Kenn is the Principal Engineer of Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd – a specialist road safety engineering consultancy and is a world leader in applied road safety engineering. Before founding Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd in 2013, Kenn worked for VicRoads (the Victorian road authority) in a variety of roles including Manager Planning, Manager Program Development and Team Leader Road Safety Engineering. During his career Kenn has undertaken over 400 Road Safety Audits on some of the world’s most high profile and complex infrastructure projects. Kenn has been the lead trainer for road safety technical training courses in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, The Philippines and the USA. Austroads appointed Kenn as the specialist technical advisor for SAG2060 and SAG6221 – updating the Guide to Road Safety Part 6: Road Safety Audit, and he led the update to the Austroads Guide to Road Safety Part 2: Safe Roads.
Kenn is a registered road safety engineer, Senior Road Safety Auditor and transport planner, with further qualifications in training and assessment.
Listen to Kenn Beer as he discusses Road Safety Audits with Thomas and Jared of the Good Roads Podcast: https://youtu.be/QO6U4m56zjg
Robin Dunn has served as the Township of Oro-Medonte’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) since 2007. With over 30 years of diverse executive and management experience, he currently provides corporate leadership in implementation of continuous improvement in governance, administration, operations and service delivery.
Robin holds a Master of Arts – Leadership & Management, a Bachelor Degree – Business Administration, a Post Graduate Diploma – Strategy & Innovation, is recognized as a Board Professional and is Certified as an Engineering Technologist.
Robin currently serves as the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada (CGIC) Vice President, and is active at the leadership board table with the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association (OMAA), serving as a Past President.
Robin is a Past President of Technology Professionals Canada (TPC) and the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians & Technologists (OACETT). Robin has volunteered as a course Director for Ontario Good Roads – C.S. Anderson School – Effective Management over the last ten years.
Participating in the community, Robin currently serves as a Board Member of the Huronia Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic and was active in Scouts Canada, holding a number of leadership positions.
Dina Barazza is the President and Chief Learning Officer of The Talent Consortium, a consulting practice specializing in human resources. Her work includes business and HR consultation, leadership, and diversity programs.
She draws on more than 30 years of experience in business, human resources, organizational effectiveness, learning & leadership, education, sales, business development, marketing, project management and not-for-profits, to achieve ethical business & people results.
As a trail blazer in leadership, Dina is a professional & motivational speaker. She is an advocate and voice for all who wish to further develop themselves, while focusing her efforts on women, persons with disabilities, and young professionals.
Fraser has more than 12 years of experience in the Horizontal Directional Drilling field. He is thoroughly knowledgeable about HDD drilling rigs, downhole tools, tracking, drilling fluids, feasibility and risk analysis, and QA/QC. Currently, he works for LDL Directional Drilling and Tunneling Services and is a consultant and instructor at the Trenchless Institute. Previously, Fraser served as corporate product manager for Ditch Witch Eastern Canada Division (Brandt Group of Companies) and possesses a Resources Drilling and Blasting Diploma from Fleming College.
Rizwan Younis specializes in trenchless rehabilitation and replacement of underground pipelines and buried infrastructure asset management. He has extensive experience with trenchless rehabilitation lining materials investigation and pipeline condition assessment. Dr. Younis worked as Technical Director at the Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies, University of Waterloo, for over ten years. He helped manage Canada’s most comprehensive trenchless technology professional education and training program. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as specialized trenchless technology courses to industry professionals. Previously, Dr. Younis worked as a design and construction engineer on large-scale civil infrastructure projects in the roads and water sectors.
Warren brings 34 years of experience in maintenance operations and road design. His educational background is in Civil Technology and Land Surveying. His areas of expertise include road maintenance programs from winter to sewer maintenance infrastructure. He is one of the longest serving Snow School instructor’s and served on the Ontario Road Salt Management Group as Co-Chair and Chair. Warren has worked with both large and smaller municipalities, beginning as a technologist. He’s familiar with every aspect of municipal road and maintenance operations from daily administration to managing operations staff. Warren was also one of three Canadian members to sit on the APWA (American Public Works Association) Winter Sub Committee. He’s had articles published in national trade publications and delivered numerous presentations across North America. He continues to work as a Senior Roadway Management Consultant with the private sector.
Tyler is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario. He worked as a consultant for 10 years where he was a Geotechnical Engineer across eastern Canada. Tyler is now the QA Project Manager for the City of Hamilton, where he runs the Capital Works QA program. He is a member of CTAA and sits on the Good Roads/OAPC Municipal Hot Mix Liaison Committee. He has been in the construction industry for the last 14 years.
Tony is the Director of Bridges at 407ETR Concession Company Ltd. He has over 29 years of experience. He focuses on the functional planning and structural design, inspection and rehabilitation of a variety of transportation structures, including highway structures, vehicular and railway grade separations, multi-span bridges over navigable waterways and lesser scale conventional water crossings. At 407ETR Concession Company Ltd. Tony is directly responsibility for inspection and maintenance.
As Division Manager for the City of London’s Major Project Office, Ted is responsible for the development, administration and delivery of engineering programs and P=projects. With over 20 year’s experience in consulting, manufacturing and municipal engineering, Ted administers a diverse portfolio of municipal construction and infrastructure services team experience and enterprise side as well.
Stuart Huxley is Senior Legal Counsel, leading the City of Ottawa’s Municipal & Regulatory Law Practice Group. Having articled with the former City of Ottawa in 1998, and called to the Ontario Bar in 2000, Stuart provides legal counsel to the municipality on a variety of municipal, administrative, and regulatory matters. Stuart has conducted prosecutions of City by-laws and provincial statutes before the Ontario Court of Justice, and also appears before all levels of courts on various litigation files and also before coroner’s inquests, public inquiries, and administrative tribunals. Stuart teaches municipal and planning law at the University of Ottawa.
