With a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and experiences, our people bring energy, talent, imagination and creativity to their work.
We value collaboration and celebrate bringing our whole selves to the work we do. Click through the profiles below to learn about the fabric of Cambridge Systematics: our people, their experiences and passions.
Asset and Performance ManagementBusiness Intelligence and DashboardsData and AnalyticsEconomics, Finance and Grant ManagementEmerging TechnologiesEquity in TransportationFreight and Economic Modeling and AnalysisFreight Market and Supply Chain AssessmentsFreight ModelingFreight Planning and PolicyGeographic Information SystemsLOCUS: Location-based Services Data and Big Data AnalyticsMarket and Economic AnalysisMobility ForwardMobility InformationModel Development and ApplicationResearch and TrainingResilience and SustainabilitySafetyService Planning and RedesignSimulation, Analysis and OperationsStakeholder Outreach and Event CoordinationStatewide, Regional and Corridor PlanningStatewide, Regional, and Urban Freight PlanningStrategic and Long Range PlanningSurvey Design and Market ResearchSystem OperationsTechnology PlanningTolling, Pricing and Road User ChargingTravel BehaviorTruck Operations is one of our services & products.
Freight and EconomicsModeling and AnalyticsPlanning and ManagementSoftware and ToolsTransit + Shared Mobility is one of our focus areas.
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Creative Document Specialist
IT Systems Administrator
Senior Project Manager
Kaveh is a recognized national expert in freight data and modeling with over 12 years of experience working in travel demand modeling and complex data analysis. He has published books and numerous peer reviewed papers in prestigious journals and academic conferences. Kaveh is an active member of the TRB’s Freight Transportation Data (AED70) and Freight Transportation Planning (AT015) committees. He has led or been actively engaged in national, statewide, and regional freight modeling projects with major government agencies such as Federal (FHWA, TRB), State DOTs (Florida, New York, Michigan, Oregon, and Utah), and regional agencies (SCAG, MTC, CMAP, and SEMCOG). In 2019, he published an FHWA Report which evaluates the handful of behavioral/agent-based supply chain freight models in the U.S.
Kaveh lives in San Diego, California and enjoys playing competitive sports (soccer, volleyball, table tennis, foosball, chess, swimming, etc.), board games, eating Persian food, and travelling with his wife in his free time. Kaveh has a strong passion for mathematics and IQ Tests.
Nick Caccamo is a Principal of Cambridge Systematics. With more than 10 years of experience, Nick has served as Director of Contracts since 2017 and Corporate Counsel since 2019. As Director of Contracts, Nick is responsible for oversight and management of the Cambridge Systematics Contracts Group functions. This includes reviewing and negotiating contracts with public and private sector teaming partners and clients; providing guidance on contractual issues and risk assessment; providing assistance with the RFP and proposal process; and contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance. As Corporate Counsel, Nick is responsible for the renewal and maintenance of CS’ corporate insurance policies; administration, compliance, and enforcement of CS' Ethics and Business Practices Policy; general risk management; and providing legal advice and guidance to corporate leadership and staff as needed. Nick has a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Rhetoric from University of Illinois.
In his free time, Nick enjoys writing, running, and attending as many concerts and Cubs games as possible. Nick lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two kids.
Creative Services Manager
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Will joined CS as a Graphic Artist shortly after graduating from Plymouth State College in 2000 and has more than 24 years of experience in graphic design. He currently serves as Design Team Lead and co-manages the Creative Services Team.
Will has a passion for photography and enjoys going on adventures to capture everything from lighthouses in Maine to sunrises along the Kancamagus Highway in the White Mountain National Forest. He also loves spending time in the kitchen cooking (and of course, taking photos of the results).
Accountant
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Principal Software Engineer
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Scott Meeks has more than 30 years of software experience and has served as Architect, Technical Lead, and Principal Engineer on a wide variety of software projects for transportation agencies.
In his free time, Scott enjoys reading, playing board games, camping, hiking, and attending science fiction conventions.
Senior Economist
Mr. Stock is a economist, researcher and quantitative analyst experienced in developing and executing innovative methods to collect and analyze information to support client research goals. His clients have included the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Transport Canada, as well as many regional, state and metropolitan agencies. His 40 years of experience includes regional economic impact assessment, benefit/cost analysis, operations analysis, policy analysis, business case development, grant writing, and research design and management. His focus for the past 27 years has been on determining impacts of programmatic, technological and infrastructure improvements on the profitability, efficiency, safety and security of transportation systems.
Senior Associate
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Mr. Klitzsch has more than 15 years of experience in transportation safety planning, including eight years serving as the Director of Traffic Safety at the Indiana Highway Safety Office. As a Senior Associate of Cambridge Systematics he has leveraged his practical highway safety office expertise in data and performance management with states to develop and implement Highway Safety Plans, Traffic Records Strategic Plans, Strategic Highway Safety Plans, planning strategies for emerging technologies, bicycle and pedestrian plans for nearly a dozen states, and metropolitan planning organizations.
Ryan lives in Indianapolis with his wife, two sons, and two cats. When he isn't chauffeuring his kids around to various athletic events or doing laundry he enjoys bicycling, running, snowboarding, and socializing with friends. Ryan also serves as Board President of a local non-profit that works to remove the stigma of addiction and provide those at risk the proper care and access to treatment through education, advocacy, and support.
Applications Administrator
Sheldon A. Brown was Tech Lead of the original MTA Bus Time deployment that brought real-time bus tracking to NYC. He is an open-source advocate on the Board of two open source projects, and leads a team of highly skilled and dedicated software professionals spread out across the country.
When he's not rebuilding servers, he's a motorcycle enthusiast who enjoys repairing and improving anything mechanical.
Senior Pricing Analyst & Negotiator
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Marisela Cruz is a Certified Federal Contract Manager who possesses a broad knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. She has more than eight years of experience providing advice and guidance on a wide range of contractual activities, serving as an expert in all matters involving the interpretation of contract requirements and company policies.
She has successfully negotiated and managed GSA, IDIQ, T&M, FFP, and CPFF contracts of products and professional services supporting the Department of Defense and the United States Forest Service.
She has exceptional track record in reviewing RFPs; assisting in preparation of cost proposals and budgets; developing competitive and profitable rates and overall pricing strategies; negotiating pricing and rates with government clients; and responding to pre-award/post-award audits.
In her spare time, you can catch Marisela tasting different cuisines with her friends at restaurants in downtown Chicago or hiking with her husband and Gunther, their basset hound/bloodhound mix. When Marisela isn’t dining or hiking, she’s solving Sudoku or watching one of her favorite TV shows, Game of Thrones (only up to the seventh season).
Marlene has 30 years of experience in transportation management and planning. She blends private and public sector experience with an intense personal commitment to improving transportation policy. She was previously the chief executive officer of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority in Springfield, MA where she directed numerous changes in service delivery, consolidated the fixed route and paratransit services programs, and implemented a systematic financial improvement process that improved efficiency while enhancing mobility. Following her time at PVTA, Marlene was a Director of Planning at CDM Smith and at Urbitran Associates. In 2015, Marlene launched her own consulting business (Marlene Connor Associates, LLC) which works primarily with public sector clients to improve public transportation and mobility.
Her experience includes a wide range of public transportation planning projects in modes from ADA paratransit to Bus Rapid Transit as well as studies that include operations, policy development, management and organization, IT, and financial analysis and review. Marlene is Past Chair of the American Public Transportation Association’s Mobility Management Committee and also Chair’s the Legislative Committee’s Intergovernmental Issues Subcommittee, and the Access Committee Subcommittee on Emerging Technology committees. Marlene is also a member of the TRB Study Committee on the Role of Transit and Mobility Management
Transportation Analyst
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Ms. Sharmin joined Cambridge Systematics (CS) as a Transportation Analyst with specialization in Transportation Planning and Land-use Planning. She has more than three years of working experience in transportation safety planning, transportation policy planning, regional transit planning, and transportation and land use planning interaction.
Transportation Analyst
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Navnit Sourirajan is an Analyst Jr. I (Professional) at Cambridge Systematics Inc. (CS) with 3 years of experience in transport planning. His expertise lies in Transit Oriented Development and Freight planning and feasibility. At Cambridge Systematics (CS), Navnit works on quantitative and qualitative analysis for transport projects.
Navnit enjoys outdoor / cityscape photography and is addicted to satellite imagery. Check out https://thelargerperspective.editorx.io/mysite
Associate
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Rafael is an associate at CS with a background in data analytics, performance management, and data governance. He has hands-on knowledge with various data sources, such as vendor probe speed data, Weigh in Motion data, crash data, HPMS, and State DOT Linear Referencing Systems. He has several years of experience facilitating stakeholder outreach to coordinate the acquisition of data sources and internal and external collaboration. He has also explored and documented data sharing partnerships, data standards, and governance structures to help agencies improve their data management and governance activities.
Rafael enjoys the company of people, good food, music, and films.
Analyst Jr.
Ms. Charly Gutierrez is a Junior Associate of Cambridge Systematics (CS) with 2 years of experience in transportation safety planning, transportation policy planning, regional multimodal transportation and transit planning, urban planning, land use planning. Charly also has experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and its applications to perform spatial analysis, data manipulation, and map production.
In her free time, Charly enjoys boating, biking, and making homemade pasta. She lives in Tampa, Florida with her high energetic Australian Shepherd name Zara.
Analyst
Ignacio describes himself as an Economist focused on urban planning and transportation. He has prior experience in project valuation, real estate analysis and land value capture. Upon joining the company, Ignacio has been providing support on benefit-cost analyses for grant application projects. Before, he has held several roles undertaking economic analyses for the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, his hometown. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Torcuato di Tella University in Argentina and a Master’s in Urban Planning from Harvard University.
In his spare time, Ignacio enjoys watching and playing soccer, listening to (mainly rock) music, and experiencing other cultures through their cuisines and languages.
Travel Demand Modeler
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Heath Lupton joined Cambridge Systematics as a Travel Demand Modeler with experience in data analytics and travel demand modeling practices. Heath also has experience in transportation planning and is proficient in QGIS, ArcGIS, R, and Python.
Principal, Practice Area Lead for Ports, Rail, Airports, Corridors and Terminals
Principal, Practice Area Lead for Ports, Rail, Airports, Corridors and Terminals
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Michael has over 30 years of experience in freight and intermodal planning, seaport planning, commercial vehicle operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), freight technology applications, and transportation planning. He has helped clients develop and implement freight programs, and has led national research designed to document best practices and provide guidelines for establishing successful freight programs. His work has included regional and state freight plans, truck parking studies, economic impacts of freight, seaport access and seaport planning, preparation of discretionary grant applications, freight technology testing and evaluation, commodity flow analysis, public and private section stakeholder engagement strategies and more. Throughout his career he has helped his clients tackle an every changing and evolving set of freight transportation challenges.
