AMAG Founders

Dr Simon Washington, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO
- BSci, MSci, and PhD in Civil Engineering
- 25 years+ in road safety
- Honours & Awards: Top academic Field Leader in Transport across Australia, numerous TRB Best Paper Awards in road safety: 2016, 2012, 2009 (x2); Most cited technical papers AAP 2010, 2015 (x2); Thomas Fitch Roland Best Paper Prize; ENO Foundation Leadership Fellow.
- Co-authored 150+ peer-reviewed articles, 3rd edition textbook adopted in 20+ countries and 2 edited books

Dr Tarek Sayed, PhD
Co-Founder & Advisor
- Distinguished professor and a Canada Research Chair of Transportation Safety and Advanced Mobility at the University of British Columbia.
- Honours & Awards: Sandford Fleming Award from the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (2009); Wilbur Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (2011); Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (2015); and Centennial Road Safety Award (2014).
- Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
- Author or co-author of more than 350 journal and conference papers.
AMAG Technical Development Team

Niloofar (Marzieh) Aliakbarzadeh
Computer Vision/AI Engineer and Manager
- BSci, Software Engineering
- Experience in video analytics and traffic data insight development
- Advanced programming skills in MATLAB, Python, and C++
- AI-based techniques for faster and more efficient video and data analytics

Dr Zili Li, PhD
Senior Data Engineer
- PhD in Econometrics
- Application of machine learning and AI models
- 8+ years of experience in statistical modelling and forecasting
- Advanced programing skills in Python and R
- Developed various competitive models for forecasting quantities electricity demand & traffic volume

Ashutosh Arun
Road Safety Engineering Intern
- BSci, Civil Engineering
- MTech, Engineering of Infrastructure and Disaster Mitigation
- 7+ years multiple safety modelling, analysis & design engineering projects
- Qualified Road Safety Auditor; 2000+ km of roads and highways
- Led several major projects (USD $3.3M)
- Recipient of Australian Endeavour Postgraduate scholarship

Nandita Reshamwala
Senior Full Stack Engineer
- BE(Computer Eng.), 10+ years multinational Software Development experience as a full stack developer
- Developed banking and finance applications, vehicle tracking systems, fire ant management applications, manufacturer production test applications, event management systems, fleet tracking systems, etc.
- Experience working with a variety of organizations: J.J. Richards& Sons, Fern Software, Biosecurity Queensland Control Center, Certain Software, NOJA Switchgear, Navman

Quazi Marufur Rahman
Computer Vision/AI Engineer
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PhD Researcher in Robotic Vision at Queensland University of Technology
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BSc and MSc in Computer Science and Engineering
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Experienced in machine learning and deep learning
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5+ years of software development experience in multiple organizations

Mohammad Faisal
Senior Software Engineer
- BSc in Computer Science and Engineering
- 4+ years of experience in software development
- Extensive experience with ReactJS and NodeJS
- Experience in building end-to-end product

Daniel Coppell
DevOps Engineer
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B.Eng Hons (Software)
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Experience working as a DevOps Engineer in the startup space
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Designed and deployed machine-learning microservices
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Knowledge of Docker/Kubernetes, Python Development and Google Cloud Platform
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Experience deploying CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins

Erik Brand
Video Analytics Engineering Itern
- 2 years’ experience in software engineering
- Student at the University of Queensland: B. (Software) Engineering (Honours), B. Economics (Econometrics)
- Programming skills in Python, R, MATLAB, C
- Experience in machine learning techniques

Viraj Pulikottil
- BE(Hons), Civil Engineering
- BInfTech, Software Information Systems
- Most Outstanding Student in Transport Engineering, UQ 2020
- Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence (x4)
- Programming experience in Java, Python, SQL