William G. Waters, II, is Professor and Chair, Transportation and Logistics, in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of British Columbia. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research E (Logistics and Transportation Review), a highly respected international academic journal. Dr. Waters has published extensively, over 100 publications including demand, cost, and productivity analysis in transportation, ocean shipping and bulk logistics systems, railway costing and performance measurement, project evaluation methods and the analysis of public policies.

He has taught 20 different university courses in economics, transportation, public utilities, project evaluation, and relations between government and business. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Oxford, Sydney, Tasmania, and Wisconsin. He has served as a consultant to companies large and small, to various governments and other agencies including the World Bank and the Association of American Railroads.