Associate
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Lauren has over eight years of experience overseeing and administering transportation planning programs. Prior to joining CS, Lauren was a Senior Planner at a mid-sized MPO in New York, creating and analyzing data to support sustainable transportation and land use policies. She specializes in data analysis, public engagement, and multimodal planning.
Lauren loves reading, staying active, and exploring new places. She lives with her husband and two dogs in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
Transportation Analyst
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Jyoti works as a Transportation Analyst Jr I and supports Florida DOT District 4 contracts held by CS, including Level of Service reporting for the Planning office and transit corridor analysis for the Modal Development office as well as resilience projects across Florida.
In his spare time, Jyoti likes to play soccer, and tennis. Jyoti also enjoys hiking, watching movies, and trying different cuisines.
Senior Designer
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Ms. Wakeman has more than 10 years of experience and serves as a Senior Designer. At Cambridge Systematics (CS), she conceives and creates a full range of design products, including infographics, logos, product overviews, brochures, print ads, posters, and cards—integrating new design concepts and themes to meet unique requirements of individual clients. She edits documents for grammar, spelling, punctuation, format, and overall consistency according to the firm’s style sheet or client guidelines. She creates special formats and templates from client specifications and proofreads completed hard copies of documents for revision quality and correct formatting. She is trained in ArcGIS and has developed a range of maps for project deliverables. In addition, she has extensive experience in Section 508 compliance.
In her free time she enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, hiking, and cooking new dishes.
Senior Associate
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Rich has more than 22 years of experience in transportation planning at the Federal, state, and local levels. He provides strategic planning, policy analysis, and management advice to address complex transportation challenges, with a focus on metropolitan planning and performance-based planning and programming. He has worked with Metropolitan Planning Organizations and their planning partners across the country as staff, consultant, and association representative. He has expertise in developing and applying objective analytical methods to assess and select effective approaches to a range of transportation issue areas.
In his free time, Rich enjoys making cocktails for family and friends and spending time outdoors.
Freight and Economics Team Lead
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Chris has 15 years of experience in multi-state, statewide, and urban freight and rail planning. He has led the development of regional and state freight plans and studies in urban and rural states and regions. He has assisted economic development organizations with identifying transportation investments, public policy, and other strategies to promote industry retention and economic development. Chris has worked with public and private stakeholders to gather data and analyze supply chain performance across multiple modes and geographies. He has led research on integrating freight into community planning and last-mile delivery trends and issues. Chris is the Director of our New York office and manages our mid-level and senior Freight and Economics staff in the Eastern U.S.
Chris spends his free time cycling, gardening, and serving on the board of his local community association in Jersey City, NJ.
Project Accountant II
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As a Project Accountant, I am devoted to attaining successful project outcomes and committed to excellence. I perform well in fast-paced environments and adhere to the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct. My contributions will have a positive impact on financial management, leading to overall organizational success.
In my free time, I enjoy caring for my succulent garden and indoor plants. I live in California and have 3 Shih Tzu pups.
Associate
Samuel leverages his project management and analytical skills to support the Emerging Trends analysis for the Florida DOT Forecasting and Trends Office. Sam previously worked as a Transportation/Drainage Engineer performing roadway design, drainage design, signing and pavement marking design, written reports, supporting calculations, on-site inspections, crash data analyses, cost estimating, and 3D modeling. Roadway projects ranged from Widening/New Construction, RRR, and PD&E studies. Sam also has experience in performing Classification and Compensation studies for public sector clients across the country. Overall, Sam has 10 years of Transportation/Drainage Engineering, Construction Engineering, and Consulting experience.
Sam holds a Professional Engineer's license, a Project Management Professional certification, and a Building Contractor's License. He also holds a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, as well as an MBA, both from Florida State University.
Sam is active in his local church and enjoys Braves baseball, Florida State athletics, reading and studying, weightlifting, Krav Maga, Ironman triathlon, traveling, and country line dancing.
Senior Associate & Mobility Strategist
Senior Associate & Mobility Strategist
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Peter brings decades of experience working in the public, private, and academic sectors to his work advising transportation agencies of all sizes. Peter targets evidence-based improvements to safety, resiliency, mobility, and accessibility for all through his emphasis on strategy development and execution, performance management, organizational improvement, and leveraging emerging innovation and technology.
Peter is all about learning - from reading books most others find boring, to trying new and interesting foods - but he gets most recharged from walks in nature, playing (and listening to) music, or sailing the Great Lakes. And coffee.
Senior Associate - Transportation Safety Engineer
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Mr. Hopwood is a Traffic Safety Engineer of Cambridge Systematics with over 11 years of experience in transportation safety analysis and planning. He is experienced in managing a variety of teams and projects driven by safety data analyses, including Strategic Highway Safety Plans and Local Road Safety Plans. Mr. Hopwood is adept at utilizing safety data and predictive analysis to guide these planning efforts towards outcomes with quantifiable benefits that support safety investments and decisions. These outcomes are supported by strategies and implementation plans he developed for Vision Zero and Toward Zero Deaths initiatives, as well as HSIP Implementation Plans, Highway Safety Plans, Long Range Transportation Plans, and Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Action Plans.
In his free time, Cory enjoys exploring all NYC has to offer. He lives in Manhattan, is a major foodie, and always loves being asked for a good dinner recommendation, as well as receiving them!
Accountant
Clay Barnes is a trusted expert in the intersection of freight and equity. She is currently working on the District of Columbia (DDOT) 2024 Freight Plan, and helped develop equity analysis for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) 2023 Freight Plan. Her strength is in advising agencies on actionable paths in developing goals, strategies, actions, and analysis in considering overburdened and underserved communities. With her graduate degree in transportation planning concurrent with professional experience in digital communications and facilitation, Ms. Barnes is skilled at distilling complex technical analysis across all audiences.
Clay loves hiking with her family. She is learning ASL. She is also a long-time fan of Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. In her spare time, she helps marginalized people find their voice and communicate more effectively across in-person and across digital platforms.
Senior Associate
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Scott focuses on market and operations analysis of transit and shared mobility systems around the US. He is motivated by historic inequity, a changing climate, and the need to build strong and resilient communities. Pulling together cutting-edge data analytics and context-sensitive stakeholder engagement into a cohesive and innovative planning approach, Scott works with his colleagues to help clients plan, fund, and operate the next generation of mobility options.
Originally from North Carolina, Scott resides in Austin, TX where he rides his bicycle, plays steel guitar in an alt-country band, and survives on a steady diet of pollo asado and Lone Star Light.
Quality Assurance Lead
Senior Designer
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Ms. Valenti has more than 17 years of experience and serves as a Senior Designer and Section 508 Specialist. At Cambridge Systematics (CS), she conceives and creates a full range of design products, including infographics, logos, product overviews, brochures, print ads, posters, and cards—integrating new design concepts and themes to meet the unique requirements of individual clients. She edits documents for grammar, spelling, punctuation, format, and overall consistency according to the firm’s style sheet or client guidelines. She creates special formats and templates from client specifications and proofreads documents for revision quality and correct formatting. Ms. Valenti is well versed in Section 508 requirements, including WCAG 2.0 Level AA; develops templates with fonts, color palettes, graphics, and tables that meet these requirements; and prepares final deliverables in both 508-compliant HTML and accessible PDFs. In addition, she has written internal and client-facing guidebooks on how to prepare deliverables with accessibility in mind and has delivered multiple educational presentations on this topic, focusing on the importance of accessibility. She also has provided voiceover for a range of efforts, including training materials for the National Highway Institute. Ms. Valenti is an effective communicator and collaborator and is able to advise clients on best practices in design and 508 accessibility. She is fluent in Spanish.
In her free time, Angela enjoys cooking, travel, and going for walks. In the summer she spends as many days as she can at the beach.
Analyst
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Gui has over 4 years of experience of experience as a transportation analyst. He has worked on a variety of transit-related projects, including helping to develop the transit asset management program for MTA Maryland, as well as modernizing data flows at the agency at their Office of Performance Management. Gui comes from an economics and statistics background and is intimately familiar with analytical tools like Excel Power Query, R, and Python as well as visualization/enterprise tools like Power BI and Tableau.
An avid hobbyist, Gui loves to rock climb, snowboard, play soccer, and travel. Recently he's been getting into disc golfing and making kombucha. An ardent advocate of toe socks.
Freight and Economics Team Lead
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Dr. McKenzie is an experienced project manager, working with state and local clients across the nation on transportation plans, policy, programs, and implementation. Her work focuses on the intersection of goods movement, people, and communities. She has contributed to the national research on transportation planning, including the 2020 National Freight Strategic Plan, commercial vehicle (truck and bus) safety research, and freight and equity research. Dr. McKenzie has broad experience building coalitions of stakeholders to support both plan development and implementation of transportation projects, including the Chicago Regional Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program, a $4.5 billion multi-jurisdictional public-private investment program in the Chicago region.
A native of Illinois, Elaine has lived in various rural, urban, and suburban areas of the state. Her hobbies include aviation and sailing. On quiet days, she likes gardening and puzzles at home.
Throughout his career at CS, Joe Zissman has sought creative, innovative solutions to transportation problems. He takes pride in a track record of engaging products that are attractive, communicate with clarity, and reflect well on clients. He has substantial experience working with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation on a diverse slate of projects: asset management, capital planning, freight and multimodal planning, shared travel, and congestion management. He has supported public sector clients across the United States in all of these fields as well, and has been a substantial contributor to Federal research on performance, asset, and risk management, communication, and data visualization.
Joe has had the wonderful luck to apply his passion for Boston's urban and development history in so much of his professional work. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Senior Associate
Transportation Analyst + Planner
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Tory holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), where she sharpened her skills in community engagement, graphic design, and planning. She has interests in equitable development, shared mobility, universal design, and community based economics. Prior to her return to school and the United States, she worked as an English teacher in Southeast Asia for three years, gaining experiences in community building and cultural collaboration.
In her free time, Tory enjoys scuba diving, photography, traveling, and volunteering as a member of the Associate's Board of Special Olympics Chicago.
Senior Associate
Data Engineer (Associate)
Associate
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Adrienne Heller is recognized for producing technically strong, clearly communicated documents. Her recent work focuses on electrification (both light duty and bus) and equity analysis. She is also experienced in economic impact analysis, economic development, traffic and revenue, benefit cost analysis (BCA), and technical analysis required for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
When not at work, Adrienne enjoys reading, trying out new recipes, and exploring on her gravel bike.
Office Administrator
Senior Project Manager (Senior Associate)
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Leah Mooney is a Senior Project Manager (Sr. Associate) with close to 20 years public sector experience and over 15 years in strategic transportation and transit planning and project financing. With a background in infrastructure and operations, she has supported large scale planning efforts, including oversight of preliminary engineering, NEPA and FTA approvals. Leah has overseen significant visionary projects, including the CTA’s path to ADA accessibility: the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) and the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) plans. She also provides tactical, hands-on support for securing grants and funding, with successful submissions for Capital Investment Grants, including Full-Funding Grant Agreements (FFGA), Federal, state, and local competitive grants, as well as value capture funding, such as Chicago’s Tax-Increment Financing program (TIF).
