Board members

Lucie Parrot is an industrial engineer and has owned Martin Parrot for the last 24 years. She has significant expertise in the Value Management where she is involved in facilitation of value studies; she has facilitated more than 300 workshops across Canada and internationally. She is a Certified Value Specialist and a Fellow of SAVE international. She also teaches value engineering at McGill University in Montreal and at Université de la Valeur in Geneva.  Her clients are in different fields such as mining, manufacturing, rail, water and wastewater treatment, bridges, highways, city infrastructures, but also in software as well as process development and optimization studies or organizational development.  

Mushtaq Rabbi is an architect, a Registered Professional Planner (RPP), a Certified Value Specialist (CVS®), and a trainer of Value Methodology, accredited by SAVE International, USA. Mushtaq also holds a Professional in Value Management (PVM®) designation from Value For Europe. He is a certified practitioner of Management of Portfolio (MoP™), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®), PRINCE2® project management method, and Management of Risk (MoR®) by AXELOS Global Best Practice, UK. His professional career spans over 25 years in the public and private sectors. 

Mushtaq holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, and a Master’s in Urban Planning from McGill University, Montreal. He has been a Director of the Board of Value Analysis Canada since 2011 and the immediate past president of this organization.
 

Dr. Azzeddine Oudjehane has over 30 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary projects in R&D, business innovation and market development working with various stakeholders from Academia, Government and Industry. Azzeddine holds graduate degrees in both Applied Science and Business Administration. With over 100 publications and presentations at international conferences, Dr. Oudjehane serves in various journal review committees and has chaired sessions at conferences. Azzeddine is often invited as a keynote to speak on the roles of innovation and sustainability in construction practices. At SAIT where he leads as Academic Chair a unique undergraduate BSc degree in construction project management with VM as part of the curriculum, Azzeddine taught the foundations of Value Engineering applied to construction projects.

 

Narinder Bubbar, P. Eng., PMP, VMA
Narinder is a Professional Engineer with a unique focus in the fields of Value Management and Project Management.  He has over 20 years of experience managing public infrastructure. In his current role with The City of Calgary, he is responsible for the Corporate Project Management Office as well as internal consulting to the PM Community.  Narinder has been involved in Value Management since 2012 and is a certified Value Methodology Associate (VMA) as well as a Project Management Professional (PMP).
 

Tammy Dow, M.Sc.E., P.Eng., CVS is a Project Manager and Certified Value Specialist (CVS) with over 15 years of experience in highway preliminary design, transportation planning, traffic engineering and value engineering for both the private and public sectors. Over the last 8 years, Ms. Dow has served as the Project Manager and Assistant VE Team Leader on numerous Value Engineering and Functional Performance Specification (FPS) Studies. Several of these involved projects with construction value of $100M to $1.6 Billion. Many of these studies have involved the management and coordination of very large multi-disciplinary VE Teams (e.g. 20-40 VE Team members). Several of the VE Studies undertaken by Ms. Dow have also included a parallel cost and schedule risk assessment which she also managed and coordinated. Ms. Dow received her Certified Value Specialist certification from SAVE International in 2011. She is a member of both SAVE International and the Value Analysis Canada (VAC). She has served on the VAC Board of Directors since 2007 and also served as the 2008 VAC Conference Chair. Since 2011, Ms. Dow has been a Professor of VE for Conestoga College's Architecture and Facility Management Program. Ms. Dow received an award in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the advancement of Value Management and support of the VAC at the 2012 VAC conference. Ms. Dow has a National Charrette Institute (NCI) System Training Certificate as well as the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation Certificate.

SteVE is an experienced VM specialist and facilitator who grew MTO's VE program into the most successful public agency VE program in Canada.  He has applied Value Analysis,  Risk Analysis, and Decision Analysis techniques to infrastructure, strategic planning, policy, and decision support. He has been recognized within government and by Value Societies for his accomplishments in innovation, risk analysis and value management.

Mrs. Martin has been involved with Value management for the last 10 years. She has succeeded in the VMF1 and VMF2 courses and is now preparing to pass the CVS certification. Mrs. Martin has been cofacilitating workshops on different issues, both managerial and technical. She is a business partner at Martin Parrot Inc. and is involved in the studies realized by this group specialized in Value studies around the world.

Amin Sarang, PhD, P.Eng.,PMP, is a seasoned Civil Engineering expert specializing in Value Methodology and Analysis. With a PhD in Civil Engineering and Professional Engineer (PEng) designation from Ontario's Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), Amin boasts extensive expertise.
He's a dedicated member of Value Analysis Canada (VAC) and a Board Member since 2018, recognized for his contributions. Holding MOD I & II and prestigious VMA certificates from SAVE-International, he's actively pursuing CVS (Certified Value Specialist) certification.

With 20+ years in Civil projects, Amin's global impact includes advancing Value Engineering, training over 2000 professionals, and leading cost-saving Value Engineering workshops. His project management spans diverse mixed-use urban developments.

Amin currently directs Land Service Group (LSG Partners), actively working Ontario's land development. His unwavering commitment to optimization and collaboration defines his industry influence.


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Professor Scarbrough has been at Brock since 1995 and has held several positions in the Faculty of Business. Prior appointments include Boston University and Bentley University. International teaching experience includes Waseda University [Tokyo] and Linnaeus University [Sweden].

Rakesh currently works for Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario.   Previously, he worked for the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario for over 13 years. Rakesh has served on the Council of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), board of Engineers Canada and was appointed to the board of The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL), as part of the recent Governor in Council (GIC) appointments made by the Government of Canada. 

Rakesh also served as the membership director of the Greater Michigan Chapter of SAVE International and has been involved in the Value Society SAVE International. 

Sarah is a highly experienced project manager with an engineering background who has moved into Risk Management. She has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, 15 of which have been with Faithful+Gould. In 2017 SNC purchased the Atkins group of which Faithful+Gould is a part. Sarah is a certified Project Management professional (PMP) and Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), both through the Project Management Institute, a LEED Green Associate, and a Value Methodology Associate (VMA), through SAVE International. The VMA indicates that she is well versed in Value Engineering and Management. Sarah has a broad spectrum of Public & Prviate Sector project experience. Excellent at communication at all levels, Sarah is an excellent facilitator of workshops with experience in both risk and VE.