José Miguel works as Specialist in the Intelligent Transport Systems Sector within the Integrated Transport Centre.He is involved in the complete life-cycle of ITC's Intelligent Transportation Systems:- Formulation of system and operational requirements- Elaboration of tender documents. Tendering.- Design- Development- Deployment- Testing and Verification- Training- Acceptance and Compliance management- Day-to-day Operations and work processes. Business Continuity- Organisational adaptions and Change Management- Maintenance and refurbishment- Phase-out and migrationOver the years, José Miguel has made key contributions to numerous systems, among other:- DARB - Road User Charging System- ITPS - Integrated Transportation Payment System- AVM - Automated Vehicle Management System for public buses- Asateel - Integrated AVM Enterprise Platform- RTPI - Real-time Passenger Information System with e-ink displays at bus stops and live-feed to Journey Planner- AFC - Automated Fare Collection SystemNote: Abu Dhabi's Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) was formerly known as Department of Transport.

As Operations Control Centre (OCC) Specialist for the Bus Division of Abu Dhabi's Department of Transport, José Miguel supervises and guides the dispatchers team, and makes sure that the systems used in the OCC are working properly and are correctly set-up for their most efficient operational use.Additionally, José Miguel supports:• the day-to-day business of the bus operations,• the network and schedule planning activities,• the reporting of key performance indicators (KPI),• the management of suppliers, andcontributes to conceiving technological enhancements and organisational changes which will improve the overall quality of bus services.

INIT is a medium size company that supplies Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Services to public transport operators and agencies.José Miguel implemented two of the world’s most advanced Automated Vehicle Management Systems (AVM) in very challenging and rapidly evolving environments for Roads and Transport Authority (RTA, Dubai) and Department of Transport (DOT, Abu Dhabi).He managed multi-cultural teams across numerous partner, supplier and stakeholder organisations, and led the projects to success despite of limited available resources.

ibase was a boutique Business Development and Telematics Technology consulting company.As Senior Consultant, José Miguel coached the customer’s project managers and synthesised new technological solutions, operational procedures and business opportunities.

Socratec developed M2M-based Telematics Systems for traffic, transport and aerospace applications.José Miguel managed all technical activities within the company, international projects as well as product life-cycle and support services. Recruited and managed staff of 25+. He led the relationships with the European Commission, Space Agencies and other governmental organisations. José Miguel aligned the product development with the defined Business Development strategy for achieving a competitive advantage.

Kayser Threde is specialised in the development and production of complex systems for aerospace, telecoms and science applications.Initially, José Miguel took on a System Engineer role and was promoted to Project Manager later on.

Research on satellite-based localisation algorithms for Geosciences and traffic applications.

Research related to orbit determination of navigation satellites.