Leah is a gardener, a hiker, a biker, a baker, a reader of mysteries, and (together with her better half) is the parent of two children and two dogs.
Accountant
Data Engineer
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Ms. Lee is a Data Engineer on the Digital Transformations team who brings expertise in behavioral modeling, transportation data analytics and transportation policy. She is experienced in data analysis tools and technologies including Python, Tableau and SQL. She also holds a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and M.S. in Transportation Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
In her free time, when not playing or coaching Ultimate Frisbee, Janelle also enjoys starting other short-lived hobbies. Most recently, she has tried sewing and playing video games. Originally from Singapore, she now lives in the much cooler San Francisco Bay Area.
Software Developer
Creative Document Specialist
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Ms. Kilkelly recently joined Cambridge Systematics (CS) as a Creative Document Specialist, where she is responsible for inputting, revising, formatting, and combining materials to produce proposals, reports, forms, numerical data and tabular information, and other correspondence. Ms. Kilkelly edits documents for grammar, spelling, punctuation, format, and overall consistency according to the CS style guide and other Creative Services guidelines. She also edits special formats and templates from client specifications and proofreads completed hard copies of documents for revision quality and correct formatting.
Flora Castillo has over 20 years of experience as an accomplished and nationally recognized healthcare executive and a mobility and public transportation thought leader. Castillo is the President of Pivot Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm serving the infrastructure, aviation, healthcare and insurance industries. Her executive leadership in healthcare has led to transformative customer engagement, acquisition and health promotion strategies for the nation’s leading healthcare companies, including UnitedHealthcare and AmeriHealth Caritas. As former Vice President of Transportation for UnitedHealth Group, Castillo led innovative pilots to address social determinants of health barriers and spearheaded a medical transportation services program. Castillo also brings decades of experience as a former member of the board for multiple non-profit equity, transit and media organizations including National Urban Fellows, Rail-Volution, WHYY and others. In addition, Castillo was the first Latina and sixth woman elected chair to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). In this role, Castillo represented APTA as an industry spokesperson in the U.S., Canada and other international associations. Serving as a senior policymaker and board member of New Jersey Transit between 1999 and 2019, Castillo was a champion for equity and affordability for transit-dependent riders and an advocate for service expansions and emerging technologies. Castillo holds a B.S. in Management Business Administration from Long Island University.
GIS Specialist
Web Developer and Designer
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Associate
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Ray is an Associate of Cambridge Systematics with more than fifteen years of professional experience in transportation engineering field. He is skilled at travel demand modeling and its applications, transportation network design, programming, big data manipulation, statistical analysis of data, and traffic signal timing that supports pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit. He received education on various pedestrian-bicycle-transit topics from the national bicycling figure, Peter Furth. He is a two-time Best Paper Award winner from two different TRB Committees. Since 2016, Ray has worked on several federal and state DOT projects.
Ray bikes to work, likes to visit new places, and appreciates the beauty of nature. He is passionate about advocating for animals. In his free time, he watches soccer, plays chess, and hangs out with friends.
Senior Associate
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Crystal brings 20 years of experience in transportation planning, traffic operations, and safety, which includes many years in the public sector. She has managed numerous traffic operations, traffic safety, and connected and autonomous vehicle readiness studies. She has also prepared highway safety studies to meet NHTSA requirements and contributes to Vision Zero Action Plans for multiple states.
In her free time, Crystal enjoys travelling and being involved in her kid's extracurricular activities
Sue oversees the facilities management of Cambridge Systematics’ corporate and branch offices which includes monitoring active leases, orchestrating office moves, renovations and initiating and maintaining vendor relations and agreements. Ms. Krabbe works closely with landlords, general contractors, and architects. She also develops, monitors and manages the operating budgets for all office locations. She also serves as the Assistant Secretary to the Corporation and manages the firm's office administrators.
In her free time Sue enjoys volunteering with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), traveling, gardening, reading and exploring New England beaches and mountains. She no longer volunteers with a dog rescue after her failed attempt at fostering lead to the adoption of now 14-year old Fannie.
Software Developer
IT Support Analyst
Raj is the CEO of Galatea Associates LLC, a boutique data management and software development consulting firm that specializes in financial services. Galatea’s clients are among the largest banking institutions in the United States, UK, Europe, and in Asia. The software and data management solutions built by Galatea help clients manage, monetize, and transact over fifty trillion dollars in assets each year.
Raj graduated with a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering degree from MIT in 2000 and has been with Galatea his entire career. During that time, he has been involved in all facets of the business from hands-on software development and design, to data monetization, project management, sales, strategy, and operations. He played a critical role in designing and developing software that transacted, managed and monetized petabyte scale data using both private and public cloud technologies.
Raj has an extensive network in software, data management, and financial services. He regularly advises senior industry leaders across the globe on how to best monetize their software and data investments. He is often at the cutting edge of industry trends.
Raj became CEO of Galatea in 2017 and has been focused on defining and executing on a sustainable growth strategy. That strategy has allowed Galatea to double revenues, increase margins, and improve recurring revenue, despite the economic turbulence of the past few years. Raj is most proud of being able to achieve those results while continuing to foster a culture centered on mutual respect, diversity, and open communication.
Senior Web Developer & Designer
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Becky has over two decades of experience in graphic/web design, and web development. She has worked in a variety of industries, including advertising, public health, performing arts, and transportation. Passionate about usability, she jumps at any opportunity to find creative and modern solutions that communicate clearly what needs to be communicated.
When not building websites, Becky enjoys any form of creativity she can get her hands on: nail art, crochet, sewing, illustration, to name a few. She also enjoys spending time outside, binge-watching TV shows (both high-brow and undoubtedly trashy), cooking, container gardening, jigsaw puzzles, and building elaborate LEGO sets. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband (who she met in first grade) and her two rescue dogs, Ellie and Scrappy.
Transit + Shared Mobility National Planning Lead
Dalia has 15 years of experience planning for the future of multimodal mobility. Her work focuses on transit planning and analysis, travel demand forecasting, and planning for emerging transportation technologies and their impacts on travel behavior and the built environment. Dalia has worked extensively for agencies across the country, particularly around the Washington DC metropolitan region. She uses her unique expertise to combine the technical areas of modeling, planning, and engineering to distill highly technical analysis to decision-makers and the public in a way that is understandable and useful. Dalia was named a Top Young Professional by ENR Mid-Atlantic in 2019.
Dalia lives in Washington, DC and enjoys exploring restaurants and theaters in and around the District. She is an avid traveler and is currently planning more trips than she will ever actually get to take.
An urban planner by training, Leah focuses on transit planning, scenario planning, and emerging technologies. Previously, Ms. Pickett was a planner at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
Outside of work, she likes to garden, make art, and explore New England by foot, bike, boat, and ski. She lives in Cambridge.
Regional Manager
Analyst
Transportation Analyst
Richard is a Junior Analyst at Cambridge Systematics (CS) and has been a team member since 2018. In his 3 years with CS he has worked in various planning related capacities including congestion management, transit planning, long range plans, safety studies, resilience planning and other technical and non-technical capacities. Prior to his joining CS, he worked with the Mobility Policy Research team at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida for 4 years where he conducted Florida travel behavior research that informed Florida Department of Transportation Central Office decision making. Throughout his time at CUTR he earned his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Transportation Engineering, held office with the University’s Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) chapter, was the captain and champion of the ITE National Traffic Bowl competition, and was the recipient of the United States Department of Transportation National Center for Transit Research Outstanding Student of the Year Award 2017. He is currently located in the CS Denver office where he works closely with the Colorado DOT Freight Advisory Council and the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Richard's interests include playing and watching sports of all kinds, hiking, swimming, exploring local restaurants and challenging himself to try new things.
Travel Demand Modeler
Navjyoth Jayashankar is a Denver-based Travel Demand Modeler Jr. with Cambridge Systematics (CS) who recently joined the firm. Navjyoth has experience in transportation modeling, optimization, networks and modeling shared mobility services. Being a captive transit-rider himself, Navjyoth is very passionate about cities needing to plan space efficient, scalable and sustainable transportation systems where one's mobility is not defined by their access to a personal car due to age, income or a disability. Prior to joining CS, Navjyoth completed his Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering from University of California, Irvine (UCI) in August 2023. Navjyoth brings technical expertise in agent-based modeling platforms such as POLARIS; programming languages such as C++ and Python; and optimization packages such as CPLEX and Gurobi; as well as network and spatial analysis packages such as networkx and geopandas.
Outside of work, Navjyoth loves to engage in bus-fanning and rail-fanning, listen to Ludovico Einaudi, and watch soccer.
Principal, Senior Analyst
Dan is a senior freight project manager with 19 years of experience in transportation planning and 18 years in public relations, outreach, and marketing. In addition to managing regional and state freight plans, recently he has led numerous truck parking studies. Dan has also served as PM or planning lead for long-range planning studies; multi-state corridor studies and coalitions; bicycle and pedestrian master plans; and other transportation planning projects. He has a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Brigham Young University, and master’s degree in Environmental Management and Policy from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Dan is assigned to our Los Angeles office but works from his home in Henderson, NV.
Dan's loves playing with his grandkids, canyoneering, and researching his family's history. Don't ask him about any of these unless you have time to spare.
Accounting Clerk
Travel Demand Modeler
Sheldon is a skillful leader, team-builder and manager who reaches across offices and practice areas to collaborate, innovate, and problem-solve. Sheldon has an exceptional ability to communicate complex issues and ideas like data and modeling. He has been instrumental in modeling and planning activities across the Southeast, providing our clients with data-driven results. That talent, together with his consistent dedication to supporting his peers in delivering the highest quality work, has made him a highly sought-after collaborator and mentor to junior, mid- and senior-level staff.
Baird Bream is a Senior Associate at Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (CS) team with a specialization in human services transportation planning, regulatory compliance and performance management. He has experience applying regulatory standards to operational environments, organizational frameworks, and planning processes to ensure compliance with Federal and state program standards and to encourage the adoption of best practices. He has developed project prioritization and policy analysis frameworks to support long-range planning efforts for transportation departments and transit agencies across the country, with a focus area on emerging mobility solutions for non-traditional transit markets and populations.
In his free time, Baird enjoys running, cooking, exploring neighborhoods, and cheering for the Memphis Grizzlies. He lives in Chicago.
Vice President, Planning Business Line
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Roan Bennett, a Vice President of Cambridge Systematics, has over 20 years of experience leading public-sector transportation agencies and providing value-added consulting services to clients. Roan has designed, implemented, and/or executed statewide and agency-level performance-based planning programs to ensure that customers are receiving the services that they need, agency priorities are being met and aligned with state-wide and federal goals, objectives and priorities, and public funds are being maximized. Roan also has been personally engaged in outreach and engagement activities to ensure that his agencies fully appreciate the needs of its customers. An experienced consultant, Roan’s areas of expertise includes: capital program management for large state agencies; performance measures and management; outreach and engagement; capital planning; strategic planning, multimodal transportation planning; operations management analysis; and standards oversight.
