Resume

• 1959101

  Project Management Professional

  Project Management Institute

• 2014

  Post-Graduate

  Completed coursework on Introduction to GIS

  Components of GIS

  and Introduction to ArcGIS

  Geospatial Information Systems Analysis

  George Mason University

• 2009

  M.A

  Took graduate classes on Transportation Policy

  Operations

  and Logistics.

  Transportation Policy

  Operation and Logistics

  Young Professionals in Transportation

  George Mason University

  Transportation Economics

  Introduction to ArcGIS

  Practicum in Transportation Policy

  Operations and Logistics

  Components of Geospatial Information Systems

  Intelligent Transportation Systems

  Analysis for Transportation Managers

  Transportation Security Management

  Aviation Policy

  Transportation Operations and Logistics

  Transportation Planning and Policy

  Introduction to Geospatial Information Systems

• 1996

  English

  Spanish (beginner)

  Japanese (beginner)

  Bachelor of Arts

  Obtained a bachelor of arts in political science with a minor in philosophy.

  Political Science

  Millsaps College

• Project Management

  Research

  Policy

  Managing Meetings

  Policy Analysis

  Training

  ArcExplorer

  Microsoft Office

  Government

  ArcCatalog

  Project Planning

  Analysis

  ArcMap

  Geospatial Analysis

  Strategic Planning

  Strategic Communications

  Public Policy

  Program Management

  Management

  Proposal Writing

  VMT Fee Assessment

  Maarit Moran

  Nick Norboge

  Richard \"Trey\"​ Baker

  This final report summarizes the institutional structure of administrative systems for the three state entities that would likely play a significant role in a potential road user charging effort if pursued in Texas. These entities are (1) the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; (2) the Texas Department of Public Safety; and (3) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. The introduction highlighted several conclusions that might be informative for Texas based on previous and ongoing assessments/implementations of the road user charging concept. The section

  Texas Institutional Assessment

  presents an overview of the three state agencies in terms of (1) institutional framework governing each agency; (2) state statutes

  ordinances

  executive orders

  or administrative regulation pertinent to each agency; (3) relevant transportation-related taxes and fees that each state agency collected; (4) current agency processes for collecting such taxes and fees; and (5) payment and filing processes and methods that the agency uses. The final section of the report presents the evaluation of conclusions drawn from other research

  relative to the previous institutional assessment. This way

  planners could identify opportunities for and barriers to implementation within Texas.

  VMT Fee Assessment

  Edgar Kraus

  John Overman

  Kristi Miller

  Tracking environmental costs in the project development process has been a challenging task for state departments of transportation (DOTs). Previous research identified the need to accurately track and subsequently estimate project costs resulting from environmental mitigation requirements. There is currently no single source or management system for capturing and/or estimating the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT's) project-related mitigation costs statewide. The purpose of this continuation project was to determine types of mitigation costs for TxDOT projects and identify the funding sources

  mechanisms

  and processes for acquiring funding and administering payment

  as well as conduct a synthesis of mitigation cost tracking and estimating at selected state DOTs.

  Maximizing Mitigation Benefits: Research to Support a Mitigation Cost Framework

  Maarit Moran

  Tina Geiselbrecht

  Kristi Miller

  Texas is one of the fastest growing states in the nation

  and its growth is expected to continue

  supported by diversity in its economy

  geography

  and population. The challenge of prioritizing limited resources in this environment requires a proactive approach to travel demand management. This project provides guidance for TxDOT in its planning and mobility efforts

  and in understanding the viability of various alternative mobility programs. This report describes research of best practices and lessons learned from mobility programs. The research describes executive interviews

  focus groups

  and surveys to obtain details and document perspectives of the varying stakeholder groups. The research produced a guidebook that will aid TxDOT in determining how to best identify and implement alternative mobility programs in a given region as part of its planning and mobility efforts.

