David Gerstle Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, MA, US

Fundraising and funding organization for Peabody Elementary, Cambridge Public Schools.

Boston, MA, US

• I use the modern principles of research, design, and technology to make the transit system easier for all riders to use with in-house software development. We provide real-time rider information about the transit.
• Lead Technology Innovation Department, the premier North American transit agency digital & software development team, building and maintaining products to make the system easier for riders to use by using the modern.
• Building first-party mobile app for trip making and trip making; building digital-first, user-driven reduced fare applications for eligibility and enrollment including new income-eligible reduced fare program
• Started Innovation Expo where 35+ teams presented posters sharing their innovations toward building a culture that values trying new things and continuous improvement
• Led Enterprise Information & Technology Strategy, taking a human-centric, business outcomes approach
• Tripled impact & capabilities by strategically prioritizing, positioning, and communicating how specific product benefit the overall authority; moved half of team from capital to operating budget

Mclean, VA, US

• Responsible for delivery, staffing, client relationships, task prioritization, continuous process improvement, and strategy
• Operate and improve business processes as systems integrator to synchronize insurance enrollment data across consumers, health insurance companies, and the federal government
• Seek problems and break abstract challenges into concrete, tangible, feasible steps: prioritize high-return on investment changes to fix degradation of data integrity; build coalitions and use understanding change.

Newton, MA, US

• Designed, developed, and tested new and old features of Caliper’s proprietary transportation GIS software
• Managed and supported innovative consulting projects, using data science methods on big data for statistically rigorous decision support and alternatives analysis
• Represented Caliper at conferences, professional meetings, and sales meetings as primary face of the Transmodeler microsimulation product
• Led training and support for the TransModeler microsimulation product

Cambridge, MA, US

• Studied human mobility and networks with Marta Gonzalez’s Human Mobility and Networks Lab (HuMNeT).
• Designed and built system to archive Boston bus geospatial locations from publicly available real-time data
• Analyzed the performance and dynamics of the Boston bus network to explore human mobility

US

• Managed teams on four data analysis projects; managed the firm’s relationship with clients and data vendors
• Led statistics in Market Structure Analysis for Pipeline Products with strategy for products 2–3 years from launch

Bs, Physics

Master Of Science - Ms, Transportation/Mobility Management