In my free time I love to travel with my family, attending all my kids extra curricular activities, playing golf and rooting for all my favorite New England sports teams.
Principal
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Tom joined CS in 1987 and has developed and applied travel demand models in over 60 locations. He has been an expert adviser to federal, state, and metropolitan planning agencies on model development and validation. He is a past chairman of the Transportation Research Board’s Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee.
Tom loves spending time with his wife and family, and sometimes they like spending time with him, too. He enjoys watching baseball even though he was never any good at playing it. He likes playing classic rock music at his desk, which he is sure his colleagues love. He enjoys doing transportation related things even when he isn't working. He has many more interests too numerous to list here, which is why he never sleeps.
As Chief Talent Officer, Leanne provides leadership and guidance in the development, implementation and administration of the firm’s talent acquisition activities, employee performance and development initiatives, total rewards package, and diversity, equity and inclusion strategies. As a member of the executive leadership team, she develops policies and programs that foster an employee-focused, high-performance culture that supports the overall business strategy and objectives.
Outside of work, Leanne loves to travel and spend time with family, friends and their rescue dog, Bowie.
Associate, Transportation Planning
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Dr. Rachel Chiquoine is an Associate interested in the intersection between emergency management, disasters, climate change and resilience, and transportation planning and safety. Prior to joining CS, Dr. Chiquoine worked for the U.S. DOT Volpe Center performing safety studies and program development, transit and trail feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement, and technical assistance to federal agencies including the National Park Service. She is certified as an Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) by the International Association of Emergency Managers. Dr. Chiquoine has a PhD in Disaster Science and Management from the University of Delaware, during which time she was an FHWA Eisenhower Transportation Fellow.
Rachel's hobbies include cooking, crochet, movies, and being outdoors.
Business Development Specialist
Senior Professional
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Seema Singh is a Senior Professional in the Planning team at CS. Seema brings 10+ years of experience working at the research-policy-planning-and-education interfaces in sustainable development and transportation planning. She is a recent PhD in City and Regional Planning from Cornell where her research focused on mainstreaming gender and equity considerations into transportation policies and planning practices. Prior to that, Seema worked as a Research Associate at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) where she led several projects assessing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of transportation policies and programs. At CS, Seema is excited to bring her equity expertise to projects and clients across the US, and is currently supporting transit and research projects for NJDOT and CapMetro.
Outside work, Seema is an artist at heart and loves to paint. She also likes to travel and try different cuisines.
Transportation Analyst (Senior Professional)
I work in traffic operations and I have been with CS for over three and half years. My work areas include transportation system management and operations (TSMO), intelligent transportation systems (ITS), traffic signal design and analysis, travel time analysis, traffic safety studies and transportation data analysis. I have been involved in diverse projects focused on areas such as integrated corridor management, managed lanes operations, connected and autonomous vehicles, DTA simulations etc. My simulation/intersection analysis skills include AIMSUN, VISSIM, TransModeler, VISTRO and SYNCHRO, spatial analysis skills include QGIS and ArcGIS, and my programming and analytical skills include Python, MATLAB, R Studio, Tableau and JMP.
My hobbies include playing and watching cricket and soccer; photography; watching movies; and travelling. I am a fun loving person and I like to make new friends.
Principal
Krista L. Jeannotte, a Principal in the Oakland, CA office of Cambridge Systematics, has more than 27 years of experience in transportation operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), technology planning, performance-based planning, Port and freight technology planning, analysis tools and methods, data analysis, benefit-cost analysis, evaluation studies, infrastructure asset management, grant preparation, and transportation planning and engineering studies.
Software Engineer
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Mitchell graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2018 with a degree in computer science and engineering. Since then he has worked as a software engineer for State Street and Boston Children's Hospital.
Mitch lives in Queens where he enjoys rock climbing and ultimate disc. However, his real passion is karaoke! Just don't ask him to sing because he is really shy.
Senior Associate
Internal Communications Specialist
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With over eight years of communications and marketing experience, Vanessa manages internal communications and plays an integral role in fostering an informed and engaged workforce that feels strongly connected to CS’ Collective Ambition. Vanessa is passionate about telling people-centric stories and advancing positive employee experiences and workplace culture. She graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in English and Japanese.
In her spare time, Vanessa loves reading, cooking, trying new workouts and experiencing as much of the world as she can through travel.
Associate - Transportation Finance
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With nearly 15 years of experience in transportation finance, planning, and operations, Ms. Chapman assists clients in developing financial models to analyze operating costs, fee structures, and capital needs; assessing alternative revenue sources and regional economic impacts; as well as compiling financial assessments to ensure capital sources and/or operating funds match programmed uses.
Emma enjoys exploring Chicago's many neighborhoods by bike as well as riding new transit systems. She lives in Chicago with her husband, an architect and city planner, and their dog and cat.
Analyst
Software Developer Mid
Travel Demand Modeler
Talent & Culture Manager
Talent & Culture Manager
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Mikayla is a certified Professional in Human Resources who has more than six years of recruitment experience in the Staffing & Recruiting and Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industries. Mikayla leads and manages Recruitment, Talent Acquisition and Immigration processes for the firm. Driven by a positive candidate and employee experience, Mikayla is committed to supporting and guiding people through different talent and culture initiatives.
Mikayla enjoys touring the world (12 countries so far!) and experiencing new cultures and cuisines. When Mikayla isn’t traveling, she’s home with her spouse, Sean, and two dogs Letty and Lucy, watching Marvel movies or cycling with her Peloton community.
Analyst
Associate
Christian is an Associate specializing in the development of freight & rail plans. Key focuses include the intersection of freight & resiliency, as well as infrastructure system needs. Additional areas of specialization include rural public transportation planning & climate resiliency.
Chief Financial Officer
Holly brings over 15 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, forecasting, business analysis, financial modeling, pricing, contract management, and contract compliance. Prior to joining CS, Holly served as the Director of Finance with Beth Israel Lahey Health where she led the Finance team for the Pharmacy company overseeing the Accounting, Revenue Cycle, and Financial Planning & Analysis teams. She also has experience working in the public consulting sector, previously working as the Director of Finance at Public Consulting Group.
Outside of work, Holly is a lover of fitness—you can often find her running, on her Peloton, or taking yoga and barre classes. When not working or working out, she volunteers for a local animal rescue and enjoys spending time with her husband, young daughter, and rescue pup Bella.
Creative Document Specialist
Senior Professional
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Ms. Stockton is a Transportation Analyst with expertise in long-range multimodal transportation planning, active transportation planning and safety, public health, and report writing. With Masters degrees in city and regional planning and public health, in addition to professional experience, Ms. Stockton is skilled at analyzing and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data.
In her free time, Emma enjoys reading and taking long walks in nature and around the city. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two orange cats.
Director of Business Analytics
Michael has fundamentally transformed CS’ business processes to inform our forward-looking strategy. His analyses have allowed CS to critically assess our business structures and systems, so our staff can focus on producing great work for our clients. Michael pushes CS to be our best through his willingness to be inquisitive and challenge the status quo. He leads us to new ways of thinking about our business by analyzing problems from unique perspectives. He brings a strong commitment to our growth and success, demonstrated through his contributions and his efforts to support and elevate the work of his colleagues.
Creative Services Manager
Aneudi has over 15 years of experience in graphic design and desktop publishing. At Cambridge Systematics (CS), he conceptualizes and produces custom designs and layouts and is responsible for maintaining the firm’s Microsoft-based templates. He excels at developing and editing products with adherence to CS and client-specific style and brand guidelines and has extensive experience creating customized formats and templates from client specifications. As a Creative Services Manager and Creative Document Specialist Team Leader, he mentors staff, oversees the team’s final deliverables, and develops and implements procedures for quality assurance/quality control. With his Creative Services co-manager, Aneudi plays a lead role in overseeing the firm's visual brand. Aneudi is both a process-oriented worker and a creative problem solver. He is well regarded by team members, internal stakeholders, and clients for his strong collaboration, communication, and project management skills.
Aneudi enjoys ambling through museum exhibits and discovering new outdoor hikes. He lives in Boston where he enjoys sharing a night out with friends (with the occasional karaoke interlude) and testing out new recipes in the kitchen that incorporate his burgeoning hot sauce collection.
Analyst
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Karl graduated from UC Berkeley in December 2020 with a Master of City Planning and MS in Transportation Engineering. During his graduate studies, Karl focused his research on micromobility policy and transit use and demand. Prior to that, Karl worked as an energy consultant for clients in New England and graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine.
Karl enjoys staying active in his free time by hiking, swimming, biking, and playing tennis.
Senior Project Manager
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Brian holds a Master’s of Business Administration from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Quality Management from Southwestern College. Before joining CS, Brian worked as a Senior Technology Project Program Manager for York Solutions at Optum Technology and prior to that as a Technical Delivery Manager at Kapsch TrafficCom North America. He also served 20 years in the United States Air Force in various roles including Aircraft Avionics Maintenance and International Treaty Compliance.
Brian lives in Corvallis, Oregon, with his wife and 2 dogs. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.
Transportation Analyst
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Jack Glodek joined Cambridge Systematics in 2019 following his graduate studies at Georgia Institute of Technology. With CS, Jack has assisted with safety, transit, freight, and all-encompassing transportation projects. At Georgia Tech, Jack was a Graduate Research Assistant working on a number of travel demand modeling and forecasting projects for Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Jack grew up in Philadelphia and is a passionate supporter of its sports teams. In his free time, Jack enjoys watching film, commuting by bicycle, and playing board games and puzzles.
Associate
Alex has over 15 years of experience as a strategic transportation planner, providing insights across a range of issues at the metropolitan level. Prior to joining CS, Alex was Assistant Director with the Genesee Transportation Council, where he was responsible for the Transportation Improvement Program and implementation of an innovative, multi-modal performance-based planning process in the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region.
Alex lives in Rochester and enjoys hiking and swimming with his wife, twin daughters, and their golden retriever, Gus.
Inside Sales Partner
Project Manager
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Price has worked in transportation planning for over 10 years and specializes in federal compliance, human service transportation and paratransit, grant writing, and data analysis. Prior to his time consulting, he worked in both the public and nonprofit sectors focusing on public transportation and Complete Streets.
When Price isn't behind a computer, he is usually busy planning his next multi-day bike trip or fixing something in his old (historic?) home in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He also serves on the Holyoke Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.
Travel Demand Modeler
Inside Sales Partner
Sara holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communications from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire and joins CS with over 15 years of extensive marketing / design experience in the AEC industry. Prior to joining CS, Sara worked as a Senior Marketing Specialist, where she coordinated, wrote, and lead qualification packages, proposals and leave behind material for pursuits.
