Infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has appointed Shailen Bhatt, a transportation leader and policymaker, to its global transportation business, effective Aug. 30.
Bhatt joins AECOM after serving as president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), a Washington, D.C.-based association whose business, government and academic members are advancing the deployment of new transportation technologies, including connected and automated vehicles.
Over a period of 15 years, Bhatt also served in senior government leadership roles as executive director for the Colorado Department of Transportation, cabinet secretary for the Delaware Department of Transportation, and as a presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
“Shailen is an influential voice in our industry, and AECOM’s clients will benefit from his pioneering spirit, innovation, and long experience delivering transformational projects and technologies that
