Abhay Nigam

Mr. Nigam has been working in the transportation field since 2001 and has lent his expertise to several projects for the Maryland Department of Transportation,. He worked on specific projects related to database management, data migration, inter- and intra-agency data sharing, traffic data analysis, Federal reporting, GIS-based mapping and research, and investigations of new technologies Mr. Nigam is primarily responsible for HPMS submission to Federal Highway Administration on behalf of MDSHA.  Finally Mr. Nigam is responsible for most traffic data exchanges between MNCPPC, BMC, WASCOG, Inrix, and Surrounding  states.

Abigail Wheelis

Abigail is research intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Her work with NREL OpenPATH, a smartphone app for creating travel diaries, has focused on improvements to the User Interface and aiding in the deployment of the app in more languages. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Centre College.

Ahmed Abdel-Rahim

Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Rahim is a professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Idaho. He served for eight years as the director of the National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT). Abdel-Rahim earned his doctorate in transportation engineering from Michigan State University in 1998. His research interests include connected vehicle applications, modeling the environmental impact of vehicle operations, intelligent transportation Systems (ITS), traffic operations and control technology, traffic modeling, security and survivability of transportation networks, and highway traffic safety.

Ali Gorji Sefidmazgi

Ali Gorji Sefidmazgi is a PhD student and research assistant, His recent work primarily focuses on the intersection of machine learning and transportation.

Amir Rafe

Amir Rafe is a PhD student and graduate research assistant in transportation in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Utah State University. He has multiple years of experience working on pedestrian behavior monitoring and modeling, webtool development, and transportation applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Andrew Haynes

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Anna Quinones, AICP

TBD

Aref Darzi

Dr. Darzi received his B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in civil engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Iran, and his Ph.D. with a major in transportation engineering from the University of Maryland. He is currently working at the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT lab) as mobility analytics lead. He has served as principal investigator and project manager for several federal- and state- funded projects. His research interests focus on transportation big data, travel behavior and human mobility analysis, and advanced computational algorithms and AI models.

Arthur J. Penn, P.E.

Arthur J. Penn, President and Chief Operations Officer, served as GHA's director of Data Collection Division for 16 years prior to his appointment as COO in 2020, then President in 2021. He was responsible for creating the systems for managing the traffic data as it relates to computer input and output, maintaining the traffic databases and providing a reliable backup system for all traffic count information. Mr. Penn developed several QA/QC programs for increasing count accuracy, and also seamlessly implemented the use of GPS with client-provided shapefiles to identify counter placement and reduce fuel costs and mileage by plotting the most efficient routes.

Barbara Ostrom

Ms. Ostrom has spent more than 30 years working with truck data for the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program and Maryland State Highway Administration doing field validations, development of protocols and software and evaluation of weigh-in-motion and classification data.

Ben McCulloch

Ben McCulloch is the Strategic Data Scientist for TxDOT Strategic Planning Division. He is responsible for the standing up the Digital Roadway Data project. He co-chairs of the Enterprise Data Management Workgroup that is set to deliver policies, guidelines, and resources to accessing, storing, and using data to make business decisions. Ben graduated from Texas State University with a Bachelors of Science in Applied Sociology.

Bob Krile

Mr. Krile is a statistician, program manager, and task leader with more than 20 years of experience consulting with primarily government clients. For U.S. DOT, he has provided statistical design and analysis support for many evaluations or demonstrations. Mr. Krile has written and executed test plans to perform statistical analysis and is an expert in general linear modeling techniques, inferential statistics, and acceptance sampling. He has led in the evaluation of underlying data and subsequent statistical estimates for important transportation measures that include annual average daily traffic (AADT) volumes.

Brian Crowley

I have been with COMPASS for five years and have been a GIS practitioner for six years. I am a passionate skier and biker, which is partially where my interest in bike/ped safety stems from. I moved to Boise from Pennsylvania for college 14 years ago and immediately fell in love with Idaho. The hot springs are world-class and the crowds are minimal.

Brittney Gick

Ms. Brittney N. Gick is an Assistant Research Scientist in TTI's Mobility Analysis Program. She has over 12 years of experience in transportation planning, research, and analysis with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Technical Activities Division, and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Division of Research and Development. Since joining TTI in February 2019, Ms. Gick has focused on providing transportation planning and programming support to state and metropolitan agencies and completing research for freight planning and performance, electric transit and school buses, and connected and automated vehicles.

Carlos Silva

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Chien-Lun Lan

Dr. Chien-Lun Lan holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He currently serves as a Research Scientist at the Virginia Transportation Research Council. An active contributor to the transportation community, Chien-Lun is the Committee Communication Coordinator of TRB Committee of Human Factors of Vehicles (ACH30). Furthermore, he is a Handling Editor for Transportation Research Record.

Chris Kadoch

Chris is the Chief Technology Officer of Rekor Systems. As such he is responsible for driving Rekor's Technology vision, strategy, and execution for the company. Chris has a diverse and extensive background developing AI/ML, but has a particular personal interest in bio-optical pattern recognition. Mr. Kadoch holds Degrees in physics and mathematics from San Jose State University and graduate studies in optics and physics at Michigan Technology University, Georgia Institute of Technology and San Jose State University. He also holds several patents, several related to AI performance on the roadway and high-speed communications.