Outside of work, Sara loves to travel - having been to 12 different countries, read her kindle, and grill with her husband on their Big Green Egg.
Principal
As the CS Client Relationship Manager, Susan brings her "insider's" understanding of government to her CS clients based on her interdisciplinary skills and customer perspective developed during a unique public service career at USDOT, the US House of Representatives, the US Senate, and OMB. She broke the glass ceiling as the first woman to lead an FHWA field office as Division Administrator -- giving her insights into strategic management, program delivery and problem solving that are valuable to her clients. Her focus on funding and financing, performance-based needs analysis, legislation, and transportation policy analysis have been successfully applied in an eclectic portfolio of national and state clients such as TRB's Interstate Futures Study, FHWA "reinvention" of the Conditions and Performance Report, exploration of road user charging via a New Zealand study tour and analyses of education strategies for VMT strategies, and studying the implications and current use of program flexibilities under the Federal-aid Highway Program.
During the pandemic, she returned to her creative hobbies, needlepointing, knitting, and crocheting up a storm. She's now turning to her stained glass and quilting projects. All will help decorate the house that she, and her husband Michael, are updating at the beach.
Director of Information Technology
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Joey brings over 23 years of experience working in the IT space, managing all aspects of IT strategy for various high-growth, multi-location on-prem and fully-remote companies. He takes a human/user-centric approach to IT, evaluating the benefits of technology to corporate goals, but also focusing on how the user experience can be improved, improving productivity as well as comfort for those interacting with technology.
In his free time, Joey is a songwriter and pianist. He is also an avid bowler, and is one strike away from a perfect 300.
Senior Associate
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Sogand Karbalaieali is a Senior Associate with our Bethesda Office, MD. Sogand holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from Louisiana State University; Sogand brings over eight years of extensive experience in research, transportation engineering, and planning to the team. Having actively contributed to numerous projects focusing on multimodal transportation, traffic safety, transit, and pedestrian and cyclist transportation both in the Washington Metropolitan Area and nationwide, Sogand's expertise is an asset. At Cambridge Systematic, Sogand will support projects within our Safety and T&SM Practices, including initiatives like the NVTA BRT Plan and the SS4A Program. Additionally, she will be involved in NCHRP work and contribute to business development efforts in transit, safety, operations, and active transportation.
Outside of work, Sogand enjoys indoor rock climbing. She is committed to replacing SUV trips with her E Cargo Bike in her day-to-day trips. And at home, she finds joy in the company of her trio of dogs.
Transportation Analyst
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Antoinette serves as a Junior Transportation Analyst in the Planning and Management group. She supports corridor and area-wide studies through adaptation planning, policy and environmental analysis, with a particular focus on transportation resilience. She recently earned her Bachelor's in Bioengineering with a concentration in Sustainability from Cornell University and previously interned at a multinational management consulting firm in New York.
Outside of work, Antoinette is a huge dog lover who enjoys painting, cooking and running.
Analyst
Senior Associate
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David focuses on transportation funding & finance and transit planning. Other areas include transportation economics, tolling/pricing studies, intercity rail, asset management, and freight. He is a staff manager for the Planning & Policy group in New England.
David has two young kids, enjoys camping, and is an award-winning home brewer. He is primarily a bike commuter and lives in Medford, MA.
Senior Project Manager
Principal
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Danena Gaines, Ph.D. brings 14 years of experience in transportation safety planning, data collection and analysis, long range transportation planning, and transportation safety research. She has provided management and technical support to strategic highway safety plans, long range transportation plans, rail grade crossing safety plans, and numerous transportation safety planning research projects. She has contributed to numerous research efforts designed to identify strategies and practices to improve safety culture, develop safety performance targets, and incorporate safety into transportation planning processes.
In her free time, Danena enjoys gardening and biking trails. She lives in Smyrna with her husband and two children.
Practice Area Lead, Economics, Finance, and Grants
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Katie is a Senior Associate at CS, and works with state and local clients across the U.S. on a variety of multimodal transportation planning projects, specializing in freight and rail planning, goods movement policy, economic analysis, grant writing, and market and feasibility studies. Katie has led or supported state freight and/or rail plans in more than 10 states, and has held senior roles on projects focused on the Mississippi River System, including a statewide economic impact study of public ports in Missouri, the first-ever Port Master Plan for the Illinois International Port District, and a port feasibility study in Jefferson City, MO. Prior to pivoting to a career in transportation planning, Katie spent four years working in commodity trading operations at two major investment banks in the financial services industry.
Katie loves puzzles, podcasts, and taking brisk walks in and around her neighborhood. She is happiest reading a novel on a beach with a big bag of Snyder's honey mustard & onion pretzel pieces. She lives with her husband and young daughters in Pelham, NY.
Senior Associate
Dr. Serigos is an infrastructure management specialist using his expertise in statistical analysis and modeling asset performance and traffic data to support transportation asset management and system performance improvement. He has extensive experience developing databases and analyzing infrastructure asset data to develop performance models, interactive tools, and visualizations to conduct the scenario analyses for the performance target setting process and investment strategies development.
Senior Associate
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Russ has over 15 years of experience in traffic safety, public policy, advocacy, communications, strategic planning, and association program, meeting, and training management. He is a national expert on behavioral aspects of traffic safety. Prior to joining CS, Russ was Senior Director of Policy and Government Relations at the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), where he represented GHSA's state and territorial highway safety office members on the national level and supported the implementation of impactful state and local traffic safety programs. Russ also served at AAA National where he helped AAA's network of motor clubs advocate to improve state traffic safety laws and initiatives. Throughout his career, Russ has partnered with a constellation of policymakers, advocates, government agencies, insurers, automakers, tech companies, criminal justice and public health authorities, researchers, engineers, and other stakeholders to improve transportation for all and prevent crashes, deaths and injuries on our roads.
Russ lives in Northern Virginia and enjoys listening to and making music, visiting bookstores, cooking at home, and spending time with family.
Travel Demand Modeler
Associate
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Rebecca joined the Cambridge Systematics (CS) team in 2017 with a specialization in rail engineering and construction management. She has 15 years of expertise in the transportation industry including experience with freight and passenger railway planning; federal, state, and local freight planning; railway bridge design, maintenance, and construction; asset management planning; GIS and data visualization; and project management. As a professional engineer, she worked at a Class I railroad working with the management, maintenance, design, inspection, and construction of railway infrastructure. Rebecca is Secretary of American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) Committee 10 which governs guidelines for railway structures, maintenance, management, and construction. Through her active involvement in TRB and AREMA committees and ongoing professional development Rebecca is up-to-date with grade crossing technology and railroad safety data. Rebecca attended the FRA Grade Crossing Workshop in Houston (May 2023) where she interacted with federal, state, local, emergency, and law enforcement agencies regarding grade crossing safety and trespassing issues. Her engineering and planning skills blend together to provide targeted and knowledgeable support for freight and industrial services.
Becky enjoys DIY activities such as crochet and sewing as well as artistic pursuits such as photography, sculpture, and music. She lives in Chicago and teaches as an adjunct professor for the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Tech.
Reagan Lynn partners with CS consultants and Growth Team partners to optimize business development processes and initiatives. Reagan can often be found meeting with regional leaders, monitoring trends in client needs, and crafting sustainable processes to solve operational or business intelligence objectives.
Reagan enjoys spending time with his wife Sarah and son, gathering with their church family, and taking in an episode of Frasier as he plans a garden that is soon to be planted.
IT Support Analyst
Transportation Analyst
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Mike Carter has degrees in applied mathematics and data science from American University. Before joining CS, he worked with the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) as a Data Research Fellow. His work has focused on freight movements at the national level, including building small-area estimation models and tracking the movements of marine shipping chassis.
Outside of work, Mike likes baseball, weightlifting, and hanging out with his cat. Originally from the DC area, he lives in Brooklyn.
Contracts Administrator
Business Development Specialist
Principal, Senior Transportation Economist and Freight Transportation Planner
Principal, Senior Transportation Economist and Freight Transportation Planner
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Isabel is a Principal at Cambridge Systematics (CS) with 25 years of experience in benefit-cost and economic impact analyses of existing and proposed transportation infrastructure and services for passenger and goods movement; statewide, regional, and urban freight planning; freight corridor analysis; supply chain and commodity flow analysis; freight performance metrics; and road safety analysis. Isabel has used both quantitative models and qualitative methods to estimate the full range of benefits from transportation improvements and related economic growth. Isabel has also led several benefit-cost analyses in support of successful grant applications for highway, freight, transit, and active transportation projects. Isabel is the Vice-Chair and Paper Review Coordinator of the TRB International Trade and Transportation Committee (AT020) and a Member of the TRB Agriculture and Food Transportation Committee (AT030).
I enjoy hiking, visiting museums, eating food from other countries, and drinking my morning and afternoon coffee.
Data Analyst
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Ray holds a PhD degree majoring in Transportation Engineering and minoring in Computer Science from the University of Arizona. Prior to joining CS, Ray worked as a Graduate Research Assistant where he developed Dynamic Traffic Assignment simulation models, crafted multi-modal trip planners, and designed travel demand management strategies.
Outside work, he is a cat person with two adorable cats; he loves woodworking, once converted a SUV into a camper and took it on a road trip; he loves dad jokes. He is also an adventurer, if you’re ever looking for some companion on new experience, he’s your guy.
Analyst
IT Support Specialist
Director of Project Delivery | Senior Project Manager
Director of Project Delivery | Senior Project Manager
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Dan Haake leverages 15+ years of experience to help clients navigate infrastructure and policy challenges to improve their quality-of-life and competitiveness in today’s global marketplace. He has advised public and private organizations in 25 states and four countries on a wide range of transportation issues, including: goods movement, mobility, funding/financing, policy and electrification.
A national leader, Dan serves as the chair of TRB’s Trucking Industry Research Committee and past chair of ITE’s Urban Goods Movement Committee. He is an active member of APA’s national Legislative and Policy Committee and TRB’s Intermodal Freight Transport Committee. Dan has written over 25 publications, developed training courses and conferences, and served as an adjunct professor. He has been on the record for CQ Roll Call, NPR and Bloomberg.
Accounting Manager
Professional Planner
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Senior Project Manager (Senior Associate)
Senior Project Manager (Senior Associate)
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Sam has over 12 year of experience within the transportation field working in both the private and public sector. He is an experience project manager focused on providing clients community driven and actionable plans to help improve communities.
Senior Professional
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Alan is a Senior Professional with Cambridge Systematics. He holds a master's in Urban and Regional Planning form Florida State University. He supports Florida’s Traffic Safety Coalitions and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) State Safety Office through the coordination, facilitation, and documentation of the Traffic Records, Impaired Driving, Occupant Protection, Teen Safe Driving Coalitions while providing support to the development and update of each coalition’s strategic plan. Alan supports the development and update of Florida’s Highway Safety Plan (HSP) and Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Implementation Plan. Alan is also a 2023 Community Catalyst for the Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI). As part of a team of competitively selected community leaders and volunteers, Alan is an active collaborator in this year’s placemaking project called Crosswalks to Classrooms which creates asphalt art in school zones to enhance pedestrian and driver safety.
