USDOT Strategic Directions on Digital Infrastructure
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Egan Smith
Acting Director, USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
Presentation Description
Speaker Biography
Egan is the Acting Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO). Where he facilitates research, development and adoption of transportation technology solutions across the US through a collaborative agenda working with USDOT modal partners and transportation stakeholders.
Egan previously served as the Managing Director of ITS JPO managing the JPO annual $110 million multimodal research portfolio where he provided technical leadership with his team on research and technology development and transfer; and interpreting standards, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines to integrate innovations in safety and mobility effectively into the national highway program while promoting international cooperation opportunities beneficial to US interests.
Prior to the USDOT Egan had decades of professional experience in ITS, transportation program management and transportation planning. Egan is a registered Professional Engineer, Professional Traffic Operations Engineer and Professional Transportation Planner with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, a Master of Engineering degree in Traffic Engineering and Operations research, and a Master of Science degree in Technology Management.
