WSP expands C/AV team with policy and technical leaders

WSP has made two senior level appointments to strengthen its connected and automated vehicle (C/AV) team. Sahar Shirazi has been named planning and policy lead for AV and emerging mobility in San Francisco while Frank Perry is now senior connected AV programme manager in Detroit. Shirazi will help clients develop plans, policies and projects that incorporate emerging mobility solutions. She was previously planning advisor to the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research under governor Edmund
June 29, 2018 Read time: 2 mins

6666 WSP has made two senior level appointments to strengthen its connected and automated vehicle (C/AV) team. Sahar Shirazi has been named planning and policy lead for AV and emerging mobility in San Francisco while Frank Perry is now senior connected AV programme manager in Detroit.

Shirazi will help clients develop plans, policies and projects that incorporate emerging mobility solutions. She was previously planning advisor to the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research under governor Edmund Brown. In this role, Shirazi updated statewide planning guidelines leading to the development of AV and smart city policies.

Perry will manage C/AV system design, deployments and system integration and testing for government agencies. He has systems engineering and project management experience in wireless network design and operation, and has worked with connected vehicle and light-duty vehicle systems. In addition, Perry has helped develop standards for enabling vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communications.

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