A perennial optimist, Boris is driven by the real potential to make our cities better and more joyful places to live and move through. Always up for a design challenge, he sees constraint as the necessary frame for creative problem solving. As a Chair of The City of Calgary's Urban Design Review Panel, he regularly provides planning and urban design peer-review, feedback and insight for local planning and development applications of significant scale or impact.

In his day to day, Boris plans the strategic road ahead, manages the ongoing operations and coordination of the CivicWorks studio, and leads complex growth and change propositions. His progressive, multi-disciplinary experience spans public and private sector projects in development approvals, master planning, municipal and regional land use planning, major transportation infrastructure, information design, and community engagement.