Luay is a founding Principal of KLOA, Inc. with over 29 years of professional experience. Luay oversees the firm’s traffic, transportation and parking assignments for public- and private-sector clients. Luay serves as project manager on a variety of project types, including traffic and parking studies, thoroughfare planning studies, parking demand and shared parking studies, traffic signal warrant studies, site access and related highway improvement studies, and traffic signal design.

Luay also regularly appears as an expert witness at public hearings. Luay received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Southhampton (England) and a Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering from Northwestern University. Luay is a registered professional engineer in the State of Illinois and carries member status in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Urban Land Institute.

Michael is a founding member and Principal of KLOA, Inc. with more than 25 years of professional experience as a traffic and transportation engineer. Michael is a project manager responsible for traffic and parking consulting assignments for many of the firm’s public and private clients.

Michael has directed comprehensive traffic, parking, and transportation studies for proposed and existing commercial, residential, office, industrial, and mixed-use developments. Projects have included site traffic impact analysis, parking demand analysis, traffic management, safety studies, traffic simulation models, traffic circulation and access studies, traffic signal design, and roadway planning and design. Michael also regularly appears as an expert witness at public hearings.

Michael received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University and Master of Science in Management Studies from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Michael is also on the Board of Trustees of the Magnificent Mile Association and has been the Association’s Traffic and Transportation Committee Co-Chair for over 10 years. Michael is a registered professional engineer in Illinois and Wisconsin, is certified as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, and carries member status in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).

Javier is a Principal of KLOA, Inc. and a traffic and transportation engineer with more than 15 years of professional experience. In his role as project manager, Javier has prepared numerous studies analyzing traffic impacts, parking demand, and site circulation and access for retail, residential, office, industrial, and mixed-use developments. Javier has also developed traffic operations models for arterial corridors and downtown street networks, conducted speed limit studies and shared parking studies, and performed traffic signal warrant studies.

Javier has engaged with both public and private sector clients and is very knowledgeable in various traffic operations and intersection capacity analysis procedures, including Synchro, Sim Traffic, HCS2010, SIGNAL2000, Arcady 7, and computer software. Javier is fluent in the Spanish language and regularly appears as an expert witness at public hearings.

Javier received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Marquette University. Javier carries member status in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).

Eric is a Principal of KLOA, Inc. with more than 25 years of experience managing traffic, transportation, and parking planning and engineering assignments for counties, municipalities, school districts, universities and medical centers, and private developments of every type of land use. Projects have included multimodal transportation plans and corridor studies, traffic impact studies, parking demand and shared parking studies, trans­por­ta­tion management plans, school circulation and safety studies, roadway geometric concept plans, parking faci­lity layout, wayfinding sign and pavement marking plans, traffic simulation and operations analysis, freeway access studies, traffic signal design and warrant studies, origin-destination studies, pedestrian infrastructure design plans, and bicycle facility planning.

Eric also regularly appears as an expert witness at public hearings. Eric received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and Master of Business Administration in Real Estate Development from George Washington University.

Eric is a registered professional engineer in Illinois, is certified as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, Professional Transportation Planner, and Traffic Signal Operations Specialist, and is a LEED Accredited Professional in Neighborhood Development. Eric is also a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the American Planning Association (APA).

Dana is a Principal of KLOA, Inc. with more than 20 years of experience designing preliminary geometric plans, crosswalk improvements, intersection design studies, dynamic message signs, and traffic signal/interconnect plans.

Dana has prepared design plans that were reviewed and approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway, Chicago Department of Transportation, Kane County, Will County, DuPage County, Lake County, McHenry County, Cook County and multiple municipalities in the greater Chicagoland area as well as the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Menomonee Falls, Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Hammond and Whitestown, Indiana. Projects have been completed for both public and private sector clients and have ranged in size from one (1) to nineteen (19) signalized intersections.

Dana received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Valparaiso University. Dana is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin and is certified as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer.