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1320 Pavilion Club Way

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Reston, VA 20194

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Juan M. Morales, P.E.

Over 30 years of experience in transportation and traffic engineering, including

transportation planning, traffic management, traffic studies and analysis, software

applications, traffic modeling and simulation, intelligent transportation systems,

incident management, traffic safety audits, work zone safety, human factors research and

technology transfer. Proven capability in project management, market analysis, technical

writings, course development, continuing education, expert witness and technical programs

development and evaluation. Excellent personal and communication skills.

EDUCATION:

Masters of Science, Transportation Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980

Bachelors of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, 1978

LANGUAGES: Fully fluent in English and Spanish. Conversational Portuguese.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

President, J.M. Morales & Associates, J.M. Morales & Associates (JMM), 1995Present

Principal of a consulting firm specializing in transportation engineering, and planning,

with emphasis in the United States and Latin America. The company specializes in the areas

of traffic engineering, specifically traffic safety and operations, traffic management,

application of advanced technologies, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), traffic

simulation, traffic studies, including traffic control devices, temporary traffic control

in work zones, Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) design, traffic modeling and research. Type of

work includes traffic safety improvements, safety audits, traffic simulation, traffic

impact studies, continuing education and training, work zone expert witness and course

development, delivery and evaluation. Responsible for all business and technical decisions

within the firm.

Director of Technical Programs, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 19901995

Responsible for directing the technical and professional programs of the Institute,

including managing several technical projects and coordinating their development working

through volunteer members of the Institute and the ITE staff. Responsible for providing

support to ITE s Technical/Coordinating Council. Responsible for developing and carrying

out professional development programs, such as developing textbooks, and informational

reports, seminars, and others in the areas of safety, advanced technologies, traffic

engineering, traffic management, and transportation planning. Actively participated in the

development of the Traffic Engineering Handbook, the Transportation Planning Handbook, the

Traffic Safety Toolbox, the Manual of Transportation Engineering Studies, Trip Generation

and several recommended practices.

Developed several courses in the areas of traffic engineering and safety, including

course curriculum and material development, selection of instructors, and course

evaluation and modification.

Responsible for the development of the ITE annual meeting technical program. Manager of

the ITE Information Clearinghouse. Served as ITE representative in liaison with other

organizations, such as the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the

AASHTO Traffic Engineering Subcommittee.

Highway Research Engineer/Project Manager, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 19831990

Responsible for the development of traffic and safety implementation packages in the area

of traffic engineering and safety, particularly on traffic modeling and incident

management. Responsible for Technology Transfer (T2) activities. Managed several projects

in the area of project implementation. Coordinated the development of several courses in

the areas of traffic simulation, signal optimization, and safety. As a guest lecturer,

taught National Highway Institute courses on TRAF-NETSIM, TRANSYT-7F, and the Arterial

Analysis Package (AAP). Coordinated the development of several videotapes and reports,

including the Traffic Detector Handbook, Guidelines on the Use of Changeable Message

Signs, the AAP User Manual, and others. Served as technical advisor on the development of

traffic models, including NETSIM, CORFLO, FRESIM, CORSIM and other models within the TRAF

family, and was responsible for coordinating the implementation and distribution of

several advanced technologies projects.

Responsible for traffic safety research projects including safety design, traffic

studies, microcomputer applications, and traffic simulation and modeling. As Contracting

Officer Technical Representative (COTR), conducted and managed several research projects,

including preparation of statements of work, evaluation and selection of technical

proposals, contract monitoring, report evaluation and review. Conducted staff research in

the areas of sign retroreflectivity, modeling, quantification of urban freeway delay and

others. Conducted a validation study of the ROADSIM two-lane simulation model. Awarded the

FHWA s 1987 Outstanding Technical Accomplishment Award and ITE s Past President s Award

for his work on sign retroreflectivity.

