Name : Nelson Galeano
Industry Type : Engineers
City & State : Chattanooga, TN
Job Title P.E., P.T.P.
Relocation Preferences : any
Objective : - To contribute to the welfare of the US society in terms of better transportation possibilities using my education, knowledge and experience.
- To be a vehicle of positive transformation for people around my professional activities.
- To become an exemplar engineer inside of my professional environment.
- To achieve professional and personal stability by means of responsibility, commitment, dedication and effort in all aspects of my life.
Resume :  
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

- Master in Management, Hodges University.  Fort Myers, Florida, 2007
- Complementary Studies in Transportation Planning, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1996.  Equivalent to a Master Degree    
- Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineer, National University of Colombia, 1989

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

- Professional Engineer and certified Professional Transportation Planner with over 15 years of experience in transportation planning, travel demand and traffic modeling and controlling focused on policy formulation at national, regional and urban level.
- Thorough knowledge of software to conduct transportation planning analysis and travel demand forecasting. Working knowledge of state-of-the-art operations/microsimulation software.
- Demonstrated talent in assessing investment decision analysis in the transportation sector under public/private perspective utilizing financial models, cost/benefit, economic evaluation, programming, and planning of transportation facilities investments procedures.
- Utilized transportation planning software (TransCAD, Cube, Tranplan, SPSS, Synchro, HCS2000 TM, Turns, HDM)
- Product, goal and dynamic teamwork oriented professional with demonstrated skills in leading staff and consulting teams to complete studies and analysis at highest quality on time and on budget.
- Supervised socio-economic and traffic data collection used in transportation planning analysis.
- Fluent in Spanish, and German.


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Transportation Planning Analyst. June 2010 - November 2011
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency. Transportation Planning Organization.  Tennessee (chcrpa.org)
- Transportation modeling and analysis, travel demand forecasting
- Transportation-related database development, maintenance and analysis as well as recommendations for transportation system improvement based on the modeling.
- Analyzing data (household and transit on-board surveys) for statistical travel demand model estimation (SPSS).
- Reviewing development proposals to assess traffic impact and provide recommendations
- Preparation of multimodal transportation networks using computerized mapping techniques
- Assisting in maintaining the congestion management process including multimodal data collection, preparation, analysis and recommendations based on transportation simulation processes.

Project Engineer March July 2009
O. R. George & Associates, Inc. Lanham, Maryland (Orgeengineering.com)
- Conducted traffic impact studies for commercial, residential and mixed use developments. Synchro, Simtraffic, HCS2000 TM, Turns, HCS.
- Prepared and submit proposals for transportation analysis studies supporting to private and public clients.  

Project Engineer November 2006 February 2009
McMahon Associates -Fort Myers, Florida-US (Mcmtrans.com)
- Conducted traffic and travel demand modeling for traffic impact studies for commercial, residential and mixed use developments. (Traffic Impact Statements, Development of Regional Impact, Interchange Justification Report). Florida Standard Urban Transportation Model Structure (FSUTMS), Cube, Tranplan, TransCAD, Synchro, HCS2000 TM, Turns, HCS.
- Prepared and submit proposals for transportation analysis studies supporting to private and public clients.  

Engineering Designer June 2003 October 2006
Vanasse & Daylor at Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc.-Fort Myers, Florida-US (vanday.com)
- Conducted traffic impact studies for commercial, residential and mixed use developments
- Forecasted travel demand for regional and urban transportation projects.
- Authored and co-authored transportation analysis reports and presented study findings to senior management and clients. Traffic Impact Statements, Development of Regional Impact.
- Utilizing transportation planning software such as Synchro, TransCAD, HCS2000 TM, Turns, FSUTMS, Cube to test a number of assumption scenarios for various studies.

Director, Infrastructure Sector 2000 - 2002
Public Sector Accountability/Comptrollership Office of Colombia
- Led a team of 100 staff responsible to conduct audit analysis of nationwide public expenditure on infrastructure mega-projects.
- Comptroller responsible for formulating the strategy of the General Auditing Plan for Infrastructure, Transportation, Telecommunications, Foreign Trade and Regional Development.

Associate Lecturer, 2000-2001
Transportation Engineering Department, National University of Colombia  (2000) and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2001). Bogot.
- Transport Engineering
- Transport Economics
- Urban Transport.

Senior Transportation Consultant 1998 2000    
United Nations Development Program / National Planning Department of Colombia
- National manager of P3 (BOT) urban transportation projects such as: Metro of Bogot, a 40-km toll highway in Bogot, as well as Master Transportation Plans and BRT and LRT planning studies for the cities of Ibague, Bucaramanga and Cali utilizing financial models, cost/benefit, economic evaluation, programming, and planning of road investments procedures.

Project Engineer 1996 1998    
Bender & Stahl, Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Conducted travel demand modeling studies (data preparation and 4-step modeling), as well as urban and regional planning studies with emphasis on commercial centers.
- Used transportation planning software (VISUM, KNOSIMO) and provided findings as input for the design of traffic light control systems.

Research Assistant 1994 - 1996
University of Stuttgart. Germany (Aufbaustudium in Verkehr)
- Designed projects for parking facilities, subway stations, bus and taxi centers.
- Worked with several transportation modeling software.

Transportation and Traffic Engineer 1992 1993    
Transport Division, National Planning Department of Colombia
- Worked on planning and feasibility studies for national, regional and urban transportation projects utilizing the Highway Development and Management and vehicle operating costs tools.
- Provided advice to the Division Head on the preparation of the national multiyear capital expenditure program for the transportation sector national institutions.

Assistant Engineer 1989 1992
United Nations Development Program
- Participated in design and construction of projects such as Integral Development of Urban Popular Settlements, Main Street Bus Way -Troncal Caracas, in Bogota Colombia, and special assignments of traffic light control system design.

SKILLS

Fluent speaker of Spanish, German and English. Software knowledge in MS Office and other specialized engineering transportation packages (TransCAD, AutoCAD, Synchro, HCS2000, Cube, Tranplan, SPSS, Turns, HDM). Active member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Award-Winner Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration. Professional Engineer. ITE Professional Transportation Planner.
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