Chris Vaughan

Chris Vaughan is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University with almost 16 years of experience. He specializes in traditional and non-traditional data collection of all modes of travel. He also annually teaches continuing education courses to full-time employees of various state agencies and private engineering firms, with topics ranging from Highway Design to Engineering Economics. Chris has participated in research sponsored by FHWA, NCHRP, NCDOT, GHSP, and various local agencies, among others.

Christopher Moore

New Hampshire DOT

Chuang Chen

Student, Washington State University, Idaho Transportation Department Intern

Claire Korzekwa

Drakewell

Craig Roberts

Craig works for Idaho Transportation Department, and began his career in 2012 working in Port Of Entry. Since then, he’s held a number of different jobs at the DMV, such as Product Owner for the DMV modernization, POE Inspector, Commercial Supervisor as part of the reorganization with both senior inspectors and port TRS, acting DMV STaR manager, Special Permits Supervisor/POE Modernization lead, and D3 POE Area Supervisor. This path led to his current position of Commercial Vehicle Services Manager.

Dan Porcaro

Dan began his selling journey at New Jersey garage sales before heading up to Syracuse for a degree in Supply Chain Management and Entrepreneurship. After tackling various sales and strategy roles in the FMCG world, he came to the flawed realization that two jobs must be better than one. While living in Richmond, VA, he was an adjunct professor at VCU and is currently serving as an officer in the Navy Reserve. Dan has worked cross functionally to launch brands, grow revenue, and build teams. He has consulted firms ranging from start-ups to multibillion-dollar global brands and loves delivering value-almost as much as he loves asking questions. Dan and his wife live in Greenville, SC, with their German Shepherd Otto.

Daniel Coble, PE

Daniel has been with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at NC State for 7 years, over 5 years as staff. He is currently working towards his Master's of Science in Civil Engineering focusing in transportation systems. He has assisted in leading data collection efforts in operation and safety studies in various transportation modes including ferry, rail, bike/pedestrian and highways. A few examples of those studies are noise studies on rumble strips and sound walls, effectiveness of radar vehicle-detection systems at rail crossings, and plane-tracking technology for airports.

Daniel Smith

I've been a Planner with TxDOT's Transportation Planning and Programming Division for 14 years. Before joining the Traffic Monitoring team, I was the HPMS Coordinator with the Roadway Inventory Branch for 8 years. After joining Traffic Monitoring Branch, I was able to use my experience with HPMS, the TxDOT Roadway Inventory System, and Traffic Monitoring to pursue process improvements with a goal of benefitting both of our teams.

David Coladner

David Coladner is the Program Manager of the Data Analytics Unit in the Highway Data Section at the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). His responsibilities include running the statewide travel demand model and performing travel delay analyses in support of the highway safety/capacity program. He coordinates a team (Core Analytics Team) dedicated to promoting data analytics practices throughout ITD while tackling cross-divisional technical challenges. David serves on the AASHTO Committee on Data Management and Analytics as well as its Data Policy subcommittee. He has been with the department for 35 years and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Boise State University. While not at work, David can be found stargazing or running (but not usually at the same time).

David Pace

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David Winter

In September 2008, David Winter became the Director of the Office of Highway Policy Information within the Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs.  In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the staff responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting much of the data used for apportioning Highway Trust Funds; determining agency performance measures; and estimating current and future highway needs.  In January 2009, David also assumed responsibility for the reporting and analysis of all FHWA related American Recovery and Reinvestment Act data.

From July 2004 to September 2008, David served as the Chief of the Highway System Performance Division.  In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the Division responsible for the Highway Performance Monitoring System or HPMS.  The Division provides the official estimates of national traffic, as well as a number of the factors used for apportioning Federal funds.  The Division is also extensively involved in preparing the annual Highways Statistics publication.

Prior to joining the Office of Highway Policy Information, Mr. Winter served as the program manager for the Highway Economic Requirement's - State version (HERS-ST) within the FHWA Office of Asset Management.  As program manager, he was responsible for overseeing the development and enhance of the existing software.  He is also involved in a number of geographic information system (GIS) and relational database initiatives within FHWA.

David began his career with the Nebraska Department of Roads in 1987.  During his 13 years with the Department of Roads, he held numerous positions before becoming the Classification, Needs & Pavement Management Engineer in the Transportation Planning Division, a position that he held until he left the Department of Roads in 2001.

David graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 1993 with a degree in Industrial Engineering and is a licensed engineer in Nebraska.

Deborah Walker

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Elizabeth Stolz

Ms. Stolz is one of the nation's leading traffic data collection experts with an extensive background in working with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) traffic monitoring program, she is a National Highway Institute (NHI) certified instructor who has taught NHI's Traffic Monitoring Programs: Guidance and Procedures (TMG) course.  In 2008, She developed the nation's first statewide non-motorized counting program by developing the Colorado DOT's bicycle and pedestrian counting program.  Ms. Stolz has a bachelor's degree in environmental studies, a master's in business administration and a graduate-level certification in Geographic Information Systems.

