Meet our Executive Team

Robert Colonna is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Health Promotion at Western University. He is a Project Coordinator in the i-Mobile Driving Research Lab at Western, and a Research Assistant at the Public Health Agency of Canada. Robert’s research focuses on improving public health through road safety interventions, specifically those related to youth cannabis use and impaired driving. He is involved in many research and leadership initiatives within the road safety community. He is on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals and is the current Chair of their Young Professionals’ Committee. He is also a co-investigator in two national-funded studies investigating the determinants of cannabis-impaired driving among youth, and examining how social media portrays and reacts to cannabis-impaired driving content.

Vikas is a Professional Engineer with working experience in public and private sectors on diverse Civil and Transportation Engineering projects. Vikas is a certified level 2 Road Safety Professional (Infrastructure Domain) and a licensed Professional Traffic Operations Engineer. He also holds two Master’s degrees focused on Structural and Transportation Engineering. Vikas is currently working as a Senior Traffic Engineer with the City of Regina and leading a dynamic team. He is responsible for Citywide Traffic Signals & Expressway Lighting – Capital and Operation programs, a Traffic Calming Program, a Network Safety Screening Program, a Traffic Data Collection & Analysis Program, and provides support on major corridor planning studies and multi-modal transportation engineering projects. Vikas takes immense pleasure in working with diverse stakeholders in resolving challenges, optimizing programs, and promoting safer transportation networks for all modes of travel.

Though relatively new to the traffic safety industry, Peter brings over 10 years of marketing, communications, and leadership experience to the YPC, specializing in digital project management and content strategy. Peter has managed multiple national-reaching websites in his career and possesses an applied knowledge of website optimization, social media marketing, event management, campaign automation, and omnichannel integration. He works as the Marketing Manager at ATS Traffic out of Edmonton.

Omid completed his Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from the University of Calgary and his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Iran). Since 2018, as a Transportation Engineer at ISL Engineering and Land Services, he has been involved in several road safety review studies for municipalities across British Columbia, such as North Vancouver, New Westminster, Richmond, and Coquitlam. Through a systematic approach (Network Screening), Omid has reviewed the historical insurance claims to determine top collision-prone locations, identify potential safety issues, and develop short/long-term mitigating measures to reduce the number of casualty collisions.