Halar Shahani, P.Eng, currently serves as the National Automation Manager at Kuehne+Nagel, where responsibilities include managing the automation portfolio in Canada, overseeing various project stages from inception to post-implementation. Previous experience includes roles as an Industrial Process and Automation Systems Engineer at Kuehne+Nagel and Manufacturing Engineer at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. Halar also worked at Air Liquide as a Junior Project Engineer, focusing on the automation of rotating equipment and control systems in air separation units. Early career experiences encompass technical sales at Air Liquide and project work for an orangutan rehabilitation initiative. Halar holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial/Mechanical Systems Engineering from the University of Regina.