Eric Katz

Eric Katz is an award-winning planner and project manager with over 16 years of experience in the urban and transportation planning field.  Eric leads Marlin's Orlando Office which focuses on services and solutions related to micro mobility data collection, management, and analysis.  Eric continues to support Marlin's Tallahassee and South Florida offices as he is frequently involved in statewide planning and traffic related projects.   When not working, Eric enjoys traveling, hiking/biking, and practicing martial arts.

Eugene Boasiako Antwi

University of Kentucky

Fahmida Rahman

Fahmida Rahman is currently a Lecturer at Rowan University. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 2022 with a focus on Transportation Engineering. Her research expertise covers transportation safety, traffic operation, congestion management, data mining, big data analysis, and ITS. She developed speed-based Safety Performance Functions for Rural Two-Lane Highways in Kentucky as part of her dissertation research. She also showed the application of Machine Learning techniques for better safety assessment of these roads. She contributed to developing the Kentucky Road User Cost tool and Travel Time Savings tool for KYTC.

Filmon Habtemichael

Dr. Filmon Habtemichael has more than a decade of transportation research experience including transportation data analysis, ITS, traffic operations and safety, and transportation economics. Dr. Habtemichael has experience in analyzing the trends from various transportation data sources including traditional and non-traditional (probe-vehicles) data sources. He has developed data-driven methodologies for a number of transportation and traffic engineering applications. He is knowledgeable of data analysis, mining, and fusion techniques. Dr. Habtemichael has extensive experience in deriving performance measures from multiple data sources for analyzing transportations patterns.

Guangchen Zhao

Guangchen Zhao is a PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on using mobile device location data, cloud computing, big data analytics, and ML to understand human travel behaviors, establish next-generation travel demand forecasting tools and models, and improve the transportation planning process.

Hazem Aboutaleb

Dr. Aboutaleb is a postdoctoral researcher with National Institute for Advanced transportation Technology (NIATT), University of Idaho.

Ian Wong

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Ioannis Tsapakis

Yianni is the Assistant Program Manager of the San Antonio Office at TTI. His main area of expertise is traffic monitoring. He is currently leading two national and several state research projects that aim to improve traffic monitoring methodologies and practices and leverage data from alternatives types of equipment. Yianni is currently the Chair of the TRB Highway Traffic Monitoring Committee (ACP70).

Jennifer Dill

Jennifer Dill, Ph.D. is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Director of the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. She is the PI on the project with FHWA to create the Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Toolkit for FHWA. Dr. Dill is a nationally known researcher in active transportation and is leading NCHRP project 07-31 on State DOT and Tribal Use of Active Transportation Data: Practices, Sources, Needs, and Gaps.

Jess Helmlinger

Jess has spent the previous 20+ years in different business development and team leadership roles within the ITS industry with Mettler Toledo, Kistler Instrument Corp, and MS2.  Over that time, he has worked many State DOT's to successfully install, operate, and collect quality data into Traffic Data Management Systems from hundreds of sites across N. America used for Commercial Motor Enforcement and Traffic Data Collection.  Additionally, he has helped to drive new initiatives in the industry like automated tire screening and direct enforcement for WIM.  Jess has a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Miami University and began his carear as an application developer.

John Blair

John Blair with more than 29 years of experience and proficiency in all aspects of traffic data collection is responsible for overseeing numerous contracts within our Data Division, including statewide contracts for the Virginia DOT and Arkansas DOT. In addition to his management responsibilities, Mr. Blair oversees the installation, software, and safety training sessions for new field technicians as part of The Traffic Group's comprehensive training program. He has experience in scheduling, completing, and managing the installation of traffic counts. His experience includes 10 years in the field, completing thousands of traffic counts, and the review and analysis of the data collected.

Jordan Petrov

Jordan Petrov is an Associate Planner with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). He specializes in human-scale mobility and transportation safety, with an emphasis on spatial data analytics. Jordan earned his Master of City & Regional Planning from the Ohio State University and now works to help communities advance their active transportation projects from vision to funding and implementation.

Joseph Fish

Joe Fish is a Project Leader and Researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with over 15 years of experience in the transportation sector. He leads and supports projects related to transportation data collection and validation, data integration, analysis, transportation technology, and strategy development. Prior to joining NREL, Joe worked for municipal and regional transportation agencies and as a consultant to state, local, and federal transportation agencies.

