Cambridge Systematics Announces Promotions to Principal (July 25, 2008)
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. is pleased to announce that the following 10 staff members recently received promotions to Principal: John (Jay) Evans, AICP, P.E.; Joseph A. Guerre, P.E., PMP; Christopher G. Hedden; George D. Mazur, P.E.; Douglas D. Sallman; Michael T. Williamson; Andrew S. Witty; Janet Wolf, J.D.; Yushuang Zhou, Ph.D.; and Eric A. Ziering.
John (Jay) Evans, P.E., AICP has more than 15 years of transportation planning and modeling experience across all modes, and is the manager of Cambridge Systematics’ Washington, D.C. metropolitan area office. An adept and dedicated project manager, Mr. Evans has represented the firm and our clients on projects that have received significant public exposure, including contentious public hearings and coverage by the media. Among his recent achievements, he served as consultant project manager for the I‑95/I‑395 High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)/High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lane Transit/Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Study in Virginia, the Springfield Connectivity Study in Fairfax County, and the transportation component of the Tysons Corner Transportation/Urban Design Project in Fairfax County. He also has been engaged in the development of a long-range transit plan for the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; contributing to the development of an enhanced nonmotorized trip model for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); and leading Cambridge Sytematics’ forecasting work for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Mr. Evans is serving as the firm’s Principal-in-Charge for its effort on the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 8-61 – Travel Demand Forecasting: Parameters and Techniques, and is a lead author of several high-profile chapters in the Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook series (Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 95). Mr. Evans is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Planner. He also is an active member of a number of professional organizations, including the Transportation Research Board (TRB), American Planning Association (APA), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Mr. Evans can be reached by telephone at (301) 347-0100 or via e‑mail at jevans@camsys.com.
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Joseph A. Guerre, P.E., PMP has 10 years of experience, including expertise in the areas of asset management, investment analysis, performance measures, and maintenance management. Since joining Cambridge Systematics in 2000, Mr. Guerre has worked on several pivotal NCHRP projects focused on asset management, including development of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) Transportation Asset Management Guide, Performance Measures and Targets for Transportation Asset Management, and Analytical Tools for Transportation Asset Management. He also has assisted several agencies in revising their programming and budgeting procedures in order to strengthen performance-based project prioritization and program-level tradeoffs. In addition, Mr. Guerre has demonstrated an ability to help design and manage the development of complex decision support systems. For example, he led the development of a series of tools designed to support the Ontario Ministry of Transportation’s corridor investment planning process, and currently is leading the development of a new system to support project prioritization in Georgia. He also has worked with a number of agencies to advance maintenance management and quality assurance techniques, and evaluate maintenance management system alternatives. Mr. Guerre is a member of the TRB Management and Productivity Committee. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and a certified Project Management Professional. Mr. Guerre can be reached by phone at (617) 354-0167 or via e‑mail at jguerre@camsys.com.
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Christopher G. Hedden has 19 years of transportation operations experience, including expertise in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Mr. Hedden joined Cambridge Systematics in 2003, and has since demonstrated his competence in a range of technical areas, including ITS planning, transit ITS, and operations archive data management. He also has demonstrated his commitment to serving the firm’s clients, particularly those in the Midwest region. Among his achievements, Mr. Hedden recently managed the development of the Traffic Operations Infrastructure Plan in Wisconsin, which received the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Transportation Planning Excellence Award in 2008. He currently is leading Cambridge Systematics’ efforts in the development of two performance measure archive data systems in Indiana and Missouri, as well as supporting the planning and design of numerous ITS systems in Michigan. Mr. Hedden also has assisted in the development of regional ITS architectures in Ohio, Michigan, Arkansas, and Illinois. He served for three years as President of ITS Mid-America and led the effort to merge this organization with ITS-Midwest and now serves as the new, larger four-state organization’s Vice President. He also serves on AASHTO’s Standing Subcommittee on Operations and Management. Mr. Hedden can be reached by telephone at (614) 419-9009 or via e‑mail at chedden@camsys.com.