While not working, Alan maximizes his time outdoors by cycling, camping, hammocking, hiking, rock climbing, and playing ultimate frisbee. He also enjoys attending live music performances and reading about history and current events. He regularly travels across the country to play in hardcourt bike polo tournaments and vacations in the Appalachian Mountains. He lives in Tallahassee, FL with his cat and his growing collection of bicycles.
Analyst
National Asset Management Lead
National Asset Management Lead
Mr. Patel brings over 20 years of professional experience in business and engineering to Cambridge Systematics, specializing in asset management, operations and maintenance, systems engineering, software implementation, change and quality management, CAPEX and OPEX budgeting, program and performance management, creative problem solver, process and standards development, business strategy, departmental mergers, and developing highly effective cross-functional teams. For the past nine years, Mr. Patel has had a leadership role in Asset Management for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), becoming a nationally recognized leader in the field.
In his free time Sati enjoys his family and friends and living asset management! as an active DIY-er he has decades of experience remodeling his own home and that of family members. Sati also loves to learn and experience new things and meet new people as he and his family explore the United States. He lives and works in Massachusetts and has 5 children.
Office Director | Principal
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Over 25 years of private and public sector transportation planning, policy and performance management experience allows me to understand, tailor and exceed CS client needs. I have a passion to solve complex State DOT and MPO needs through collaborative, team-oriented, client-centric solutions which harness the power of objective, data driven and industry leading approaches unique to Cambridge Systematics.
I enjoy anything outdoors and competitive - early morning cross fitness workouts, bike rides with my family, rousing family board/card games, college sports and spending extended time at North Carolina beaches and mountains. I love to patron hole in the wall establishments and can't resist a frequent dose of locally sourced goods - especially coffee, ice cream and NC barbeque.
Senior Accounting Manager
Marketing Communication Specialist
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Christina graduated from Boston University with a B.S in Communication and a minor in Computer Science. She worked in a variety of roles before starting at Cambridge Systematics, including a marketing internship for a local food truck, a content creator for a local Boston food publication, and a community moderator on a site teaching kids to code.
In her free time, Christina likes staying active and eating delicious food. You can probably find Christina at the local YMCA or exploring the city for the next best bagel.
Project Accountant
Talent & Culture Coordinator
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Victoria is a Talent & Culture Coordinator with over two years of experience in HR, recruiting, and onboarding employees. At CS, Victoria will support the recruitment, benefits administration and onboarding functions, maintain HR-related systems and serve as a resource to employees for various administrative and operational inquiries.
Victoria enjoys traveling with friends, spending time with family and going for walks with her puppy, Honey.
Associate
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Leonardo ‘Leo’ Cavalcanti is an Associate at CS, with experience in supporting transport and economic development strategies to plan and fund sustainable mobility and governmental interventions in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean. As an Environmental Scientist with a Master's in City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University, Leo has been a part of engagements related to freight, trade, economic planning, decarbonization, and resilience. He also served as a Manager of Capital Program Planning at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, helping to develop and implement the Authority's five-year capital investment plan. At CS, Leo focuses on advising our clients on matters related to freight, economics, and resilience.
Leo spends his free time trying out new food, deciding which music concert to go to, and what city to visit next.
Accountant
Permit Specialist Agent I
Travel Demand Modeler
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Transportation Analyst/Professional
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Guilherme Leao is a Transportation Analyst at Cambridge Systematics. With a degree in Urban Studies, he has a wide range of skills, from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to public policy analysis. Since joining Cambridge Systematics, he has been involved in various state Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO) efforts, as well as projects related to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Freight Planning, and Systems Engineering. Guilherme is also fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.
In his free time, Guilherme enjoys watching movies and documentaries, and exploring cities around the U.S. and the world. He was born in South Florida and lives in Chicago.
Raphael has over a decade of cross-functional experience in transportation and transit, in both public and private transportation organizations. At CS, he helps guide strategy for mobility information software and serves as a project manager for engagements involving customer-facing real-time data and multimodal trip planning.
Software Developer
Travel Demand Modeler
Ms. Ni joined Cambridge Systematics in 2019 as a Travel Demand Modeler with diverse range of skills and interests in travel demand modeling, big data analytics, transportation and land use, and transportation policies.
Xuenan likes soccer and boxing (pre-covid).
Senior Project Manager (Senior Associate)
Mr. Harrington is Regional Manager for Cambridge Systematics’ planning practice in the Mid-Atlantic region with more than 28 years of professional experience in transportation planning in the public and private sectors. Tom has served as a Project Manager in multiple studies that focus on transit systems planning, transit corridor studies and alternatives analysis, and performance-based multimodal evaluation and project prioritization.
In his free time, Tom spends time biking and swimming. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife Claire and daughter Fiona.
Senior Professional
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Linnea holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School. She has expertise in environmental and sustainability planning, land use, and transit-oriented development. She came to the professional planning world via land use reform advocacy in Minneapolis, where she currently lives.
Permit Specialist
Associate
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Mathew Trostle is an Associate at Cambridge Systematics with experience in travel model development and application, data analysis, GIS analysis, and transportation safety planning. Mr. Trostle has experience in trip-based and activity-based travel demand model development, calibration, and application. He has also made contributions in data validation, network coding, data visualization, and alternatives analysis for numerous travel-demand forecasting projects from statewide model development to subarea modeling and corridor studies.
Mr. Trostle received a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Denver and a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Technology from the Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Mat enjoys skiing, biking, running, and hiking with his wife and their dogs in his home state of Colorado or anywhere else their travels might take them.
Robert Skinner served as the Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine from 1994 to 2015. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Skinner directed TRB’s policy study activities. Before joining TRB, Mr. Skinner was a Vice President of Alan M. Voorhees and Associates, a transportation consulting firm.
In a volunteer capacity, Skinner served on the Metrolink (Los Angeles) Commuter Rail Safety Review Panel and chaired the Special Advisory Panel for the Stem-to-Stern Safety Review of the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project. In addition, he has served on a number of university and other research advisory groups. Current assignments include the advisory boards for the MIT-Portugal Project; the University Transportation Center, a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pennsylvania; UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies; the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers; and NCE, a Nevada-based engineering firm.
Skinner earned his bachelor degree in civil engineering from the University of Virginia and received a master degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A registered professional engineer, Skinner has received the Director’s Research Champion Award from the Texas Transportation Institute (2011), the James Laurie Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (2003), and the P.D. McLean Memorial Award from the Road Gang (2001). He was the 2015 recipient of the Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation and the 2016 recipient of the George S. Bartlett Award.
Business Development Assistant
Steve has spent the bulk of his career working to use technology to improve commercial vehicle safety and mobility. He has helped over two dozen states plan and/or implement their Intelligent Transportation Systems programs and has worked extensively with USDOT. While still working with some clients, Steve now spends most of this time overseeing CS' Operations as our Chief Operating Officer.
In his free time, Steve loves to spend time with his family and enjoys traveling. He anxiously awaits his family's annual vacation to Cape Cod (Cape Week!) and spends most long weekends during the summer with family on Saratoga Lake in upstate New York. An avid sports fan, Steve loves all New England sports teams and can often be heard talking about the latest results from his daughter's swim meets. Regardless of the time, you are apt to find Steve with a Cold Brew Nitro in hand as he looks to take on the next challenge of the day.
Business Development Manager
Permit Specialist Agent
Data Analyst
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Kathie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Tongji University and recently earned a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Before joining CS, Kathie worked as a Product Manager at Tencent Company as well as a Data Analyst at Metrodata Company.
In her spare time, she enjoys jazz music and recently taught herself guitar. You can catch her road tripping with friends or hiking at Turkey Run State Park.
Senior Associate
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Ken is a Senior Associate with expertise in strategic planning, finance, grant writing, capital programming, policy analysis, and transit operations. Ken has helped public agencies secure more than $270 million in competitive transportation grant funds across 13 awards for highway and transit projects, and he is experienced in developing detailed benefit-cost analyses. Prior to joining CS, Dr. White led RIDOT’s Office of Transit and Capital Programming, where he managed the state's $9 Billion STIP, coordinated the deployment of Rhode Island’s IIJA funds and programs, and represented RIDOT on the Northeast Corridor Commission (NECC). He received a Special Achievement in GIS Award in 2023 for his work developing map-based transportation planning tools. He holds a Ph.D. and Master's in Political Science from Brown University and dual Bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Economics, summa cum laude, from Union College.
Ken enjoys cooking, basketball, and exploring new restaurants with his wife, Allison, and their dog, Franklin.
Associate, Onsite Project Manager at NYSDOT
Nearly 20 years experience with the unique permits and processes of the New York State Department of Transportation. Significant expertise in the laws, rules and regulations governing Divisible Load Overweight Permits and the specific vehicle requirements. Experience in bringing the online permitting system to implementation.
John enjoys cycling with his mountain bike and his fat tire bike as well as maintaining a high level of overall fitness. He enjoys spending time with his wife, 4 dogs, maintaining his home and yard.
Travel Demand Modeler
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Michelle Bina is a Senior Associate of Cambridge Systematics (CS) in the Travel Demand Forecasting group. Michelle's experience includes travel demand modeling and application, specializing in project management, activity-based modeling, statewide modeling, and transit forecasting.
In her free time, she likes hiking and exploring all the beauty of Colorado with her family and traveling just about anywhere and everywhere.
Senior Project Manager
Sarah has over 17 years of experience in statewide planning, regional and urban transportation planning, and financial project management.
A lifelong Floridian, Sarah lives in Tallahassee with her son. Outside of work, Sarah is reliving Kindergarten again with her six-year-old son as he learns to read. She also enjoys doing art and Legos with her son, working in the yard, and reading.
Principal
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Mr. Beagan is a Principal of Cambridge Systematics (CS) with more than 45 years of experience in transportation, traffic analysis, and planning in the public and private sectors, and is a recognized expert on freight forecasting.
Mr. Beagan enjoys all forms of Pop Culture, especially animation and old movies and TV. Mr. Beagan is an avid sports fan, particularly of baseball and has visited almost all of the major league baseball parks, and and most of the minor league parks in the East Coast States. Mr. Beagan is a Disney expert and has been to the Disney theme parks in Florida and California many times.
Team Lead (Principal)
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Rachel Copperman has expertise in developing and applying travel demand models. Her focus areas include developing advanced and innovative models and intercity passenger rail and urban transit ridership forecasting. She is a leading expert in incorporating uncertainty and risk analysis within the travel forecasting process.