Joseph Hausman

Joseph Hausman has worked for over 35 years in the public sector at the Local, State and Federal Levels. First as a Transportation Planner with the Franklin County Engineers Office (Columbus Ohio). Next, Joe was the Roadway Information Manager for The Ohio Department of Transportation responsible for managing the States Roadway Databases and GIS Maintenance. For the past 13 years Joe, has worked at the FHWA headquarters in Washington, DC, the first 7 years on the HPMS team in the Office of Policy, and for the last 6 years as a Senior Community Planner in the Office of Planning. Currently Joe is managing a major Pooled Fund Study (AEGIST), is the FHWA liaison to the CTPP, is coordinating the Functional Classification/the Urban Area Boundary Adjustment Process, along with other planning research, including data projects and analysis. Joe has a BA degree in geography and master’s degree in City and Regional Planning both from The Ohio State University

Jotan Borms

Jotan Borms is a native Belgian who moved last year to the United States of America. Coming from Europe, he brings valuable experience and knowledge to FDOT Transportation Data and Analytics Office. He is FDOT's first Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Collection Coordinator and is taking on multiple roles and tasks to assist in the sustainable development and operations of the FDOT Non-Motorized Traffic Monitoring Program. Jotan has a master's degree in Sports management from University of Ghent and wrote his master's Thesis about Cycling in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Kevin Hall

Mr. Kevin Hall is currently a Senior Research Scientist and the Metropolitan and Statewide Planning Division Head. As the Division Head, Kevin currently oversees three programs – Travel Forecasting, Travel Surveys, and Urban Analysis (Transportation Planning). Prior to becoming Division Head, Mr. Hall was the Program Manager of the Travel Forecasting Program located in Austin, Texas. Mr. Hall has been with the Institute since 1992 and has more than 25 years of experience in travel model development, application and training. For most of this time, he has been providing technical assistance and program support to the Transportation Planning and Programming (TP&P) Division of the Texas Department of Transportation. This involves providing model calibration, validation, and application support for urban areas across the state.  In his role with TxDOT, he has developed several travel demand model standards, including data processing, data input, date interpretation, and documentation.

Because of this experience, Mr. Hall has developed and delivered dozens of training workshops on modeling and the federal transportation planning process, model inputs (i.e., networks, zones and demographics), and model applications. The regional workshops are provided to TxDOT staff and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) throughout the state. He is a certified National Highway Institute (NHI) Instructor and has delivered workshops on “Estimating Regional Mobile Source Emissions using Travel Models” and is currently the lead instructor for “Introduction to Travel Demand Model” workshop.

Early in his career, Mr. Hall developed the graphical displays and data that are used on an interactive self-instructing CD-ROM course called, "Introduction to Travel Demand Forecasting." The CD-ROM course was distributed nationally through both the U.S. DOT's Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP) and the NHI. For a number of years, Mr. Hall was involved in producing a technical synthesis series for TMIP on a wide array of topics summarizing contributions to the TMIP e-mail listserv. 

Recently, he has been engaged in enhancing the Texas Package Suite of travel demand models for TxDOT called “TexPACK”. Key to the automation of several steps, has been the development of industry leading graphics that communicate model inputs and results in an interactive HTML-based file that is agnostic to vendor software.

In collaboration with members of TTI’s travel survey team, Mr. Hall and others will be developing quick response models (QRMs) based exclusively on passive data and demographics.  He continues to provide travel demand modeling support to TxDOT – TP&P as the co-principal investigator (PI) on the inter-agency contract (IAC) between the two agencies.

Kevin McElwain

Kevin McElwain is a Project Manager for Michael Baker International, Inc.  He has over 22 years of professional experience in the design and maintenance of Geographic Information Systems, development and implementation of inventory programs and systems; and design, implementation and maintenance of linear referenced systems.

Krista Nordback

Krista Nordback is a senior research associate at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research with an additional appointment at the University of California Berkeley SafeTREC. Her work focuses on bicycle and pedestrian traffic and safety. She has researched non-motorized traffic counting technologies and programs for Colorado, Michigan, Oregon, California, and Washington State departments of transportation as well as multiple cities and regions around North America. She currently serves as the Chair of the TRB Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Subcommittee.

Kyle Titlow

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L.D. White

Mr. L.D. White is a Research Data Scientist in the Data Analytics and Visualization Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), a part of The Texas A&M University System. He has over 23 years of experience as a researcher at TTI, involving a wide range of topics from air quality and emissions modeling to most recently transportation planning and analysis tool/data visualization development. His most recent activities focus on interactive data visualization, data analysis tools, and overall data development (including passive data and data fusion) to assist in roadway performance monitoring, freight, and transportation planning.

Laura Dablain

I joined TxDOT Traffic Monitoring Branch nearly 10 years ago as a data analyst, and have had an opportunity to work with legacy data processing and be part of the transition to using newer systems. Over the years I've enjoyed collaborating with our wonderful Traffic Monitoring team, and others who participate in our annual data HPMS data submission.

Lianyu Chu

Dr. Lianyu Chu is the principal at CLR Analytics. Before working full time for CLR Analytics, he was a researcher at the University of California Berkeley from 2001 and 2011 and associate researcher at the University of California Irvine from 2012 and 2015. His research and practice fields include traffic control and management, traffic information, traffic simulation modeling, smart sensor technologies, and system development. He was the PI of a number of Small Business Innovation Research projects and an inventor of the VSign Smart Vehicle Classification system. Dr. Chu has bachelor and master degrees in Electronic Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Transportation.