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George D. Mazur, P.E. is the West Coast Regional Manager for Cambridge Systematics’ Transportation Planning and Management business line. Mr. Mazur joined the firm in 1999, and since then has demonstrated a diverse range of technical skills and project management capabilities in many areas, including multimodal transportation planning, traffic engineering, demand forecasting, environmental analysis, and transportation economics. He has a successful history of managing high-profile projects for clients across the country. Since 2000, Mr. Mazur has worked closely with the California High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) on environmental clearance for both the statewide system and Bay Area to Central Valley corridor, and has been leading efforts since the firm’s recent addition to the HSRA Program Management Team for the project-specific environmental and engineering studies. Mr. Mazur was instrumental in developing and implementing the firm’s business development strategy in Georgia, culminating in Cambridge Systematics’ opening of a full-service Atlanta office in 2007, and has been a critical staff member or manager on many of the firm’s Georgia projects since 1999. Among other contributions, he assisted with multimodal planning and modal system planning on projects in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas; and participated in transportation operations, traffic, and simulation efforts in California and Missouri. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer and as a Traffic Engineer, and is a member of the TRB Environmental Justice in Transportation Committee. Mr. Mazur can be reached by telephone at (530) 750-1166 or via e‑mail at gmazur@camsys.com.
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Douglas D. Sallman has extensive experience in transportation operations and ITS and is nationally recognized for his expertise in performance evaluations of operations strategies. Since joining the firm 14 ago, Mr. Sallman has played critical roles in a number of influential projects for Federal, state, and local clients. At the Federal level, Mr. Sallman served on the core team in the development of the ITS Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) software for FHWA, currently co-manages the Next Generational Simulation (NGSIM) program for the FHWA, and served as an expert advisor on the development of a comprehensive handbook on best practices for implementing and operating ramp metering systems. Among his achievements at the state and local levels, Mr. Sallman has conducted comprehensive evaluations of HOT and HOV lanes and ramp metering for the Minnesota DOT; managed the development of a cost allocation structure to ensure the continued operation and maintenance of the San Francisco Bay Area’s traffic operations infrastructure for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC); and studied the feasibility of an operations management system for the Oregon DOT. Currently, he is managing an evaluation of the performance impacts of various ramp metering strategies in Los Angeles for Caltrans. Mr. Sallman can be reached by telephone at (503) 292-3322 or via e‑mail at dsallman@camsys.com.
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Michael T. Williamson has extensive experience in freight and intermodal transportation planning and project management and serves as the Southeast Regional Manager of Cambridge Systematics’ Transportation Planning and Management business line. During his 15 years with the firm, Mr. Williamson has shown a strong commitment to his clients throughout the U.S. In Florida, he is leading or has led a number of freight and intermodal transportation projects at both the statewide and regional level. This includes work for the Florida DOT and its Districts, as well as work for the MPOs of Broward, Collier, Lee, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties. He also has supported the development of freight programs at numerous MPOs around the country, including the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, Chittenden County MPO, Binghamton Metropolitan Study, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, and Indianapolis MPO. His skills also have been utilized to develop statewide freight plans across the country, including the states of Florida, Vermont, Minnesota, and Maine. At the national level, Mr. Williamson led the development of the NCHRP’s Guidebook for Freight Policy, Planning, and Programming in Small- and Medium-Sized MPOs; led a Northern Border Safety and Security Study for the FHWA and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); instructed a FHWA/National Highway Institute course on Integrating Freight in the Transportation Planning Process; supported evaluation of FMCSA’s Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program; and is the Principal Investigator for National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Project 9 – Institutional Arrangements in the Freight Transportation System. Mr. Williamson can be reached by telephone at (954) 315-3817 or via e‑mail at mwilliamson@camsys.com.
