Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) in Quantity Surveying at the University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) in 1992, followed by an M.Sc. in Construction Management from Arizona State University in 1997, and he earned his Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Alberta in 2001. For 11 years, he served as Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Research (International) at the University of Calgary. His distinguished achievements include being named one of 2022’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrants by Canadian Immigrant Magazine, an honor presented by the Prime Minister of Canada. He made history as the first Canadian and non-American to chair any councils or commissions of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), serving as Executive Chair of the Commission of International Initiatives from 2019 to 2021. As a former US Fulbright scholar, he has developed numerous innovative practices and tools that have been successfully implemented in the construction industry, contributing to advancements in productivity improvement, project management, planning, risk management, decision analysis, and sustainability.