Dr Hossam Abdel Gawad is SETS’ VP of Technology and Innovation and an Associate Professor of Traffic and Highway Engineering at Cairo University. He has a PhD in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) from the University of Toronto and over 20 years of experience in the Middle East, Africa, and North America. He has published over 50 publications in international journals and has focused his career on transport planning and optimization, Intelligent Transport Systems, Artificial Intelligent applications in transportation, smart cities and smart mobility, as well as data-driven innovation in transportation and spatial data management and warehousing.
Dr Hossam Abdel Gawad has worked on a variety of projects that leveraged his deep knowledge on mobility technology, integrated multi-modal mobility, shared mobility systems, smart transport systems, data driven transportation management, as well as micro-mobility & non-motorized Transport. He has worked on numerous projects for clients including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, City of Toronto, City of Hamilton, Ministry of Transport of Ontario, as well as several in the MENA region and Saudi Arabia, including: RCMC, RCRC, MoTLS, Qiddiya Investment Company, NEOM, Riyadh Municipality.