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Andrew S. Witty serves as the Director of Human Resources (HR). Mr. Witty joined the firm in 1998, and has directed and improved many aspects of the Cambridge Systematics’ human resources programs. His responsibilities include recruiting, counseling employees, professional development, applying for visas and green cards, managing the fringe benefits program, ensuring compliance with Federal and state HR-related regulations, and administering personnel policies. Among his achievements, Mr. Witty has made significant improvements to the firm’s benefits program, including the 401(k) plan to ensure we continue to provide world class benefits to our employees. He also helped to create Cambridge Systematics’ Leadership and Staff Management Development Program, including the definition of the leadership competencies and in-house 360 Leadership Assessment Instrument and process. Mr. Witty can be reached by phone at (617) 354-0167 or via e‑mail at awitty@camsys.com.
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Janet Wolf, J.D. is the Director of Contracts and has extensive experience in the areas of government contracts, risk management, employment law, and intellectual property. After spending a year consulting with Cambridge Systematics on legal matters, Ms. Wolf joined the firm in 2004. Since that time, she has added considerable value in her dual role as Director of Contracts and corporate counsel. Working with all corporate offices and across all business lines, she has successfully managed the full range of the Contracts Group’s responsibilities and also has contributed to the streamlining of a number of internal processes. Ms. Wolf can be reached by telephone at (312) 346-9907 or via e‑mail at jwolf@camsys.com.
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Yushuang Zhou, Ph.D. manages Cambridge Systematics’ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Group and has more than 13 years of experience in the application and development of GIS for transportation (GIS-T). Since joining the firm in 2001, Dr. Zhou has proven herself to be a recognized leader in GIS technology and contributed significantly to the expansion of the firm’s GIS capability to better serve clients throughout the nation. She took over the management responsibility for the GIS group in 2005, and since then the group has grown significantly and its service has expanded rapidly in GIS-T needs assessment, requirements specification, geodatabase design and development, GIS/information technology (IT) implementation plans, system analysis and design, GIS programming, and software development. Dr. Zhou has been working closely with many MPOs and state DOTs, including Alaska, Florida, Arizona, and California, to deliver innovative GIS solutions in support of transportation modeling, planning, and programming. At the national level, Dr. Zhou successfully led the GIS component of the FHWA’s Integrated Corridor Management, Rural Interstate Corridor Communications, and Integrated Systems for Corridor Operations and Management studies. Among her recent achievements, she designed the Transit Service Planning Tool and a Transit Competitive Index Tool, two GIS-based applications that allow users to assess transit competitiveness and evaluate transit ridership change through user friendly graphic interfaces. The tools have been widely used by transit agencies and MPOs, including the San Mateo Country Transit District, Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, PACE bus services, San Diego Association of Governments, and Puget Sound Regional Council. Dr. Zhou can be reached by telephone at (510) 873-8700 or via e‑mail at yzhou@camsys.com.
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Eric A. Ziering has 30 years of experience in the transportation and technology sectors and serves as Director of the Software Business Unit. In this role, Mr. Ziering directs Cambridge Systematics’ software application design and development efforts, leads research and development efforts on new and innovative products, and works as part of the firm’s senior management team to determine our software strategy. He joined Cambridge Systematics as a Senior Associate in January 2004, and since then has delivered a variety of innovative software solutions that address client needs. Mr. Ziering recently supervised the design and development of the Performance Assessment and Collection Tool (PACTCS™), a performance measure reporting tool created originally for the Maryland DOT. This project was awarded the 2007 Marvin Manheim Award, which recognizes innovative and creative employee contributions to the firm and the transportation industry. Mr. Ziering also directed development of the Interchange Management System (IMSCS), a web-based application that prioritizes interchanges by need and evaluates the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of proposed improvement projects. Initially deployed for the South Carolina DOT, IMSCS currently is being pilot tested at other state DOTs. He also conceived and led the development of OnTrackCS™, which is designed to track initiatives in support of statewide planning efforts, and he is actively leading new product development efforts in crash records, transportation operations, and asset management. Mr. Ziering can be reached by phone at (617) 234-0508 or via e‑mail at eziering@camsys.com.
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For additional information, contact Kate Malionek.