2019 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Adam Razak, MSEE, PE, PMP

Seeing the impact that his work has on one of the busiest airports in the world is what Adam Razak, communications engineer associate IV for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), said he enjoys the most about his job.

“Most systems are network-based and that’s what I do every day – support the network – and that’s what I enjoy, keeping the systems up and running and contributing to improving our guests’ experience at LAX Airport,” he said.

With 15 combined years in the IT field, Razak has been in his role at LAWA since January 2008. Most recently, Razak served as the lead network engineer for the LAX Terminal 1 Modernization Program (T1MP). The four-year project saw the overhaul of the aging LAX terminal to improve guest experience and security. Razak was responsible for in-house design, configuration and commissioning of a new network for the terminal and migrating the existing network. The hard work paid off in the program being named the “best airport concessions transformation” in the 2019 Excellence in Airport Concessions awards by Airports Council International-North America.

Razak is now serving as the lead network engineer for the Terminal 1.5 Modernization Program (T1.5MP) that will build a connecting structure between Terminals 1 and 2 at LAX, further expanding the baggage claim areas.

Razak also teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension, where he developed new computer networking courses designed to prepare students for entry-level IT careers in the aviation field.

“Supporting the airport is a 24/7 operation and that’s what I like about it, keeping those systems up and running,” Razak said.