CTE Welcomes New Board Member Experienced Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) executive joins CTE Board of Directors
Atlanta, GA - November 2012 - CTE is pleased to announce Harry Voccola as the Board of Directors' newest member. Mr. Voccola will bring more than 30 years of experience in developing state and local marketplace transportation technology opportunities to CTE.
Mr. Voccola most recently served as NAVTEQ's Senior Vice President of Government Strategy. Initially at NAVTEQ he headed sales and marketing for North America and led the company's efforts to integrate NAVTEQ maps into major federal agencies. He led NAVTEQ's efforts to define the map database requirements for several federally sponsored ITS field operational tests and regional deployments. In this capacity he directed the initial real time traffic deployment strategy for the US to provide RDS TMC coding for dynamic routing. He also defined the data needs for the routing map to be included in the Atlanta Olympics. In 2006, he was awarded the first Telematics Leadership award for his leadership of the 2005 ITS World Congress in San Francisco. Mr.Voccola is recently retired from the senior Vice President position at NAVTEQ, but continues to serve as a consultant to the company.
Before joining NAVTEQ in 1995, Mr. Voccola spent more than 15 years as senior Vice President and GM of Lockheed's Transportation Systems and Services unit, working closely with government agencies at the federal, state and local levels. He designed and implemented HELP, Inc., the first major IT'S public/private partnership That successfully evolved from a federally funded test into a self-funding service for the trucking industry and state departments of transportation (DOTs).
Mr. Voccola's extensive experience in a range of transportation solutions will enrich CTE's board and strengthen the board's ability to continue guiding the organization to success.
About CTE
The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Atlanta, Georgia that facilitates programs to develop technologies and implement solutions for energy and environmental sustainability. Since its founding in 1993, CTE has managed a portfolio of more than $240 million in federal, state, and local cost-shared research, development, and demonstration projects involving more than 200 organizations in the advanced transportation technology field. CTE has facilitated and leveraged funding for its projects and initiatives from the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy, Interior, and Transportation, as well as from the U.S. Army and NASA, among many others.