Kirk T. Steudle is an independent senior executive advisor and President of the Steudle Executive Group, LLC focused on advancing national transportation policy, executive coaching, and integrating technology into transportation. His current clients include public agencies, private businesses, and academic institutions. He is a noted expert in surface transportation and a nationally recognized leader in the integration of technology into transportation and the development of connected vehicle technology.
During his 32-year public employee career, he served as Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) from 2006-2018 directly serving both Democrat Governor Jennifer Granholm and Republican Governor Rick Snyder. Aside from his political, executive and management experience, he is a registered engineer in Michigan and had extensive experience in construction project management with his Civil Engineering degree focused on Construction Engineering. Kirk worked in every aspect of the DOT from Design and Maintenance to Permitting and Operations. He was instrumental in the significant development of the CAV ecosystem in Michigan.
Kirk, recently retired as Sr Vice President from Econolite Systems, an international traffic management and software company headquartered in California, where he ran the software, ITS integration, and field services businesses as well as the consulting services business.
He has led and contributed to significant research work with NCHRP, many with Cambridge Systematics, most recently completing Phase 1 of the National Vision for Transportation and currently starting Phase 2. Previously he was the Principal Investigator for the development of the AASHTO Strategic plan and numerous asset management and ITS projects.
Mr. Steudle has extensive industry and business contacts developed over his 4-decade career. He served as president to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AASHTO, chaired the Transportation Research Board, TRB, executive committee and chaired for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, ITSA, Board of Directors. He is the current President of the Engineering Society of Detroit, a Board Trustee of Lawrence Technological University, serves on the Texas Technology Task Force and previously was a Board member of the Center for Automotive Research and an elected City Council member for the City of Essexville, Michigan.
Transportation Analyst
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Dan specializes in freight planning, data analytics, and transportation system risk and resilience. He specializes in using the R programming language to complete data analyses of transportation issues and build interactive dashboards using the R Shiny set of packages. He has worked extensively on state freight plans, freight planning and forecasting tools, risk and resilience assessments and research projects, and Chicago region planning studies.
In his free time, Dan likes to listen to music and attend opera performances. He has also been a runner since high school and completes the New York Times crossword almost every day. He lives in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago and enjoys brunch as often as he can.
Senior Project Manager
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Stacy M. Cook is a Senior Project Manager (Sr. Associate) at Cambridge Systematics Inc. (CS) with over 15 years of experience in transportation and land-use planning, project management, and facilitation. She has led the development and approval of high-profile plans and reports. She helps federal, state, local, and transit agencies to develop and advance plans, policies, and programs. Ms. Cook provides expert advice on sustainable and resilient transportation planning by helping agencies identify, prioritize and promote land-use and transportation strategies and investments to achieve agency goals to reduce greenhouse gasses and congestion, improve multimodal network connectivity, safety, resiliency, and to drive better economic, and equitable outcomes. Ms. Cook’s work focuses on helping agencies to problem-solve and navigate change through application of data and developing plans and policies.
When not planning for transportation, Stacy likes to kayak, bike, learn Norwegian, and develop gardens for pollinators and other wildlife.
Economist
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Senior Associate
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Mark is a Senior Assoicate at Cambridge Systematics with expertise in Travel Demand Model application and development, transit ridership forecasting, discrete choice models, and toll road studies. Mark has been involved in a wide variety of projects since he began his transporation planning career in 2005, many of them utilizing his background in applied math and statistics.
In his free time, Mark enjoys playing his electric and acoustic guitars, running, hiking, playing board games, and spending time with his 12-year-old daughter Allison (with two Ls) and his partner Alison (with one L).
Travel Demand Modeler
Feng Liu, Ph.D., is a Principal at Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (CS), serving as National Practice Lead in Model Application and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager for travel demand forecasting. Dr. Liu had more than 25 years of experience in both public and private sectors, including a wide spectrum of planning and modeling issues at local, metropolitan, and state levels. He has proven strong technical expertise in a variety of state-of-practice and state-of-art modeling techniques and methods, including model development in small urbanized areas, medium and large metropolitan areas, and at the statewide level, and a proven record of successfully applying a variety of models to a wide range of planning issues, such as regional, corridor, and sub-area planning, transit and highway planning, alternatives analysis, FTA New Start projects, traffic and revenue forecasting, Smart Growth, long-range transportation planning, and environmental justice analysis. He has a proven track record of managing complex and challenging projects.
In his free time, Feng enjoys classical music, travel, and outdoor activities.
GIS Specialist
Senior Project Manager
Claudette is a Senior Project Manager that specializes in transit operations, regulatory compliance, program planning and grant administration.
Senior Associate
Mr. Ullah brings experience in transportation planning, travel demand modeling, forecasting and simulation, and several modeling software packages, including VOYAGER, TP+,TransCAD, EMME, VISUM and TRANPLAN. He also has experience in transit planning, freight forecasting, air quality analysis and integration between traffic and simulation models. Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Massachusetts.
Lives in Boston and enjoys watching movies and sports in his free time.
Chris's specialty areas include transportation air quality, energy, and greenhouse gas analysis; transportation and land use; and economic and cost-benefit analysis. His recent work has focused on clean energy and GHG reduction strategy development and scenario analysis, including electrification. He has also led work on active transportation, travel demand management, alternative finance mechanisms, and transportation and health. His work bridges the gap between research and practice and translates technical findings into policy-relevant conclusions. His clients include the Federal Highway and Transit Administrations, National Highway Cooperative Research Program, State Departments of Transportation, and local transportation agencies throughout the country.
Chris enjoys hiking, biking, outdoor/landscape photography (see: http://cdptrans.jalbum.net/), and playing the organ.
Travel Demand Modeler
Travel Demand Modeler (Associate)
Xinbo holds a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, as well as a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Purdue University. Prior to joining CS, Xinbo served as a Senior Transportation Engineer at Evansville MPO, where he crafted travel demand model, microsimulation models and customized tools, while also conducting engineering and big data analyses. Here at CS, Xinbo will continue his commitment to developing effective, efficient, and user-friendly models.
Beyond his professional pursuits, Xinbo is an avid traveler, soccer enthusiast, and board game aficionado. He also shares his home with two beloved cats and tends to a thriving collection of koi fish. We're delighted to have Xinbo on board and look forward to his contributions to our team!
Project Manager / Software Developer
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Heide has been instrumental in the success of the CS software group from its earliest days. She brings a rare diversity of skills: excelling at QA, data analysis, project management and staff management. She has also played a critical role in strengthening the management of our Mobility Information platform. A team player who always prioritizes the needs of the organization and her colleagues, she has made invaluable contributions as a coach, manager, and mentor to junior staff.
Heide enjoys hiking, playing in the snow and paddleboarding. She is an avid baker and loves chocolate chip cookes.
Senior Business Development Specialist
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Wendy has more than 19 years of experience coordinating and developing strategic proposals for state and local transportation agencies. She supports the firm's new business activities in the Western region.
In her free time, Wendy coaches her daughters softball team and enjoys watching her kids play baseball, hockey, soccer, and softball.
QA/QC Specialist I, Senior Professional
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Cora worked as a Software QA Engineer at SmartPak, where she created testing strategies, identified defects, and made sure that their software meets intended requirements. At CS, Cora will work on a variety of projects, using a diverse set of tools, focused on open source and cloud-based development.
In her free time, Cora is an avid equestrian and spends as much time as possible with her horse Braveheart. She is a mom to two amazing boys who are her whole world. Cora enjoys spending time in her garden, hunting for beach glass on the numerous beaches of the Cape (where she lives), and baking sweet treats for her friends and family.
Chief Growth Officer
As the Chief Growth Officer, Sarah plays a critical role in developing strategies for long-term growth at Cambridge Systematics. With more than 16 years of experience in transportation software marketing and business development, Sarah has built relationships with agencies, teaming partners, thought leaders and national organizations that focus on empowering people with intelligent mobility. Sarah is passionate about pushing the transportation industry forward to drive more equitable, accessible and efficient transportation systems for providers and riders. Sarah serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, and oversees the business development and marketing and communications teams at CS.
In her free time, Sarah enjoys cooking, gardening and hiking!
Associate
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Along with project management and team leadership skills, Nicole is also talented in fostering collaborative relationships, identifying client needs with effective resources to resolve them, and organizing meetings and forums. She is proficient in performing qualitative and quantitative research which includes data collection and processing as well as quality assurance and quality control. Before joining Cambridge Systematics, she managed planning research and assistance for the Department of Transportation Planning at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
Outside of work, Nicole enjoys hiking, biking, and gardening. She lives in Northeast Ohio with her husband and pups.
Analyst
David brings 20 years of experience in statewide and regional multimodal transportation planning, policy analysis, performance management, climate change mitigation, and short- and long-range plan project prioritization. Over the last decade, he has managed or supported a diversity of statewide and regional, high-profile planning and policy projects, including multiple examples throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as in the southeast throughout North Carolina and Georgia.
David enjoys spending time with his family, including coaching youth sports teams, hiking, and mountain biking.
Project Accountant III
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Principal, Practice Lead - Resilience and Sustainability
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Suseel Indrakanti, AICP is a Principal and the Practice Lead for Resilience and Sustainability at CS. Over his 16 years of experience, Suseel has provided leadership and expertise on projects pertaining to transportation resilience, climate action planning, and climate finance. He has worked on major practice-leading climate resilience and greenhouse gas mitigating projects in various settings, including local, State, regional, and international efforts and for a variety of clients. His extensive experience involves conducting climate change vulnerability and risk assessments, including the design of tools that support the integration of adaptation planning into broader transportation project life-cycle and development processes. He supported several FHWA resilience pilots over the years. He has led various efforts on mainstreaming climate change considerations into transportation policy-making and enabling agencies to create frameworks for making climate-resilient transport investments.
Suseel loves music and likes to spend time with family.
Analyst
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Rachel Vierstra joined Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (CS) after earning dual master's degrees in urban planning and public health from the University of Washington. Before to joining CS, Rachel worked for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the Seattle Department of Transportation. Her prior work has informed her interest in how the built environment, equity, and community health intersect with each other.
In her free time, Rachel loves to bake, read, and travel. She lives in Boston and loves her bike commute to the Medford office.
Accounts Payable Clerk
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Southeast Market Leader
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Ryan J. Ellis is a Market Leader at Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (CS), as part of the Planning division at the firm. Based in Atlanta, GA, Ryan brings over fifteen years of experience in transportation marketing, communications, sales, and public/employer engagement. Paired with his work experience in both the public and private sectors, Ryan works to connect our clients’ vision to the unique planning services offered by CS. Before joining Cambridge, he served as a lead Marketing Strategist with ICF International’s Georgia Transportation practice, where his work included business development and branding and communications assistance for projects such as the New York Department of Transportation’s statewide Transportation Demand Management program and ITS4US demonstrations in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and Buffalo, New York.
Outside of work, Ryan and his partner, Josue, are avid travelers, often spending time exploring new countries and destinations each year. Currently, they reside just outside of Atlanta, GA, along with their two dogs rescue dogs, Mikey and Bulleit.