Margaret Pridmore

Margaret Pridmore manages the Roadway Data unit for Idaho Transportation Department. In her tenure with ITD since 2006, she's been responsible for HPMS, traffic analytics, and safety roadway data. In the last few years she has taken on responsibilities as co-chair to ITD's data steering committee. Ms. Pridmore chaired both the 2022 NaTMEC and 2024 NaTMEC conference planning committees, has worked with FHWA and other traffic professionals on the most current Traffic Monitoring Guide, and participated in NCHRP committees centered around traffic and data. She manages the traffic monitoring program and oversees the administration of the state's HSIP program. Ms. Pridmore graduated from Washington State University with a B.A. in English and a B.S. in mathematics, with graduate work in the Boise State University Technical Communications graduate program.

Maria Bassil

I completed my B.E. in Civil Engineering with high distinction and Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Lebanese American University. I served as a committee member in the ASCE and the Engineers Without Borders club – LAU Chapter. I was the president of the WTS- Heart of Texas Chapter and a board member of ITE/ITS UT Austin chpater. My years of hard work and commitment have culminated in the completion of my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at The University of

Marwa Elsayed

University of Idaho

Mason Cantu

Mason Cantu is an Associate Transportation Researcher based in Austin, TX with the Mobility Division at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. His work spans various facets of transportation research, with a distinct focus on transit and micromobility research, including nonmotorized data collection and quality assurance. He holds his Master's degree in Urban Planning from the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University.

Matthew Thompson

Matthew Thompson is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Idaho. His graduate studies have focused on transportation planning, travel demand forecasting, and traffic safety analysis.

Mei Chen

Mei Chen is a professor of civil engineering at University of Kentucky. Her recent research focuses on integrating emerging data with traditional data source to support transportation planning and decision making.

Michael Deamer

Mr. Deamer has over 35 years, repeated achievements in the IT Transportation industry using GIS and IT to create tools and solutions that are data driven and service oriented.  An expert in data analytics and defining technical strategies, focusing on complex computer operations, and advancing cloud, network, and Internet technologies. Subject matter expert in the fields of Geographical Information Systems, Data Warehouses, Data Analytics, Document Management Systems, Data Architecture, and IT Transportation systems.

Michael Lowry

Dr. Michael Lowry is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho. He serves on the Transportation Research Board Committee for Bicycle Transportation and previously on the Committee for Transportation Investment Decision-Making. He teaches courses covering transportation planning, traffic safety, benefit-cost analysis, and geographic information systems. He received the College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award for education excellence. Dr. Lowry was a visiting research scholar in Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Michael Martin

Michael Martin is an Associate Research Scientist with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute where he focuses on data wrangling that includes developing and managing cloud computing environments for big data hosting, processing, and analysis. Michael's work is centered on applying spatial analysis techniques to mobility and traffic safety problems to produce practical results that help save lives, time, and resources. He really loves maps.

Michael P. Reese, PE, CPM

Michael P. Reese, P.E., C.P.M., is a Civil Engineering graduate of North Carolina State University, and has worked for more than twenty-five years in the NCDOT Congestion Management & Traffic Analysis Section and various other traffic engineering sections.  Mr. Reese has spent most of his career performing and validating comprehensive reviews of major Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) projects and Traffic Impact Assessments, for various development projects, statewide. 
Since 2007, Mr. Reese has also instructed statewide Site Development and Highway Access training classes and currently serves on or has served on multiple ITE and TRB technical committees and task forces.

Michael Pack

Michael Pack is the founder and director of the CATT Laboratory where he sets the strategic vision for his team of 100+ data scientists, software developers, systems integrators, and transportation professionals to make federal, state, and local transportation data easily accessible and usable by diverse user communities. Through the development of innovative applications and data visualization tools, Michael’s team enables informed decision-making, better response to emergencies, insight discovery, and increased productivity.

Michael has been honored at the White House as a 'Champion of Change' for his leadership in integrating vast amounts of data from around the country into the Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS), for his performance management applications, and for his efforts in breaking down the barriers within agencies that prevent data from being leveraged to its fullest potential.

Michael is the 2007 winner of the Charley V. Wootan Award for outstanding paper in the field of policy and organization presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. He is also the winner of the 2009 and 2013 Greg Herrington Award for Excellence in Visualization Research.  Mr. Pack has been featured on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” television program, CNN, NPR, the Washington Post, CBS, and other national and international television, radio, web, and print media.

Mr. Pack has previously worked at the Center for Transportation Analysis at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Patricia Hu, the University of Virginia's Smart Travel Laboratory under Brian L. Smith, and is a member of the multi-disciplinary Human Computer Interaction Laboratory—a partnership of the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies in the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and the College of Information Studies.  He also advises the Leadership of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, a 15-state alliance of transportation agencies, toll authorities, and public safety agencies from Maine to Florida including affiliate members in Canada.

Mike Ballinger

Mike serves in the Transportation Planning Division of PennDOT as the HPMS Coordinator for the eastern half of the state and the Bureau of Planning and Research's Mileage Coordinator for local roads in the Commonwealth. Mike previously worked in the Statewide Traffic Analysis Unit analyzing traffic counts. He holds a bachelor's degree in Geography & Urban Studies from Temple University. His areas of interest include transportation and community planning, traffic and pedestrian safety, and applications of technology for smart city solutions.

