Transportation

As WSP’s maritime market leader, Kosal works with U.S. and international port authorities, marine terminal operators, the U.S. Navy, local municipalities, shipyards and construction contractors, overseeing our talented project delivery team to support the full life cycle of their maritime projects through successful delivery.

Prior to joining WSP, Kosal served as Southern California operations manager and West region maritime leader for an international engineering firm. His maritime experience includes work on container terminals, oil terminals, naval piers, buildings and site development for port authorities. He has managed several projects for the Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles and the U.S. Navy.

Kosal earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Anna University in Chennai, India; a master’s degree in civil engineering at University of California at Berkeley; and a doctorate in structural engineering from the University of California at San Diego.

Jannet Walker-Ford is the Advisory and Planning Business Line Executive at WSP in the U.S. In this role, she is responsible for business performance, and integrating the firm’s technical expertise in planning, engineering, program/construction management and operations with the strategic problem-solving and communications needed by owners, developers and operators to assess, fund, and organize around successful delivery of infrastructure programs and projects across all business lines.

Previously, she served as National Transit and Rail Leader, responsible for leading and growing the firm’s business in national transit and rail markets including the national practices for transit and rail, freight delivery, passenger rail, systems, technical project delivery, bus rapid transit and zero emissions.

Jannet is a nationally recognized transportation industry executive, and a tireless advocate for equity in transportation and the power of public transit to transform communities. She has more than two decades of diverse expertise including management consulting, technology, mobility, and transportation systems.

Jannet is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a bachelor’s degree in management information systems and Central Michigan University with a Master of Business Administration degree. Recognized by WTS International with the inaugural Jannet Walker-Ford Breaking Barriers Award in 2024, Jannet has received numerous awards and serves on multiple national boards. She is the Immediate Past Chair of WTS International, the APTA Executive Committee, the Eno Center for Transportation and Jacksonville Board of Trustees. The broad range of recognition for her success and advocacy includes 2023 Railway Age Women in Rail, 2022 American Public Transportation Association’s Business Member of the Year, 2021 WTS Northeast Florida Woman of the Year, 2019 Transportation Diversity Council/Massachusetts Institute of Technology honoree for Services to the Transportation Industry, 2019 Women of Color STEM Technology All-Star Award, and a 2019 Conference of Minority Transportation Officials’ Women Who Move the Nation honoree.

With two decades of experience in geotechnical and tunneling, Ian has served in technical and leadership capacities on projects for large highway, transit, water and transportation agencies across the U.S., including the Hampton Roads Bridge and Tunnel project, the Midtown Tunnel and projects for key clients such as New York City Transit, Virginia Department of Transportation, and several major design-build contractors. He leads WSP’s vast team of geotechnical and tunneling engineers in delivering services for state and local transportation agencies, water and wastewater clients, developers, and design-build contractors.

Ian has a BS in Mining Engineering and an MS in Geotechnical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Kentucky and is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.