TPr. Ts. Md. Farabi Yussoff Bin Md. Yussoff
Head of Smart Infrastructure
Gamuda Technologies Sdn Bhd
Farabi Yussoff currently holds the post of Head of Smart Infrastructure in Gamuda Technologies. Before his current post, he was the Smart City Expert in TM One and Head of the Smart City Unit at PLANMalaysia, Ministry of Housing & Local Government (KPKT). Throughout his 23 years of service in Government & private sector, he has gained experience at the Federal, State & Local Government level with a special interest in strategic planning, digitalisation, Geospatial Information System (GIS), digital infrastructure planning, smart city, urban mobility and Big Data Analytics (BDA).
He was involved in the formulation of the first National Urbanisation Policy & National Physical Plan, and responsible for the hosting of the Ninth Session of World Urban Forum (WUF9), Kuala Lumpur in 2018 during his tenure with Urbanice Malaysia, a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cities and Community Well-being under KPKT.
He holds a Bachelor & Diploma in Town & Regional Planning from the University of Technology of Malaysia. Before his service with the Government, he worked as a Spatial Analyst at a Geographical Information System (GIS) consultant in Johor Bahru. He is also a professional technologist for the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a registered town planner for the Malaysia Board of Town Planners (LPBM).