  Dynamic Ride-Share

  Car-Share

  and Bike-Share and State-Level Mobility: Research to Support Assessing

  Attracting

  and Managing Shared Mobility Programs

  Gretchen Stoeltje

  John Overman

  A regional mobility authority (RMA) is an independent local government agency authorized by state statute (Chapter 370

  Transportation Code) with the main function of transportation project development

  finance

  and implementation. This research documents the nine existing RMAs in Texas looking at both the history and current activities of RMAs from a statutory and operational standpoint in terms of successes

  project implementation progress

  and the varied approaches used in development and implementation. This research also characterizes the role of RMAs in transportation development with respect to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)

  rural planning organizations (RPOs)

  and local governments. This research project reviewed the current financial state of RMAs and RMA projects under development using details from annual reports and annual financial statements. Researchers developed geographic and demographic profiles for each RMA.

  Regional Mobility Authorities in Texas: History and Current Status

  Melissa Tooley

  This study examined the question of who owns the data emanating from connected cars

  through the perspectives of three different stakeholder groups: automobile original equipment manufacturers

  infrastructure facility owner-operators

  and data aggregators. Connected cars have access to the Internet and a variety of sensors

  so they are able to send and receive signals

  sense the physical environment around them

  and interact with other vehicles or entities. \"Connected car data\" is an umbrella term that refers to data generated by a car itself or in communication with other vehicles or infrastructure. It includes car data

  infrastructure data

  system performance data

  and car occupant data. Stakeholders' perceptions of ownership are influenced by their data concerns

  opportunities for monetization

  and missions; therefore

  in this study

  stakeholder interests crossed data types. Six cross-cutting themes emerged from the research: where data are recorded matters

  monetization for all

  monetization impacts sharing

  different roads to privacy

  more is not better

  and build a common lexicon. Connected car data represent an emerging data source with immense value for state and local transportation agencies

  so these agencies should be proactive in determining the ways in which they can access those data

  share them

  and use them responsibly.

  Data Ownership Issues in a Connected Car Environment: Implications for State and Local Agencies

  The objective of this project was to demonstrate Infrared Imaging and Ground-Penetrating Radar technologies as NDT techniques to assess HMA density and segregation and to make recommendations for how these technologies can be incorporated into existing department of transportation specifications for construction quality assurance.\n\nIn-place density is a critical factor in determining pavement durability in hot-mix asphalt (HMA). Localized nonuniform zones of mix

  termed segregation

  often become low-density areas in the mat. Segregation continues to be a major construction-related problem with a significant adverse impact on pavement service life. Real-time nondestructive testing (NDT) procedures are ideal tools for providing feedback to paving crews

  and recent studies have shown that infrared (IR) imaging and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) can be used to assess in-place density during construction while providing nearly 100 percent testing coverage of the constructed area.\n

  Andy Horosko

  Evaluating Applications of Field Spectroscopy Devices to Fingerprint Commonly Used Construction Materials

  The objective of this project was to identify and evaluate practical hand-held equipment—such as XRF

  FTIR

  or Raman-spectroscopy—for quantitative analyses of applications.\n\nSeveral transportation agencies have reported quality control issues with many of the materials routinely used in highway construction. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)

  X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

  and Raman spectroscopy are material analysis techniques that have recently been used for transportation materials on a limited basis. They have been employed mostly for \"fingerprinting\" or identifying the presence of mixture components

  such as deicing compounds or anti-strip agents

  and occasionally for quantitative analyses

  such as polymer content in asphalt and sulfate content of soils. The potential exists for much broader use of these technologies in quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)

  including testing cements

  paints

  thermoplastics

  epoxies

  and asphalt emulsions. Using these new technologies

  rather than traditional chemical tests

  for such applications may allow for faster and more accurate QA/QC procedures.\n

  Andy Horosko

  Regional Operations Forums for Advancing Systems Operations

  Management

  and Reliability

  Project L36 “Regional Operations Forums for Advancing Systems Operations

  Management and Reliability” is expected to advance transportation system operations and management (SO&M)

  and serve as a platform for mainstreaming SHRP 2 Reliability research into an operations forum concept. The curriculum offered through the regional forums will provide pertinent education and training on business processes

  organizational capabilities

  operations and planning

  design

  technical

  and analytical projects to all transportation agencies.\n\nProject L36 project has the following objectives:\n\nTo design a curriculum for the regional operations forums (ROFs) based on a comprehensive review of available and anticipated research results of the SHRP 2 Reliability program and other information available from SO&M resources including federal

  state

  and local initiatives. The curriculum could use as a starting point the syllabus of existing SO&M educational and outreach programs

  including those of the Operations Academy™.\n\nTo pilot test the curriculum developed in this project in such a manner that the currently available SHRP 2 research results and future /anticipated research outcomes are incorporated into the curriculum as they become available and the pilot test is adjusted accordingly. The piloting process will include both curriculum delivery and ongoing evaluation of its effectiveness. The required modifications will be made on a continuing basis as the research outcomes are available.\n\nTo develop a sustainable business model for the ROF beyond SHRP2.

