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Main Speaker - June 2016

“DFW Airport: The Journey Ahead”

 Presented by: 
  Khaled Naja, P.E. 
 Executive Vice President 
 Airport Development & Planning 
 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport  

This month we will have Khaled Naja, P.E., who is the Executive Vice President for Airport Development and Planning at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.  He will be discussing current and upcoming projects at DFW Airport. 

Khaled Naja serves as Executive Vice President for the Airport Development and Planning Division of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. He oversees the Design, Code & Construction, Commercial Development, Energy, Transportation & Asset Management and Planning departments. 

His responsibilities include directing all aspects of development at DFW, including master planning, engineering, a $3 billion capital improvement program, construction work, and commercial real estate development. More specifically, Mr. Naja provides key leadership support to help guide the overall strategic planning of the Airport; the development, acquisition, leasing, and commercial property management of the Airport’s property and facilities; and the design and construction of facilities in fulfillment of the Airport Master Plan. 

Mr. Naja is an experienced senior executive and professional engineer with cross-industry expertise in infrastructure operations and construction management. His professional career includes serving as Vice President in the Aviation Division for Parsons Corporation and as Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago Department of Aviation. In that role, Mr. Naja was responsible for the daily management of facilities maintenance as well as for airside and landside operations at O’Hare International Airport. He also had managerial oversight over design and construction, noise, sustainability and environmental compliance at both O’Hare and Midway International Airports, including the $6.6 billion O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP). Mr. Naja’s previous experiences include construction management responsibilities on the OMP and the Washington Dulles International Airport capital development program. 

Mr. Naja is a registered professional engineer licensed in Illinois and Virginia. He holds a Master of Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia.