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Your Local CommitteeThe committee of the ITEANZ is comprised of the members mentioned below and consists of formal positions including President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary and occasional members who assist with the various tasks undertaken by the committee. Howard McDonald
Having a strong focus in public transport orientated development, recent projects have included the Vermont South and Box Hill Tramway Extensions, the Green and Yellow Orbital SmartBus Routes, master-planning for Warragul and Geelong Rail Stations as part of the Transit Cities Program, and tender design for the South Morang Rail Extension in Melbourne’s outer north. As a recognised leader in the delivery of transport planning and traffic engineering projects, Howard presently holds the position of President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Australia and New Zealand (ITE ANZ), is a Fellow with the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) and a Member of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA). Email: Howard.McDonald@hyderconsulting.com Derrick Hitchins
Derrick has over 24 years of engineering experience across the civil and transportation sectors in South Africa, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. His various international experiences have equipped him to handle a wide range of projects across different industry groups. Major projects of note include EastLink, the Brisbane Airport Link, Ipswich Motorway and the Pacific Motorway upgrade and the Dandenong Revitalisation Project. Derrick maintains a keen interest in the world of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Advanced Traffic Management Systems, Toll Road Infrastructure and Systems Design. He has a high-level of expertise in traffic engineering, transport modelling (including toll modelling), transport strategy/policy development, transportation planning, and economic analysis and is a skilled project manager. Derrick has also project managed a range of significant civil engineering projects, strategic planning studies and public transport initiatives involving multi-disciplinary teams and government department heads. Derrick holds a Masters degree in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) and a Diploma of Project Management. He became a member of ITE in late 2005 and was elected to the ITE Australia and New Zealand Section Executive Board as Vice President in 2008. After a short stay in Queensland he has returned and resumed the role of Vice President of the Victorian Branch. Email: derrick.hitchins@smec.com Emma Donnelly
Emma’s particular interests include pedestrian and cyclist sensitive design, geometric design, community consultations and crash investigations. Emma joined the ITE as a student and became an Executive Board member of ITEANZ in 2004 upon returning to Australia. Emma has carried out the role of Secretary from 2005 to 2007 and is now the Treasurer of the Section. Email: emma@obrientraffic.com Nick Szwed
During his last years at VicRoads he worked in the Road Safety Department developing road safety engineering policy and guidelines. He carried out the research to promote and justify the 40 km/h speed limits in strip shopping centres and 50 km/h in rural towns. He also played a central role in the introduction of 40 km/h speed limits at schools. He is currently a freelance consultant working in the following areas: · speed limits policy, · road safety risk assessment, · the safe system approach, · unprotected road users, · rural road safety particularly run-off-road crashes, · roadside hazards and road safety barriers, · safety aspects of road surfaces, and · road safety in land use planning. Nick joined the ITEANZ Executive Board in 2009 as Assistant Secretary and assumed the role of Secretary in 2010. Email: nszwed@bigpond.net.au Mark O'Brien
Mark has been a member of ITE since joining as a student member in 2000. He joined the Executive Board in August 2005 and has performed the roles of webmaster and newsletter editor since that time, was Secretary in 2009 and is Assistant Secretary in 2010. Email: mark@obrientraffic.com Peter McCombs
Email: peter.mccombs@tdg.co.nz Daniel Przychodzki
Daniel has previously worked in both local and state levels of Government (Knox Council and VicRoads), in a traffic research and advocacy role with RACV's Public Policy Department and has private consulting experience with traffic engineering consultants Turnbull Fenner (now known as Traffix Group). Daniel first joined the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) as a Student Member in 1998, and became an Associate Member not long after he graduated in 1999. Now a Member of ITE, he has held a position on the ITE Australian and New Zealand Section Executive Board since 2001. Occupying the position as Section Secretary in 2004 and 2005, Vice President in 2006, and President in 2007 through to 2009. Email: d.przychodzki@cardinia.vic.gov.au Andrew Somers
Since graduating at the end of 2003, Andrew has worked on a variety of projects including the Freeway Management System for the Monash - CityLink - West Gate Upgrade and traffic management for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. He is a past president of the Monash Student Chapter of ITE and has been the Student Chapter Liaison Officer since 2005. Email: Andrew.Somers@roads.vic.gov.au Hussain Dia
Hussein is a Fellow of ITE and a Member of Engineers Australia and American Society of Civil Engineers. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of ITS Australia, Interim Executive Committee of ASCE-Australian Section, and Editor of the IEEE Transactions on ITS. Email: Hussein.Dia@aecom.com Peter Daly
Peter joined ITE in 1992 and has held various leadership roles within ITE, including District 8 Coordinating Council Representative and Secretary, President and Immediate Past President of the Australia and New Zealand Section. He also was Co-Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for ITE's 2005 Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Melbourne, Australia. Email: Peter_Daly@racv.com.au Don McKenzie
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury and has over 15 years experience in the traffic engineering profession in New Zealand. He has been a member of ITE since 2003 and has also been active within the IPENZ Transportation Group in New Zealand, serving on both Branch and National Committees between 2002 and 2007 Email: don.mckenzie@tdg.co.nz Andrew Edgar
Andrew also has a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Traffic from Monash University.Andrew has a BE(Civil) and a Master of Traffic, both from Monash University. As well as being an ITE ANZ Executive Board Member, Andrew is also the secretary of the Central branch committee of the IPENZ Transportation Group. He has also been on the committee of the Engineers Australia Victorian Transport Branch and was a founder member of the young professionals section of the Chartered Institute of Transport Victorian branch in the mid 90s. Andrew joined ITE in 1995 as an Affiliate Member and has been a full Member since 2005. He has been on the Executive Board as a New Zealand Liaison from mid 2004. Email: Andrew.Edgar@nzta.govt.nz Andrew O'Brien
He has made a major contribution to this section performing the role of Secretary, Vice-President, and President. Andrew was elected as the District 8 Director on ITE International Board from 1996-1998. He has continued to serve on the local Board as well as holding a number of ITE International administrative committee positions. He is also a member of ITE and TRB Task Forces on Roundabouts. Andrew was recognised by the ITEANZ with the Contribution to ITE Award in 2005, and by ITE International when elected an Honorary Member in 2007. Email: Andrew@obrientraffic.com
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a Principal Engineer of the Transport Services Section of Hyder
Consulting in Melbourne, Howard is responsible for the planning,
design and management of integrated transport related
infrastructure. He has over 25 years experience in the public and
private sectors, with involvement in a broad range of projects.
