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HareshAshara
  • Associate Director, Systems Engineering
  • Brisbane

Haresh Ashara

Haresh is an accomplished Systems Engineering, Safety Assurance & Cybersecurity specialist with over 25 years of experience in delivering safety, critical, high-profile rail and control systems projects in Australia, North America and Asia Pacific.

Haresh joined Network Rail Consulting (NRC) in September 2024 to support and enhance NRC’s growing presence in Queensland and to deliver key project deliverables for Queensland Rail and Transport NSW.

Prior to joining NRC, Haresh was the Associate Director (SESA, Cybersecurity) at SYSTRA, where he was responsible for business development, the delivery of Systems Engineering and Safety Assurance services and led the cybersecurity strategy in transport business. He’s worked on key deliverables for the Train Guard European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 project for Aurizon, the Western Sydney Airport project Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance (SSTOM), Surface and Civil Alignment Work (SCAW) packages for Sydney Metro and as an Independent Certifier for the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program with Queensland Rail.

He is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional by International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), member of Institution of Railway Signalling Engineers and Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Telecommunication & Electronics Engineering and Leadership & Management. He has a BE in Electronics & Telecommunications and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with computer networks major.

Haresh is based in Brisbane.