Alberto Epifani is an architect and urban planner, with a degree from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (FAU-USP). He currently serves as Coordinator of Public Transport at the State Secretariat for Metropolitan Transportation for the Metropolitan Regions of São Paulo, Santos, and Campinas. He has previously served as Director of Planning at CPTM (Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos) and Director of Planning and Expansion at Metrô (São Paulo Metropolitan Company). He also acted as Coordinator of the Urbanism Technical Division at the São Paulo Institute of Engineering.