  Neil Pedersen

  Local Methods for Modeling

  Economic Evaluation

  Justification and Use of the Value of Travel Time Reliability in Transportation Decision Making

  This project will build support for investments in operations through pilot testing a reliability performance metric or an economic value of travel time reliability and incorporating it into the analysis of investment alternatives at an agency level. As a result

  this project will shed light on how potential investments in operations may be undervalued.

  Bill Hyman

  Stephen Andrle

  Technologies to Support Storage

  Retrieval

  and Utilization of 3-D Utility Location Data

  This project was intended to identify best practices for modeling

  structuring

  storing

  retrieving

  visualizing

  and integrating 3-D utility data and to develop an innovative approach that leverages recent advances in technologies including

  but not limited to

  global positioning systems (GPS)

  ground penetrating radar

  and geographical information systems (GIS). These practices would improve the quality and efficiency of storing

  retrieving

  and utilizing utility records include active and passive detection equipment

  with three-dimensional positional and structural information. The project was also intended to demonstrate the collection

  management

  and use of such information in a multi-utility environment. The overall objective was to reduce the time spent on repeatedly “refinding” known utilities so that resources can be focused on unknown or previously mis-recorded utilities and so that an increasingly comprehensive record of utility information beneath public rights-of-way can be created.\n \nThe 3D storage and retrieval data model developed will accommodate large volumes of data

  interface with existing design software

  and provide designers with a tool to use captured data on underground utilities. The data provide horizontal and vertical location of the facility

  as well as information regarding the type of utility that is buried at the location. This information is valuable both for design around the location and for coordinating with the utility owner. Once stored in the system

  the underground utility location data are available for future reference.

  Jerry Dimaggio

  Identification of Utility Conflicts and Solutions

  The objective of this project was to provide a tool and methodology for identifying and resolving utility conflicts that public agency and utility professionals can use to improve the project development process. \n \nThis project developed comprehensive

  optimized concepts and procedures for identifying and resolving utility conflicts. The tools developed include utility conflict matrices (UCMs) that enable users to organize

  track

  and manage the conflicts that frequently arise when utility lines are in highway right-of-ways. Procedures involving the use of UCMs vary widely across the country. This project began with the documentation of these procedures and then developed optimized UCM concepts and techniques. The major research activities were the review of current practice; the development and testing of an optimized UCM concept; the development of a 1-day training course to instruct end users on how to use the optimized concept and tools; and conducting the training for two state DOTs to fine-tune the course. In addition

  strategies and guidelines were developed that include specific steps to start and continue implementation. The optimized UCM techniques include a prototype stand-alone UCM in Microsoft Excel that has a main utility conflict table and a supporting worksheet to analyze utility conflict resolution strategies. Project products also include a prototype utility conflict data model and database. This stand-alone product is a scalable UCM that enables the management of conflicts in a database environment.

  Monica Starnes

  Matthew

  Miller

  PMP

  The Barnett Group

  Unirisc group

  Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Madison

  MS

  Contributed to the increased billing and revenue for the Mississippi office by 70% over the course of first year of employment. \n\nBuilt a comprehensive investigation model which increased the timeliness of reports within the billing cycle. \n\nDiscovered vital leverage and witness findings which led to significant reduction in plaintiff litigation in the state of Mississippi against Ford

  Chrysler and General Motors manufacturers.

