New staff member – John Lieswyn

John Lieswyn started work as a transport planner on 12 January 2009 in ViaStrada's Christchurch office.  

For the last three and a half years, John had been working for Palmerston North City Council on various public transport, walking and cycling projects, since emigrating from the United States with his wife.

John has a formal qualification in marketing, but is perhaps best known for his bicycle racing career from 1995 to 2005 including his membership of the United States national cycling team. You can read up on him on Cyclingnews, and there's even a Wikipedia page about him. John is studying towards a postgraduate qualification in transportation at Canterbury University.

Welcome to ViaStrada, John!