Mike Kenny

Mike Kenny is the CEO of MetroCount, managing offices in Australia, London, Rotterdam and Maryland. He is an Electronic and Traffic Engineer, a Chartered Professional Engineer with membership from Engineers Australia since 1985, and a Member of the global Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE). Mike graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1979 before working within and founding a number of electronic engineering businesses. MetroCount has been operating since 1987 when Mike started the company with microprocessor based product designs, firmware and software . From 1990, the company focussed on the production of traffic survey devices.

Mike Vickich

Mike Vickich is a technologist in TTI's Houston office who has worked for 25 years using data, sensors, and software to build tools for traveler information and transportation and emergency management systems. The technology solutions developed by Mike have been implemented in traffic management centers and roadside detection systems around the world, enabling transportation operators the ability to effectively measure mobility on their roadways and giving travelers the information they need to save time, money, and fuel.

Minco deBoer

Minco leads international sales and distribution for VivaCity in North America, Europe and APAC. Minco brings sales leadership and a deep expertise in GTM and Partnerships from 15+ years experience growing revenue & profits of digital platforms, products and services in agencies, start-ups and corporates like Reed Elsevier, Google, and Deliveroo.

Mo Zhao

Mo Zhao is a leading expert in transportation with a focus on traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, and Big Data applications. She earned her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Mo is an active member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the TRB Committee on AI and Advanced Computing (AED50). Additionally, Mo serves as a handling editor for the Transportation Research Record, further showcasing her commitment to innovation and the advancement of transportation safety and efficiency.

Nikola Invanov

Nikola Ivanov serves as the Deputy Director at the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory (CATT Lab) where he manages operations and technical development, and oversees every aspect of software implementation from conception to deployment.

Nikola has extensive experience with big data and information visualization, focusing on translation of data into actionable information. Over the last decade, Nikola has worked with state and federal agencies to build situational awareness tools for transportation operations and safety, emergency management, and security applications, using big data.

Nikola is an active member of the National Academies of Science Transportation Research Board where he chairs a subcommittee dealing with Data for Transportation Operations. At the University of Maryland CATT Lab, Nikola is the primary data architect for the Regional Integrated Transportation Information System utilized by hundreds of transportation, safety, security, emergency management, and intelligence agencies across the United States.

Nikola received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Engineering Management from the University of Maryland. He is a PMI certified PMP since 2014.

Nutvara Jantarathaneewat

Nutvara is a Ph.D. student in transportation engineering at the University of Washington, working with Prof. Yinhai Wang in the Smart Transportation Applications & Research group (STAR Lab). She completed her master's degree in civil and environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with research focused on autonomous driving. She is interested in developing intelligent transportation systems in the rural area. Nutvara has been working as a Transportation Engineer at the Department of Rural Roads of Thailand for seven years. She also got a scholarship from the Thai Royal Government to study for a doctoral degree.

Patrick Singleton

Dr. Patrick Singleton is an associate professor in transportation in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Utah State University. His research spans the areas of travel behavior, transportation planning, and traffic safety, specializing in active transportation, data analysis, and health/well-being.

Peder Jerstad

I am a graduate of Montana State University with degrees in Literature and Education and George Mason University with a Master's Degree in Transportation Policy, Operations, and Logistics.  I have been working with MDT's Data & Analysis Bureau for the past 16 years.

Peiqi Zhang

Peiqi Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of geographical science, university of Maryland. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Kathleen Stewart. The research interests of Peiqi are in human mobility, transportation geography, and GIScience.

Phil Lasley

Dr. Phil Lasley is a Research Scientist and the Assistant Program Manager of the Mobility Analysis program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Over 12 years, Dr. Lasley has developed expertise in mobility and congestion theory, measurement, and mitigation; bicycle and pedestrian issues; freight movement; accessibility; and equity. Phil has actively worked with federal, state, and local transportation agencies to create simple and easily-understood solutions and visualizations that foster data-based decision making to get the biggest bang from our transportation bucks. Phil also serves as a lecturer in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Rachael Thompson Panik

Rachael Thompson Panik, MCRP, AICP (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Before starting her PhD, she worked as a bicycle and pedestrian planner, and she receive degrees in City and Regional Planning (Clemson University) and Civil Engineering (University of Alabama at Birmingham). Rachael biking and walking safety, exposure model development, safe systems, and safety culture among engineering students.

Rafael Almario

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Robert Benz

Mr. Benz is a Research Engineer within the Mobility Division and the Data Analytics and Visualization of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI).  He has worked in the Houston office with close coordination with local agencies in Houston Texas. His experience is in the areas of tolling, transportation operations, managed lanes, active transportation, and safety. Mr. Benz is leading a statewide non-motorized count program which collects, stores analyzes and reports non-motorized activity.

Robert Santos

Robert L. Santos is the 26th director of the U.S. Census Bureau.

His career spans over 40 years in survey research, statistical design and analysis and executive-level management. He previously served as vice president and chief methodologist at the Urban Institute, where he directed its Statistical Methods Group.

