Experience

UrbanSim Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and CEO

  • Mar 2016 - 7 years 10 months

  Seattle, WA At UrbanSim, our mission is to enable everyone to shape the future of their communities by using state-of-the-art urban data science, simulation, and visualization. We aim to create a completely new way to engage people, businesses, and governments in decisions that will shape the future of their communities. To accomplish this, we have developed an integrated platform to share data, design alternative plans as scenarios, simulate the impacts of those plans over time, and visualize outcomes in… Show more At UrbanSim, our mission is to enable everyone to shape the future of their communities by using state-of-the-art urban data science, simulation, and visualization. We aim to create a completely new way to engage people, businesses, and governments in decisions that will shape the future of their communities. To accomplish this, we have developed an integrated platform to share data, design alternative plans as scenarios, simulate the impacts of those plans over time, and visualize outcomes in 3D. We are now launching a new, modular platform that brings a broad set of urban analytics, geospatial processing, 3D design and optimization, real estate feasibility analysis, and accessibility tools into a modern cloud platform with an intuitive user interface, taking advantage of the most recent breakthroughs in design, cloud native geospatial technologies, and Machine Learning and AI. Come see what we're up to and how we can help improve your urban decisions - whether you are working for a city, a metropolitan planning organization, a state or federal agency (in the US or anywhere else), or are a real estate developer or investor. Show less



UC Berkeley

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professor

  • 2009 - Jun 2021

  Department of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley Research and teaching in urban land and housing markets, land use and transportation modeling and planning, and urban visioning and visualization.

• Chair

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2015

  Department of City and Regional Planning Chaired the Department of City and Regional Planning for four years, 2011-12 -- 2014-15.



Berkeley Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2020

  Berkeley Working with Urban Systems group to develop models of energy use at the urban scale, to help find ways to radically reduce energy consumption in cities.



Berkeley Institute for Data Science

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media

• Senior Fellow

  • 2014 - Jun 2020

  University of California, Berkeley



Autodesk

• India
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Urban Planning

  • Jul 2015 - Feb 2016

  San Francisco Led the development of solutions for urban planning that integrate design and analysis.

• Senior Consultant

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  San Francisco Bay Area



Synthicity

• United States
• Software Development

• Founder and President

  • 2012 - Jan 2015

  Berkeley, CA Synthicity is a startup from UC Berkeley, providing state-of-the-art software engineering and professional support for UrbanSim and UrbanCanvas platforms for urban analytics, planning, and design. http://www.synthicity.com


ETH Zurich
• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Visiting Professor

  • 2011 - 2011

Urban Analytics
• Pakistan
• Business Consulting and Services
• Principal

  • 1991 - 2010

University of Washington
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Professor

  • 1997 - 2009