These projects have included public transport planning, strategic
corridor studies, traffic impact assessments, road safety audits,
vehicle accident investigations, cycleway studies and major road
design projects. 
Derrick is currently the Manager of Traffic and Transport
Planning for SMEC in Victoria. Currently based in Melbourne, he and
his team provide traffic engineering and transport planning services
to a range of private sector organizations, Government agencies and
Financial Institutions throughout Australia. With over 4,000
employees, SMEC has a strong global presence with an established
network of over 33 major offices throughout Australia, Africa, Asia,
the Middle East and the Pacific.
Emma
Donnelly is a Senior Traffic Engineer who works part time as a consultant at
O’Brien Traffic with the balance of her time spent as a traffic
engineer at the City of Glen Eira. Prior to joining O’Brien Traffic,
Emma worked as an analyst for a transport consultancy in the USA.
Nick
has over 35 years of experience in the road safety and traffic engineering profession. Most of this
has been at VicRoads and its various predecessors. 
Mark O'Brien
is a Senior Traffic Engineer/Modeller at O'Brien Traffic. He holds Bachelor of Civil Engineering and Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of Melbourne and has worked as a traffic engineering consultant in the United States and Australia since graduating in 2002. Mark's specific areas of interest in the transportation profession include: 
Peter
is the Chairman of Traffic Design Group Ltd of New Zealand and has
over 35 years experience in traffic engineering.
Daniel Przychodzki is the Senior Engineer (Traffic)
at Cardinia Shire Council, Victoria.
Andrew
Somers is Senior Engineer - Network Strategy at VicRoads, working on
congestion management policy and programs for Melbourne. He has a
Master of Traffic and Master of Transport from Monash
University. 
Dr
Hussein Dia is the Associate Director - Transportation at Aecom in
Brisbane. He specialises in ITS and traffic and transport
modelling and has over 27 years of engineering experience in public
and private sector organisations. Before joining Aecom in 2010, he
was Director of the ITS Research Laboratory at the University of
Queensland. Through his research and consulting background, he has
expertise in a broad range of specialist transport consulting
services including planning and design, technical evaluation,
development of smart ITS solutions, and professional development and
training. 
Peter Daly is the Chief Engineer Traffic
and Roads at RACV, the automobile club of Victoria, Australia. He leads a team
responsible for providing advocacy and information services to RACV members
and the wider community on issues such as road safety, road infrastructure, traffic
management, traveller information and transport regulation. Peter sits on a number of government advisory councils
and expert bodies and is a regular spokesperson on transport policy and road safety in the technical and mass media. Prior to
joining RACV, he lectured in civil engineering at Monash University and worked as a specialist consultant in the transport
industry, primarily as an expert witness. Peter continues to teach road safety engineering in Monash's undergraduate and
postgraduate programs. He has published widely in the fields of transport research and policy and is a regular referee for
international journals and conferences. 
Don is a Senior Associate, shareholder and Auckland
Manager of Traffic Design Group in Auckland, NZ. Originally from
Canterbury, Don has spent time in both the Wellington and
Christchurch offices of the firm before shifting northwards to help
lead the Auckland office of TDG. Don is a father of two primary
school-aged children and is married to Catherine. 
Andrew is a Senior
Advisor in the Integrated Planning group of the New Zealand
Transport Agency. Including its previous incarnations (Transit NZ,
Land Transport New Zealand, and the Land Transport Safety Authority)
Andrew has been with the organisation for 8 years since moving from
Australia. Current work includes providing advice and direction to
regional councils when developing regional land transport
strategies, investigating national transport levels of service, and
assisting the transport planning associated with the 2011 Rugby
World Cup. Given his past experience in road safety and freight
planning, Andrew also provides advice on these topics from an
integrated planning perspective. 
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