Dependable infrastructure systems resilience with track record of success in field, attention to detail and proactive mindset. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and workflows for team benefit. Conscientious, hardworking and excels at multitasking in proactive environments.
· Collaborated with team of different sizes in the development of more than 25 projects, either as a project manager, panel member, or principal and co-investigator, in the U.S., and abroad.
· Was nominated and continuously participate in the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committees and subcommittees since January 2006, currently being part of the Road Weather Committee and the Transportation Hazards (topic) Committee.
· Published couple podcasts on the topic of flooding and disasters, participated in different categories in six different books, and worked on and published or presented more than forty-five research topics, with some paper publications currently pending.
· Was awarded twice first place in the ALDAG innovation staff pitch competition developing the system for comprehensive flood monitoring and management inclusive of the Internet of Things approach in 2020 and 2022.
· Received and accomplished the task to get started the work at the Transportation Research Board for the intersection of counter-human trafficking and transportation to states departments of transportation (under code NCHRP 20-121).
· Worked on resilience projects for the World Bank, Brazil, Delaware, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
· Has served the U.S.DHS Federal Emergency Management Agency in many different focused and strategic groups related to disasters and critical infrastructure protection.
· Participated with U.S. DOC - NIST resilience and economic assessment works.
· Managed more than $2 million dollars research projects including FHWA SPR, Delaware State Climate Projects dollars, and other programs.
· Worked on state disaster aid under the FEMA PDM program.
· Managed together with a team The "ITD/CVISN" U.S.DOT FMCSA program of close to $8 million dollars, growing it to more than $10 million dollars.
· Was a professor and instructor to different universities abroad and in the U.S. in topics of management, critical infrastructure protection, and counter human trafficking.
· Was a guest speaker for the Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities – invited for discussion/presentation on the “resilience shift”, meeting 10/30/2018, Washington DC
· Continuously evolved skills to remain updated and relevant in the market, now enhancing programming knowledge that serves well industrial control systems cybersecurity.