  Claims Investigator

  The Barnett Group

  Formulated

  monitored and executed a conference project-level budget review based on pre-established timelines

  budgeting constraints

  and key research topics to evaluate the impact of research initiatives for federal and state sponsors \n\nReviewed and tracked conference expenditures to establish metrics related to costs and consumption of staff hours to achieve designated tasks at a sub-project level \n\nCreated a conference planning tool that establishes an estimated timeline of conference tasks based on averages of historical time and finance billing data

  which combine to monitor both the budget and the progress of the conference from inception to conception\n\nDeveloped project-level work flow procedures and trained senior program assistants in its use\n\nEdited and assisted in the distribution of circulars

  annual TRB transportation research records and other conference-related compendiums \n\nCrafted surveys

  aggregated research proposals

  and reviewed those submitted for presentation to multiple specialty conferences in transportation policy \n\nPresented and recorded training webinars for committee chairs to brief them on new changes to the TRB committee rotation process\n\nCreated multimedia content using Camtasia software and managed the formatting and distribution of online media to conference websites and web portals in a post-conference capacity \n\nWorked with program officers and associates from across the technical activities division to analyze shortcomings of the committee rotation process and standardize a more efficient format for use by committee leadership \n\nDeveloped agendas

  travel itineraries

  appointments and expense reports for four Senior Program Officers to assist them in fulfilling their core TRB duties of mandatory field visits to State DOTs and Academic institutions \n\nManaged the contracts procurement process for shuttle services

  translation services

  white papers

  and conference summary reports to meet scope

  budget and time constraints

  Senior Program Associate

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

  Austin

  Texas Area

  With a general focus on transportation data

  technology

  and planning

  in this position I:\n\nConduct qualitative and quantitative transportation research analyses in the fields of technology disruption

  safety and crash hot spot identification

  freight

  planning

  operations

  and policy on behalf of private

  federal

  state

  and local government clients.\n\nDevelop and maintain risk management (qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and risk registry monitoring) and project management (progress tracking/reporting

  cost

  schedule

  and scope controls) plans for state and federally-sponsored research projects. \n\nLead transportation research tasks including benchmark analyses

  benefit cost analysis

  case study development

  surveys

  literature reviews

  and interviews for multiple state (including TxDOT RTI) and federal projects.\n\nMaintain interagency assistance contract (IAC) program review for the transportation planning and programming IAC

  with solutions in database development and monthly monitoring improvements tied to access database forms

  and human resource information systems at TTI. \n\nDevelop recommendations for contract specifications for research implementation contracts as well as various urban planning studies under development by metropolitan planning organizations and State DOTs. \n\nApply project management principals in the leadership and support of research studies in the topic areas of freight

  disruptive technologies

  transportation policy

  transportation planning

  and transportation systems management and operations (TSMO).

  Assistant Research Scientist

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Manage multiple

  highly complex research and development projects in the topic areas of travel demand management

  travel time reliability

  rapid renewal of aging highway infrastructure

  and coordinated planning for new highway capacity\n\nDevelop project strategies to recruit committee members

  manage committee activities

  draft documents

  and manage multiple R&D contracts to achieve expected results on time and within budget\n\nCoordinate with TRB SHRP 2 Staff

  AASHTO

  and Federal Highways Administration to ensure research products are implemented by state departments of transportation

  metropolitan planning organizations and other potential users

  Program Officer

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

  Arlington

  VA

  Combined DCS letter correspondence with email tasks to curtail response times to client/claimant requests and updates. \n\nDeveloped electronic training manual/diary for daily improvement and monitoring of work performance.\n\nNetworked with multiple international freight carriers

  repair firms and corporate clients to ensure the timely completion of multiple types of insurance claims.\n\nContributed to 20% higher processing rate for claims as part of international claims department.

  Claims Analyst

  Unirisc group

  Arlington

  VA

  Evaluated invoice program system and devised a more efficient process using Crystal Reports Software to convert invoices into Adobe Acrobat format.\n\nIntegrated Accounting aging reports and Brokerage credit cancellations by developing a Crystal reports program to improve accuracy of accounts receivable and interdepartmental coordination. \n\nReduced processing times for insurance requests from 15 minutes to 3 minutes using instant downloads

  which saved the company over $40

  000 per year in operational expenses.\n\nCreated loss ratio data reports twice-monthly for carriers and clients using Crystal

  Access and Excel databases.\n\nReconciled past due accounts and collected over $125

  000.\n\nServed as liaison between client representatives

  claimants and claims department to bring all parties to agreement.

  Account Executive

  Unirisc group