Arielle Fleisher is a transportation strategist with a unique combination of public health, design thinking, and planning expertise.
In her current role as the Policy Development and Research Manager at Waymo, she develops policies on the transportation issues that matter to cities, such as congestion, transit integration, equity and data-sharing.
This role builds on her previous experience at SPUR, the Bay Area’s leading urban policy organization. There she worked collaboratively with transit operators,...
Randy Iwasaki is the President and CEO of Iwasaki Consulting Services, Inc. Prior to tht, he was the Leader of State and Local Transportation for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In that position he leads AWS’s data support and analysis services for state and local transportation agencies, including; artificial intelligence support; use of AWS services in development of new technology in transportation; data analysis methods for policy and planning analyses; traffic operational support; and other uses of AWS services by state and local transportation...
Jeff Morales is a Managing Principal at InfraStrategies, LLC. He has led some of the country’s largest and most complex transportation agencies and programs, employing innovative approaches to produce unprecedented results. He has successfully navigated challenges at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as in the private sector. Throughout his career, Jeff has promoted and implemented programs to promote workforce diversity, community engagement and sustainability through groundbreaking programs. He is recognized for developing innovative...
Bill Quirk served in the California Legislature from 2013-2022 as a California State Assembly Member representing Southern Alameda County. His most important legislative achievements included:
Shortening the permit time for improvements in the cell phone infrastructure. This approach was adapted by the Federal Government for the entire country. Making it illegal to hold a cell phone in your hand while driving. This gave officers a red line they could easily enforce. Aligning California’s regulation of toxic materials cosmetics with the European Union. The US EPA has not been allowed to...
Brien Seeley has led two concurrent 40-year careers. One is as a full time eye surgeon and medical leader in Sonoma County, California. The other is as an aircraft builder, pilot and pioneering leader of aviation technology. Brien has a long history of remarkable achievements. After graduating from UC Berkeley, Brien obtained his M.D. degree from UCSF in just three years. In 1973, while a medical student, he designed and hand-built his own 70 mph, street-licensed electric car and drove it to the hospital each day as an intern. During his residency in eye surgery at UCSF, he devoted...
Dr. Banavar Sridhar is Principal Engineer, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Moffett Field, CA. Banavar retired in 2016 as NASA Senior Scientist for Air Transportation Systems. His research interests are in the application of modeling and optimization techniques to aerospace systems. Dr. Sridhar successfully demonstrated vision sensor-based real-time obstacle detection and ranging system on a NASA/Army UH-60helicopter. He has authored more than 200 publications in the areas of Air Transportation, Optimization, Data Analytics, Neural Networks, Automated Helicopter Guidance and...
Shari Tavaf, PE, President / CEO of STRADA EC, LLC. has over three decades of experience managing the implementation of major infrastructure project including twenty years in the transportation industry.
Ms. Tavaf specializes in planning and delivery of transportation, transit and rail Infrastructure programs throughout the US. She is an experienced project manager and is highly adept at utilizing innovative problem solving and motivational leadership techniques to deliver unique solutions to infrastructure challenges.
She has served as senior management at public and...
Egon Terplan is the Robert S. Cornish Endowed Chair of Regional Planning and Lecturer in City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. He is a specialist in regional economic development, land use, transportation, government reform and regional policy and currently writes about and advises on infrastructure, urban revitalization, economic development, region policy, and other topics.
From 2019 to 2022, he was a Governor appointee serving as the Senior Advisor for Economic Development and Transportation within the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Strategic...
Dr. Chai K Toh FREng is an International Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (2019). A technology corporate executive and university professor, he pioneered Wireless Digital Traffic Signs and mobile ad hoc networks. He has worked in the field of vehicular ad hoc networks (car2car) for over 20 years. At industry, he was VP and CTO of Singapore Power Telecom Ltd., leading R&D projects on smart homes and smart energy. He was also the Assistant Chief Executive and Group CTO of Infocom Development Authority of Singapore, Singapore's IT, cloud, data centers and telecoms...
Dr. Ann Xu is the co-founder and CEO of ElectroTempo, Inc, a venture-backed software and data analytics company focused on EV charging demand forecast and infrastructure planning. ElectroTempo’s mission is to create the e-mobility ecosystem to accelerate EV deployment for a clean, just, and prosperous future. With technology that addresses the unique challenges of both light medium and heavy-duty vehicles, ElectroTempo has positioned itself as the leading planning and modeling tool to help utilities, commercial real estate site owners and commercial vehicle fleet owners electrify....