Civil Engineer, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 19801983

Project manager and field resident engineer for several airport construction projects

around the Southern Region of the United States, including feasibility studies, project

management, cost estimation, design and construction of air traffic control towers and

other airport facilities such as Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR), localizers, middle and

outer markers. Resident engineer for phases of the construction of the Chattanooga, TN,

Ft. Lauderdale, and Nashville, TN, airport traffic control towers. Responsible for the

modernization of several tower cabs.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Fellow Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

Safety Council Member

Expert Witness Council Member

Member, American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)

Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society

CERTIFICATIONS:

Professional Engineer (PE), Commonwealth of Virginia (1986)

Professional Engineer (PE), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1985)

National Highway Institute (NHI)-Certified Instructor

American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)-Certified Instructor

AWARDS:

ITE s Edmund R. Ricker Transportation Safety Council Award, 2011.

Special Service Award, Federal Highway Administration, 1989.

ITE s Past Presidents Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers, given in recognition

of technical accomplishments in transportation engineering, Institute of Transportation

Engineers, 1987.

Outstanding Technical Accomplishment Award, Federal Highway Administration, 1987.

Tau Beta Pi, Outstanding Project Award (Puerto Rico Alpha Chapter), 1978.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Seminar notebook author, IRF Executive Workshop on Congestion Management, International

Road Federation, 2011.

Seminar notebook author, Safety of Vulnerable Road Users in Developing Countries, World

Bank, 2010.

Seminar notebook author, Roadside Safety in Developing Countries, International Road

Federation, 2010.

Transportation Management Plans (TMPs) for Highway Contractors, American Traffic Safety

Services Association, 2009.

Work Zone Traffic Impact Analysis Strategies, American Traffic Safety Services

Association, 2009.

Temporary Traffic Control for Utility Operations, American Traffic Safety Services

Association, 2009.

Traffic Impact Analysis for Highway Work Zones, American Traffic Safety Services

Association, 2009.

Emergency Traffic Control for First Responders, American Traffic Safety Safety

Association, 2005.

Portable Changeable Message Sign Handbook, American Traffic Safety Safety Association,

2004.

Basic Traffic Control for Utility Operations, American Traffic Safety Safety

Association, 2003.

The Traffic Research Laboratory, Public Roads, Fall 1999.

Evaluation of Emergency Vehicle Signal Preemption on the Route 7, Virginia Corridor,

with Darcy Bullock and Bobby Sanderson, ITT Systems, McLean, VA, 1998.

CORSIM Simulation Study of the I-495 I-66 Interchange, Fairfax County, Virginia,

Virginia Department of Transportation, Fairfax, VA, 1998.

Traffic Signing Handbook, Training and Continuing Education Chapter, Institute of

Transportation Engineers, Washington, DC, 1997.

ITS Keeps Traffic, Trade Flowing in Mercosur Region, ITS World, March/April 1997 Issue,

Eugene, OR, 1997.

ITS in Latin America: Privately Speaking, ITS Quarterly, 1996 Summer Issue, ITS

America, Washington, DC, 1996.

ITS America Outreach Mission to the Mercosur Countries of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and

Chile, ITS America, Washington, DC, 1996.

Traffic Management and Traveler Information Systems in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands

and the United Kingdom, International Scanning Report, prepared for the Federal Highway

Administration, Washington, D.C., 1996.

Improving Traffic Signal Operations, A Primer, Institute of Transportation Engineers,

Washington, DC, 1995.

Strategies to Alleviate Traffic Congestion, ITE Seminar Notebook, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1994.

Strategies to Alleviate Traffic Congestion, Seminar Notebook, Institute of

Transportation Engineers, Washington, DC, 1993.

Transportation Engineering in Latin America, Pan American Institute of Highways Annual

Meeting, Queretaro, Mexico, 1992.

Getting Started Selecting and Using Computerized Traffic Models, Public Roads, June

SELECTED TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS:

Vulnerable Road User Safety Training Course, presented in Accra, Ghana and Bogota,

Colombia for the International Road Federation (IRF) and the World Bank Global Road Safety

Facility, 2010.

Roadside Safety Training Course, presented in Kampala, Uganda and Lima, Peru for the

International Road Federation (IRF) and the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility, 2010.

Numerous presentations of Work Zone courses through the American Traffic Safety Services

Association, ongoing.

Recommended Practices for Temporary Traffic Control (for Transmilenio Phase 2),

Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano, Bogota, Colombia, 2008.

