President & CEO of Flexlynqs, a mobility-innovation company, I founded in February 2024 to empower public agencies in delivering complete and personalized mobility solutions. In my current role, I leads firm’s strategic direction and operations. Most recently, I worked as the Director of Transit/Emerging Mobility Practice at Arcadis/IBI Group.Career Highlights: ~Nationally recognized transit/mobility systems and data expert~Two decades in advising 150+ agencies at local, state and federal levels across 30+ states at the intersection of planning, policy, technology and data~Extensive experience with USDOT-funded mobility innovation projects such as MSAA, Connected Vehicles/Dynamic Mobility (ATTRI, V2X, IDTO), ATCMTD, ITS4US, FTA IMI/AIM/EMI. ~Chair- Transit Innovation (IDEA) program, TRB at National Academies

Member of ISO Technical Committee 204- Intelligent Transport Systems

More re. IDEA program: https://www.trb.org/IDEAProgram/IDEATransit.aspxTCRP website: https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1170

~Technology strategy; planning/policy considerations ~Emerging technologies research and concept development for better mobility (CAV, Fleet Electrification, shared mobility/MoD/MaaS, Blockchain/DLT, e-Payments)~Program management oversight~Solution design and deployments

National expert in mass transit technologies; Experience in advising more than 50 agencies across 20 US States on various matters related to transit and transportation technologies; Strong interest in data/system utilization for solving complex mobility problems~Strategic planning for transit agencies, cities, counties and State DOTs to develop long-term and short-term technology investments roadmaps.~Design of complex systems, often involving multiple agencies and legacy systems~Program management for procurement and deployment of transit technologies for transit agencies, cities, counties and State DOTs.~Technology research sponsored by the TRB/TCRP and USDOT~Expert evaluation of technology deployments for federally funded projects

Developed and verified an innovative geo-statistical methodology using a multivariate regression model for the Chicago Metropolitan Region to evaluate benefits of improved transportation service, and make investment decisions. As part of the project, developed a transit ridership model for Chicago region.

~Researched and developed statistical methodologies to measure key performance indicators (KPIs)~Developed strategies for management of operations database at the CTA and devised tools for KPI measurement using that data~Conceptualized and developed a new data processing and management methodology to reduce staff workload by 20%

Business Impact Analysis~Reengineered a Citibank Trade-Finance System used by multiple Fortune 50 clients to reduce business processing time by 2 business days~Analyzed and developed a new business interface for Citibank Trade Information Management System (TRIMS) to save $100K/year by eliminating manual processesSystems Integration~Led a series of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) tasks for the trade module of Citidirect®, the online Global Transaction System (GTS) of Citigroup, serving clients spread over 50+ countries in Asia, Americas and Europe. ~Led a team of 3 analysts for the R&D task of enhancing Citibank-TRIMS advice generation process to support Eastern European languages.