation of Dry Weather Flow (DWF) from Storm water drains, Mumbai (World Bank Funded)Reservoir Inundation Studies: Afric Beauly and Conon Scheme, Southern Scottish hydro & North West WaterImplementation Strategy for Water Supply, Sewerage and Storm Water Drainage for the Development Plan for Gandhinagar, Gujarat

With Montgomery Watson I was working as an Environmental Planner & Engineer. I was involved in various infrastructural projects as team member and assisted in development of framework & methodology; prepared approach paper and technical feasibility report, hydraulic and structural design of gravity main, detailed design report and tender documents. I was involved in the following key projects:East AUDA Sewerage Project, Ahmedabad, GujaratUASB based Treatment Plants for Ahmedabad, GujaratPreparation of Master Plan for Sewerage system for Gandhidham Municipality

As a research associate I worked on the State Environment Action Plan (SEAP). The aim of this World Bank funded project was to develop urban profile of the Gujarat State. I assisted in development of framework and methodology; Identification of environmental problems; prioritization of environmental problems; preparation of Environmental Management Plan (EMP).Regional Representative for Gujarat - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Delhi, India - Green Rating of Indian Industries (GRP) - “Green rating of Indian industries” was an UNDP funded project, taken up by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Delhi, a leading non-governmental organization, under Ministry of Environment & Forest to measure the corporate environmental performance of Indian industries. The tasks handled included perception study on environmental performance of two major Paper production units of Gujarat.

Pgdp, Evironmental Planning

Be (Civil), Civil Engineering

Bsc, Physics, Chemistry & Maths