Safe Practices for Installing Highway Lane Closures, American Traffic Safety Services

Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2008.

Designing and Operating Intersections for Safety Seminar, for Federal Highway

Administration, Phoenix, AZ, Baton Rouge, LA, Trenton, NJ, Jefferson City. MO, San Juan,

PR, 2005.

Effective Use of Law Enforcement Officers in Work Zones, for Federal Highway

Administration, Nashville, TN, February, 2005.

Urban Work Zone Traffic Control, Traffic Safety Conference, Lithicum, MD, February

2005.

ADVANCED Work Zone Traffic Control, for Florida Department of Transportation, presented

in several Florida cities, 2000-present.

Best Safety Practices in US Work Zones, Roadway Safety Management Conference,

University of Delaware, Dover, DE, 2004.

Introduction to Access Management, INTERTRAFFIC Latin America, Mexico City, 2003.

Overview of Work Zone Standards Latin America, INTERTRAFFIC Latin America, Mexico City,

2003.

Introduction to Traffic Simulation and the CORSIM Model, National Institute of Highways

Course, presented in Atlanta, GA (2), Charlottesville, VA, and Richmond, VA (2003-2004)

Strategies to Improve Highway Safety, Technical seminar presented in Bogota,

Barranquilla, Medellin, and Cali, Colombia, 2000.

Work Zone Traffic Control for Technicians, Supervisors & Flaggers, presented for the

American Traffic Safety Services Association, in several cities throughout the US. 1998 to

present.

Introduction to Traffic Simulation and the CORSIM Model, presented in Tallahassee, FL,

Phoenix, AZ, Fargo, MN, Topeka, KS, Madison, WI, Concord, NH, Lawrence, KS, Baltimore, MD,

San Luis Obispo, CA, McLean, VA, Richmond, VA, for the Federal Highway Administration,

1999-2001

* Introduction to Traffic Simulation and the CORSIM model short course presented at ITS

Virginia annual meeting. Roanoke, VA 1999

Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seminar Developer and Instructor,

presented at the Colombia Engineering School, Bogota, Colombia, 1998.

Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Environment, University of Belgrano, Buenos

Aires, Argentina, 1998.

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Urban Transportation Intensive Course IV: the

technological revolution towards the 21st Century, Metropolitan University, Caracas,

Venezuela, 1998.

Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seminar Developer and Instructor,

Panamerican Institute of Highways, presented in Spanish in 1) Queretaro, Mexico, 2) Quito,

Ecuador, 3) Asuncion, Paraguay, 4) Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5) Rosario and Buenos Aires,

Argentina, 1997.

Introduction to the 1994 Highway Capacity Manual, Seminar Instructor, San Juan, PR, and

St. Croix, VI, 1997.

Autopistas Del Sol Data Collection Program: Design and Implementation, presented (in

Spanish), Autopistas del Sol, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996.

Strategies to Improve Safety and Reduce Congestion, presented (in Spanish) at the 1st

Provial Conference, Valencia, Venezuela, 1996.

Strategies to Alleviate Traffic Congestion, presented (in Spanish) at 1996

International Transportation Engineering Symposium, Mexico City, Mexico, 1996.

Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Latin American Perspective, ITS America

Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1996.

The Role of the Transportation Engineer in the Future, American Association of State

and Highway Transportation Officials Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1992.

Estimating Freeway Traffic Congestion, Conference on Traffic Management and Planning

for Freeway Emergencies and Special Events, Washington, D.C., 1989.

Analytical Procedures for Estimating Traffic Congestion, Traffic Management Conference,

NYS Association of Transportation Engineers, NYC, 1987.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Experience: In addition to presenting several courses in traffic engineering and

highway safety, served as part time Instructor for spreadsheet software and Introduction

to Microcomputers, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus, VA, 1988

1990. Former Toastmasters member.Language Skills: Fully bilingual (English/Spanish). Speaks Portuguese at intermediate

level. Informal Spanish-English and English-Spanish translator/reviewer for variousFederal Highway Administration and ITE technical publications, 1983 1995.

CITIZENSHIP:

U.S.A. (Puerto Rico)

ITE s Edmund R. Ricker Transportation Safety Council Award, 2011.

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