Ben Gomes Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I joined VHB’s Boston office as a transportation consultant where my work focused on private urban developments in Boston and Cambridge. I specialize in operational and safety analysis and have experience conducting traffic impact studies, report preparation, and multi modal transportation analyses. I am proficient in Synchro, Excel, and Microsoft Office applications. Additional tools include AutoCAD and PTV VISSIM. My role encompassed technical leadership and included project and task management.Projects include:New Cancer Hospital/ Campus Planning, Boston, MAWS/Fenway Corners, Boston, MAConfidential Safety Assessment/ Planning, Boston, MASamuels/180 Western Ave, Boston, MALongwood Collective/Retainer Agreement, Boston, MAFlatley/425 Medford Master Plan, Boston, MA776 Summer/Phase I-II Entitlement, Boston, MAHDR/UPenn Hospital, Philadelphia, PARhode Island DOT/Safety Planning, Providence, RI

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Leverage leadership skills for managing internal team, monitoring performance, reviewing work quality, and processing invoices to customers. Ensure operational activities to be completed in a timely manner. Oversee quality control by ensuring and maintaining high standard of products. Handle financial matters including important documents, billing, and paying bills.• Deployed technical tools aimed at better tracking sales and costs.• Minimized payroll by 10% through streamlining and improving workflow.• Introduced engineering mindset of data collection and analysis to old school small business.• Developed and implemented robust growth strategies with a keen focus on enhancing business progress.• Optimized sales by 28% during company’s AM peak hours (6-9 AM) by making strategic investments in equipment and renovations.

Boston, Ma

Collaborated with team of professionals to develop traffic / transportation planning and engineering solutions for multitude of transportation projects. Utilized professional skills for preparing traffic impact studies, while analyzing multi-modal transportation. Gathered and organized traffic data as well as developed, analyzed, and evaluated traffic improvements.• Performed close collaboration with senior management in developing transportation planning studies.• Modeled transportation scenarios for evaluating impacts of new development and identifying applicable solutions to transportation issues.• Crafted written planning documents, summarized collected information, and assembled reports for ensuring streamlined workflow.

Boston, Ma.

Carried out intersection and roadway LOS analysis by demonstrating exceptional transportation engineering skills. Collected and interpreted data including signal timing plans, crash data, and volume counts. Implemented best practices for creating crash and volume diagrams for several studies.• Crafted reports for publication on company’s website for keeping potential clients up-to-dated on current projects.• Researched and interpreted transportation data, community statistics, and demographics to update models.

Lowell, Ma.

- Tutor and assist college students individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.- Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.- Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories and assist students with hardware and software use.- Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress.- Distribute tests and homework assignments and collect them when they are completed.- Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations.- Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.- Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Lowell, Ma.

-Mass DOT Project Title: Calibration of Safety Performance Functions and Crash Modification Factors for MA- Study factors affecting traffic conditions, such as lighting or sign and marking visibility, to assess their effectiveness.- Gather and compile data for computer input.- Operate counters and record data to assess the volume, type, and movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic at specified times.- Time stoplights or other delays, using stopwatches.- Interview motorists about specific intersections or highways to gather road-condition information for use in planning.