Contracts Specialist
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Senior Software Engineer
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Business Development Specialist
Analyst
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Pearl graduated from UCLA Master of Urban and Regional Planning in June 2023. During her graduate studies, she worked with various public transportation agencies on environmental planning for transportation projects and active transportation projects. Pearl completed her Master program with the awarded capstone project on addressing gender-based violence on public transit.
In her free time, Pearl enjoys traveling and exploring different cultures. She's a regular at the reformer pilate workout classes!
Travel Demand Modeler
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Greta joined CS in 2022 after three years of modeling experience for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. She brings experience in model calibration & validation, survey analysis, statistics, network editing, and GIS.
In her free time, Greta likes exploring the restaurant scene of Oakland (thanks to AC buses and the BART), reading sci-fi & fantasy novels, hiking, and traveling with her partner, Peter.
Senior Associate
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27 years of experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and travel demand modeling. I currently work onsite at the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, where I provide a wide range of support and assistance to the technical group as well as to the planning, application and survey units.
Listen to fusion music and read books!
Business Development Specialist
Associate
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Katie is a transportation planner with expertise in planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) and Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV). She is driven to help states and regions use emerging technologies to create transportation systems that are safe, efficient, reliable, sustainable, and equitable.
In her free time, Katie enjoys drawing, playing tennis, and walking her dog Auggie.
Data Analyst
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Ishraque is a transportation specialist with expertise in big data analytics, cloud computing, algorithm design, travel and freight demand modeling, network development, statistical modeling, and spatial analysis. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Virginia Tech, USA.
In his free time, Ishraque enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, listening to music, and watching movies.
Associate
David Ferreira has more than 30 years of corporate and consulting experience across a wide range of industries, companies and business cycles. He has held senior positions at GE, KPMG, and Beneficial; founded Back Bay Consulting; and most recently served as Chief Administrative Officer for Abt Associates. His primary focus has been helping companies grow and improve performance through roles in business strategy and planning, organizational assessment and talent management. Earlier in his career Mr. Ferreira worked as a Prosecutor for the Massachusetts Attorney General and a Public Defender for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Social Venture Partners and is a past board member of the Harvard Medical School Bio-Medical Science Career Program, the American Financial Services Association, and the Somerville New Jersey Home for Temporarily Displaced Children. Mr. Ferreira received a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, a Master’s in Law from the University of Amsterdam, a Juris Doctorate from New England Law, and a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.
Associate Transportation Analyst
Associate Transportation Analyst
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Lia improves systems and communities through detail oriented, thoughtful, and equity-focused planning. She has a broad background in planning that spans the private and public sectors, and includes operations (e.g., TSMO and ATMS), safety studies, grant writing, public involvement, GIS, and more.
Lia is an avid reader, loves to cook and bake (and eat), and enjoys traveling. She volunteers frequently in her community. Lia is happiest when spending time with her husband, cats, and friends.
Senior Associate, Data Science Manager of Mobility & Location Analytics
Senior Associate, Data Science Manager of Mobility & Location Analytics
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David Von Stroh is based in Seattle, WA and brings ten years of experience in GIS, data science and transportation modeling. As a project manager, he synthesizes client needs and leads technical data science teams to innovate new tools and solutions. He leads CS' climate adaptation and active transportation practice areas for the western US. David managed the SoCal Regional Climate Adaptation Framework, a two year, $1.1 million contract which was recently named the recipient of the 2021 APA Sustainable Communities Excellence Award. David manages mobility location analytics and algorithm development for LOCUS, CS' location based services data products. He stays at the forefront of scenario development and data visualization tools through projects for clients such as LA Metro, SCAG, Caltrans, and Sound Transit.
David is an avid trail runner and runs several mountain ultramarathons (50k to 100 miles) every year throughout the western US. He participates in several running communities, which all share a love for craft beer. David loves to cook spicy meals with Thai flavors and follows NBA basketball closely. (Bring back the Sonics!)
Vice President
Principal
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Karen D. Nocito, CPA, serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Cambridge Systematics. Ms. Nocito serves as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team of Cambridge Systematics. She devises and implements growth and profitability strategies, helps to further strengthen the firm’s internal accounting controls and processes, and identifies cost reduction strategies. She has more than 25 years of experience in accounting, including strategic planning and implementation; team leadership; stakeholder relations; government contracting; audits; forecasting and budgeting; compliance; business process improvement; and policies and procedures. Before her appointment as CFO in 2016, Ms. Nocito served for 19 years as CS’ Controller; in that capacity she led a comprehensive re-engineering of the CS Accounting department that elevated the Accounting team’s role as a partner to the firm’s business lines while optimally organizing it around the functional needs of the firm and its clients. Prior to joining Cambridge Systematics in 1997, Ms. Nocito held positions of increasing breadth and responsibility in the professional services and manufacturing sectors. She earned a bachelor of science in accounting from Fitchburg State College and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Massachusetts.
Karen enjoys reading, cooking, gardening, and most importantly time with family. The best part of life is when all those line up together. Karen has participated in a book club with her sisters for the past several years. Some of those books are discovered by randomly picking a letter in the alphabet for an author's name and wandering the shelves of the local library for an interesting jacket cover. Favorite recipes at those meetings include those passed down through generations via old school recipe cards and new options with local, seasonal ingredients.
Transportation Analyst
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Sarah Windmiller is an Associate with over seven years of experience in transportation planning and data-driven decision making. She has specialized expertise in data analytics and visualization, including GIS analysis and mapping, performance-based planning, project prioritization, scenario planning, transit planning, and long-range planning.
Outside of work, Sarah enjoys hiking the north Georgia mountains with her husband and cheering on the Yellow Jackets at Georgia Tech football and basketball games.
Java Developer
Associate
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Alex is a transportation analyst with 15 years of experience in transportation planning and big data. Prior to joining CS in 2023, he worked in the Division of Operations Planning for MTA New York City Transit for seven years. Alex brings expertise in transit operations, technology, data, and analytics.
Outside of work, Alex is usually watching RuPaul's Drag Race or playing with kitchen gadgets. He lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Analyst
Contracts Administrator
Transportation Analyst
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Natalie recently graduated from Florida State University with her Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and previously worked as a Transportation Planning Intern at Hall Planning and Engineering.
In her free time, Natalie enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and other sports.
Talent and Culture Manager
Talent and Culture Manager
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Sam has over eight years of HR experience working in the professional services and healthcare industries. Her areas of expertise include: Onboarding, Benefits Management, Employee Engagement, Compliance, Employee Relations, Performance Management and HRIS.
On the weekends, you'll catch Sam trying out all the best local brunch spots in Boston. She enjoys meeting up with friends for their monthly book club session and riding to her favorite artists on the Peloton. Sam is a huge Harry Potter fan (Team Gryffindor)!
Associate
Danny Shopf is an Associate with Cambridge Systematics, Inc. He has experience in long range policy planning and safety planning. Danny provides support for the development and implementation of Florida's statewide long range plan, the Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) and Florida high-priority transportation network with the Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Policy Plan. Danny has also developed Strategic Highway Safety Plans (SHSPs) for multiple states and currently supports multiple traffic safety coalitions focused on SHSP implementation.
Analyst
Systems Administrator
Business Development Specialist
Transportation Analyst
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Levon Mikaelian specializes in spatial and network analysis using GIS and scripting tools, as well as transportation safety analysis, performance measurement, and data visualization. His previous research includes spatial statistical analysis of the relationships between multimodal transportation networks and socioeconomic outcomes. For his work at CS, he regularly uses R, Python, and SAS, and has a working knowledge of several other programming languages.
In his spare time, Levon likes to read, ride his bike, and watch Star Trek. He also enjoys exploring the trails and waterways around Tallahassee.
Travel Demand Modeler
Brad is the President & CEO of Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Prior to his appointment as CEO in 2011, he founded and led several CS business lines focused on technology planning in transportation, freight transportation, and developing and implementing software solutions for our clients. Before joining CS, Brad worked for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and in Civil Engineering Group at United Parcel Service. He has a B.S., in Business Management from Northeastern University.
Brad lives outside of Boston with his wife and three sons. In his free time Brad enjoys playing golf and watching his kids play football, hockey and lacrosse. He also enjoys spending time on Long Island, Maine, where he is a member of the Civic Association's Board of Directors.
Principal
Associate Analyst
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Lily holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX as well as a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. Prior to joining CS, Lily worked as a Management and Program Analyst Student Trainee with the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General where she supported the Procurement & Acquisitions auditing team. Prior to this, Lily managed the Alamo Commutes transportation demand management program at the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in San Antonio, TX.
In her spare time, she enjoys all things food - eating it, reviewing it, cooking it, watching it, reading about it, and talking about it. She lives in Ithaca, NY with her fiancé and rescue dog.
Product Manager
Travel Demand Modeler
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Kate recently graduated with her Masters in Transportation Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
In her free time, Kate enjoys taking her paddle board out on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, TX.
Senior Associate
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Hannah Santiago has experience in both the public and private sectors managing long-range plans, short-term strategic frameworks, and innovative mobility assessments. Ms. Santiago helps communities articulate their vision for mobility in a relatable and actionable way. She works with communities to understand transportation barriers from both the user and the operator perspectives to find innovative solutions and partnerships.
In her free time, Hannah enjoys playing tennis and cooking new recipes with her family. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Marketing Manager
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Latasha has 20 years of marketing experience, serving in various roles as a customer loyalty marketing manager, marketing coordinator, and bid analyst. In these roles, Latasha led or co-led conference and event planning; participated in tradeshows around the country; crafted marketing communication, including company newsletters, mailers, brochures, and website content; and partnered with numerous sales teams in the coordination and development of proposals. At CS, Latasha leverages her extensive proposal experience as Marketing Manager, leading a team of high-performing proposal specialists who partner with consultant teams for the pursuit of new business.
Latasha lives in metropolitan Atlanta with her husband and son, and enjoys reading and attending outdoor events. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and is a member of APMP, the Association for Proposal Management Professionals.
Senior Associate & Data Science Manager, LOCUS
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Product Designer
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Fareeha describes herself as an interdisciplinary practitioner with a passion for visual storytelling and using functional design to solve problems. She holds a Master’s degree in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism from The New School as well as a Bachelor’s degree in English (Honours) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Fareeha is also a creative nonfiction writer, journalist, and illustrator. She is working on a collection of mixed-media short stories titled “Good Writing, Lucifer”.
Arjun is passionate about innovative products with unique market positioning. Arjun has experience at two high growth startups; in one role, he grew a messaging app by over 250,000 users. His focus at CS is to leverage and build on LOCUS' current market share and positioning, while also developing frameworks and models to facilitate that growth. Arjun holds a degree in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Outside of work, Arjun is passionate about staying active and eating healthy. You can find him working out, manning the barbeque, or blending up a green smoothie.
Director of Sales, LOCUS
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