Santos has held leadership positions at top survey research organizations, including the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center; the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research; and Temple University’s Institute for Survey Research. His research expertise includes quantitative and qualitative research design, program evaluation, needs assessments, survey methodology and survey operations. He also has research experience with demographic and administrative data, decennial censuses, social policy research as well as equity issues.

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Santos received the American Statistical Association’s Founder’s Award (2006); the American Association for Public Opinion Research Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement (2021); Mexico’s Ohtli Award (2022) recognizing contributions to the Mexican community; and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Excellence in Community Service Award (2023).

He has a bachelor’s in mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio and a master’s in statistics from the University of Michigan. In 2023, he was bestowed honorary degrees by North Carolina State University and San Antonio College.

Roy Czinku

Roy Czinku is the VP ITS Solutions and Maintenance Services with International Road Dynamics (IRD).  Roy has been with IRD for over twenty (20) years and has been involved in all aspects of the company including research, product development, field installation, and service and support. Roy is responsible for initiating and developing new applications for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technology for automated truck weigh stations, highway data collection systems, and highway safety systems.

Sage Smith

University of Idaho

Sanhita Lahiri

Sanhita (SAN-HEE-TA) Lahiri, P.E. (Virginia and Florida), PTOE has over 26 years of research and professional experience in traffic engineering, and data analytics in both private and public sector, currently she is with Virginia Department of Transportation. Sanhita also Cochairs the TRB Standing committee on Traffic Simulation (ACP80) and sits on different traffic operations related NCHRP Panels. Sanhita's interests include Performance Measures, Modeling and Simulation, Probe and CV/AV data analytics, Travel trends, Intelligent Transportation System, Intersection Control including Alternative Intersection designs, and Policy and Guidance for Traffic Analysis.

Sarah Palmer

University of Idaho

Schucheng Zhang

University of Washington

Scott Sherwood

Scott Sherwood is the Product Sales and Operations Manager with International Road Dynamics (IRD). Scott has over twenty-five (25) years of experience with traffic data collection and manages operations and manufacture of IRD's traffic counters, classifiers, and WIM systems. He has been instrumental in development and deployment of IRD's AI Video Traffic Classifier.

Sean Diehl

Sean is the Programs & Technical Solutions Director at Drakewell. Sean leads implementations, manages accounts, provides technical support and training to users, and helps develop and drive the Drakewell Product and Services Roadmap. Prior to Drakewell, Sean was a Sr. Transportation Consultant at Timmons Group, where he worked with transportation agencies on GIS/LRS and transportation data solutions and planning. Before that, Sean was with the Georgia DOT, where he was the Statewide Traffic Data Monitoring Program administrator and HPMS Coordinator, among other roles and responsibilities related to GIS/LRS, transportation data, and data analysis. In his spare time, Sean enjoys hiking, a good read, classic videogames, and spending time with family.

Seth Berman

Seth Berman has worked at the Planning Division at the New York City Department of Transportation for over 33 years. Seth has broad experience in transportation planning, studies, grants and budget. Seth has been administering the Department's traffic count contracts for nearly 20 years and is involved in all aspects of the traffic count program including exploring new technologies. Seth has been involved in many diverse data collection initiatives including monitoring traffic during the 2003 transit strike. Seth has a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. in Transportation Management form NYU Tandon School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic University).

Seth LaJeunesse

Seth LaJeunesse is the Associate Director of Health and Community Sciences and Senior Research Associate with the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center. He specializes in designing studies that draw from the social and systems sciences to advance road user safety and access. Seth has served as principal investigator (PI) on several cross-disciplinary teams toward addressing complex traffic safety problems for the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, United States Department of Transportation, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Shawn Turner

Shawn Turner is a Senior Research Engineer at Texas A&M Transportation Institute, where he has conducted and managed applied research for 32 years. Shawn is a nationally recognized expert with practical experience in multimodal travel data collection and analysis, performance measures and monitoring, and mobility analysis. In short, he is a data nerd. Shawn works with the public and private sector to advance the use of best available and high-quality data in transportation. In the past 2 years, Shawn and a team of other data nerds have been working closely with TxDOT on what they call SPEEDI, the last 3 letters of which stand for Expedited Data Innovation.

Shrawan Basnet

University of Idaho

Shuqing Wang

Shuqing Wang, a transportation specialist working in the Traffic Monitoring and Surveys Division, the FHWA Office of Highway Policy Information.  Currently he is leading the National Traffic Data and Advanced Analytic Program.  He is a professional engineer registered in State Virginia. He is also a certified developer of both Microsoft Azure and Databricks. Before he joined the FHWA in 2022, he had been working over 16 years for FHWA as a contractor as a senior transportation data analyst and principal system architect.

Simon Peralta

Oregon DOT

Simona Babiceanu

Simona Babiceanu is a Data Scientist with the Virginia Department of Transportation. Her professional interests include performance measures, mobility data, connected and automated vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, and system operations. Her focus is on using data analytics and visualization, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence methods and models to improve reliability, safety, and congestion on Virginia roads. Simona has over 20 years of experience in the transportation industry, has been with VDOT for 4 years, and previously worked in research at the University of Virginia.

