UBSafe Team

Operating from British Columbia, Canada, UBSafe is a complete provider for workplace machine safeguarding needs. Find out more about our team below.

Ian Rood, AScT, P.Tech, CHSC, FS Qual (TÜV Rheinland, #12573/16, Machinery)

General Manager

Ian is the founder of UBSafe and responsible for all aspects of company oversight and management. He has over 30 years of experience in the field of Machine Safeguarding and Control Systems Integration.

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Thomas Kokes P.Eng, FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland) #26423/23 – Safety Instrumented Systems

Engineering Manager

Thomas has 20 years of experience in control system and electrical engineering and has been a Partner in UBSafe since 2011. Thomas has been exposed to a variety of projects in controls, automation and power distribution and in a broad range of industrial experience including light manufacturing, production facilities and heavy industries. Thomas now leads a group of engineers and designers on projects.

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Stuart Hutchison, B11 LMSS™

Control Systems Designer

Stuart is a graduate of the BCIT Mechatronics program and joined UBSafe 2018. Stuart enjoys speaking at safety conferences and providing online training as well as conducting consulting and engineering design projects.


Rishab Dhoopar

Control Systems Engineer (EIT)

Rishab is also a graduate of the Mechatronics program at BCIT and joined UBSafe in 2017. Rishab conducts risk assessments, verification/validation testing and performs design engineering. Rishab is highly experienced in site commissioning and startup activities.


Jordan Wright, P.Eng, FS Eng with fluid power certification

Control Systems Engineer

Jordan rejoined UBSafe in 2023 with 10 years experience in electrical engineering. Jordan has performed engineering design specifications, executed engineering design projects and stamped the designs as a professional engineer in British Columbia (EGBC).


Josh Ma

Control Systems Engineer (EIT)

Josh has just completed his degree in Engineering and has joined the UBSafe design team already performing his first system designs.


Tracey Rood

Business Office Administrator

Tracey has over 20 years of experience in HR and business administration fields. Since joining UBSafe, Tracey has overseen operations and managed the business needs of the rapidly growing UBSafe team.