Sreehari KottoorMadam

Virginia DOT

Sri Desikan

Sri Desikan is a Transportation Analyst with more than five years of experience in the consulting industry. His expertise includes transportation data analysis for modeling/ simulation projects, developing cost-effective high ROI strategies, and project prioritization studies. Sri has his Master of Engineering, Transportation Engineering from Texas A&M University and Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering from Anna University.

Stanley Young

Dr. Young serves as the Mobility Innovations and Equity team leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Chief Data Officer for the Eastern Transportation Coalition.  Previously he served on staff at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, the Kansas DOT and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.  Dr. Young is the technical architect of the Eastern Transportation Coalition Traffic Data Marketplace, developed and commercialized Bluetooth traffic monitoring, and co-developed the Department of Energy's Mobility Energy Productivity metric.  Dr. Young is a graduate of Kansas State University and served in the United States Peace Corps.

Steven Jessberger

Steven Jessberger has been a Transportation Engineer for over 25 years and graduated from the Ohio State University.  At the Ohio DOT he was the WIM program manager for 7 years and has worked for FHWA since 2006, in the Office of Highway Policy Information in Washington D.C as a Senior Transportation Specialist.  Steven is the Traffic Monitoring Program Manager for field operations, guidance and system development which includes being system owner for the Travel Monitoring Analysis System (TMAS) software.  He's a national leader in traffic engineering, led numerous research efforts including the development in 2016 of a new AADT method.

Subhadipto Poddar

Subhadipto Poddar is a Research Associate at the University of Arkansas. He completed his doctorate from Iowa State University in 2020 and worked for two local government agencies as Traffic Engineer after graduation. He has experience working on projects related to ITS, data analysis, and traffic operations. He is developing a low-cost Lidar sensor for advanced vehicle detection for the Freight Transportation Data Research Lab at Fayetteville, AR.

Tariq Lamei Mohamed

Research Assistant at University of Idaho, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Terry Lee

Terry Lee is the founder and owner of Leetron Vision. He dedicates most of his 30 years of  engineering Carrie in automation with vision. He is a early adopter AI technology in vision application with successful project dated back to 20 years ago.

Tianjia Tang

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Vahid Bakhshi

I am a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech's Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) program. My research centers around bike and pedestrian traffic estimation through data fusion techniques, under the guidance of Dr. Ralph Buehler and Dr. Steve Hankey. With a background in transportation engineering, I've specialized in the behavioral aspects of cyclist safety. My endeavors are geared towards enhancing cities to be both cyclist and pedestrian-friendly while creating more livable environments for all.

Vicky Calderón

Vicky Calderón is a Principal Research Analyst within the Roadway Data unit for the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). Her current work focuses on planning, implementation, and analysis efforts to enhance the value of traffic data and annual average daily traffic (AADT) data collection, maintenance, and annual reporting. Passionate about innovation, Vicky strives toward developing and executing integrated, long-term traffic data analysis processes, as well as supporting the continued modernization of its traffic program.

Will Mills

William Mills, Manager of Data Science at Rekor, is a seasoned data scientist and cloud architect with extensive experience in IT administration, web development, and machine learning. Known for his innovative approach and ability to optimize complex systems, he has held key roles at Rekor and Haplet LLC. William holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Engineering/Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami and excels in developing and managing data-driven solutions across various domains.

William Morgan

William Morgan received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Cedarville University. He began working at IDOT in November 2000. His first 12+ years were in the IT department in roles as a developer, manager, budget liaison, and PMO coordinator earning his PMP certification in 2005. He has been in the Bureau of Programming since June of 2013. The Planning & Systems Section is responsible for the annual FHWA HPMS and NBI data submittals, statewide roadway and bridge inventory, statewide GIS line work, short term traffic data collection, continuous count locations, pavement & structure performance for TAMP reporting, NHS and Functional class, and reporting for the FHWA PM2 and PM3 performance measures.

Xiaofeng Li

Xiaofeng Li is an Assistant Professor of transportation management at the School of Travel Industry Management, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Arizona in 2021. His major research interest is to leverage existing data sources and apply data-driven approaches to solve transportation problems in traffic monitoring, traffic signal control, public transport, shared micro-mobility, and smart cities.

Xin Wang

University of Washington

Yangden Lama

University of Idaho

Yangsong Gu

Dr. Yangsong Gu is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). He received his PhD in Civil Engineering at the UTK in May 2023. His research interests mainly focus on crowdsourced data mining, big data analytics, freight traffic monitoring, and travel time reliability analysis. He also serves as a reviewer for academic journals such as Transportation Research Record and Accident Analysis and Prevention. In addition, he was awarded multiple scholarships previously including Top Graduate Student of UTK, first-place recipient of the ITS TN scholarship, first place in the TSITE and SDITE graduate student paper competition and so on.

Yifan Lang

University of Washington

Yixuan Pan

Yixuan Pan received her B.S. degree in Transportation Engineering from Tongji University, China, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Transportation Engineering from the University of Maryland. She works as a research scientist in the Center for Advance Transportation Technology Laboratory (CATT Lab) at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests focus on data-driven travel demand analysis.

Yuanchang Xie