TRANSPEED Faculty
Gordon S. Baca,
LL. B., is the former Deputy Chief Counsel for the California Department
of Transportation (CALTRANS). In his post at CALTRANS, Mr. Baca became
a renowned expert in transportation law and tort liability. He is
formerly adjunct professor of law at University of the Pacific. Mr.
Baca teaches Legal Liability for Transportation Professionals. 
Geoffrey L. Baillie,
P.E., has thirty-five years of experience in the management and delivery of major public and private capital projects. He specializes in program and project management for planning, environmental, design, and construction of major transportation, public works, and institutional projects across the nation. He is an experienced trainer, having trained over 4,500 professionals. He teaches Introduction to the WSDOT Consulting Process, Administering Consultant Contracts, Measuring Project Performance, and Managing Consultants. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, Civil Discipline, in Washington State.
Jan Botha, Ph. D., is a professor
of civil engineering at San Jose State University (SJSU). He brings extensive
knowledge of traffic engineering to the TRANSPEED program. He currently
is active in research projects and teaches both graduate and undergraduate
courses at SJSU. Dr. Botha teaches Basic Roadway Geometric Design.
H. Wynnlee Crisp is a senior project manager with three
decades of experience in managing planning and development of capital projects around the world for public
agencies and private industry. He was a peer reviewer of the Project Management Institute's Practice
Standard for Earned Value Management. He brings this practical knowledge to the project management
courses that he has developed and teaches.
Mr. Crisp taught Managing Project Delivery and teaches Managing Scope, Schedule and Budget,
Managing Consultants, and Project Leadership. A few of the past participants in these courses include
Washington State Ferries, Washington State Department of Transportation Highways Division, Oregon
Department of Transportation, Port of Seattle Aviation, Sound Transit, King County Transportation,
Seattle Metro Transit, Bellevue Transportation, Portland Transportation Bureau, and engineering consulting
firms.
Andy Daleiden, Kittelson & Associates, Boise, Idaho, has
hands on experience with NEMA and Type 170 controllers and various signal systems. He has been involved in
the development and implementation of timing plans for over 100 traffic signals in Oregon, Washington and
Florida. Mr. Daleiden has a bachelors degree in civil engineering from the University of Portland. He is
involved with the Traffic Signal Systems Committee of the Transportation Research Board. He teaches the
Traffic Signal Timing and Operations for TRANSPEED.
Jerry Hall, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor of civil engineering
at the University of New Mexico, where he has taught and conducted research in transportation engineering
and traffic safety for 24 years. Dr. Hall, who earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University
of Washington, has published numerous technical articles on highway engineering and economics, traffic
engineering and safety, and transportation history. He teaches Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering and the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices courses for TRANSPEED.
Loretta Hall is a freelance
writer who has authored books, reference book chapters, and journal and
magazine articles for audiences ranging from middle school students to
professional engineers. She is a member of the Construction Writers Association
and has had her work published by TRB and ITE. She teaches Technical Communication
for Transportation Professionals.
Ronald I. Harrison, LL.B., retired in July 2000 as Assistant
Chief Counsel with the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS). His legal specialty is tort
liability. Mr. Harrison teaches Legal Liability for Transportation Professionals.
Michael Hrachovec, P. E., is an environmental engineer with key technical strengths in hydraulics, water quality and erosion control. He focuses on design and construction techniques that incorporate natural materials which mimic both the functional and aesthetic components of natural systems. With experience in government, consulting and non-profit organizations, he has managed the design and/or construction of public works projects totaling over $2 million, including the development of detailed designs. He has worked extensively with non-profit groups and citizen groups, and regularly delivers field and classroom courses for the University of Washington on erosion control, ESA and stormwater management.
Newton Jackson, P.E., retired
from the Washington State Department of Transportation in 1993 after nearly
30 years as a highway and materials engineer. While at WSDOT, Mr. Jackson
managed the Pavement Preservation Program. On the national level, he was
involved in writing the first AASHTO Guide for Pavement Management in
the early 1980s and later served on the task forces that directed the
development of the current AASHTO Pavement Management Guide as well as
the 1986 and 1993 AASHTO Guide for the Design of Pavement Structures.
He also chaired the Transportation Research Board Committee on Flexible
Pavement Design, and Chaired the TRB Section on Pavement Management. Mr.
Jackson is currently a principal engineer with Nichols Consulting Engineers,
Chtd. He has taught various Pavement Design, Pavement Rehabilitation,
and Pavement Management classes around the US for the Federal Highway
Administration and the American Society of Civil Engineers as well as
the local TRANSPEED Classes. Newt teaches Rehabilitiation of Pavements. 
Alan W. Johnson, Stream Restoration Ecologist, has over 25 years of professional experience in stream habitat analysis and management. His work experience includes permit review and issuance, resource inventories and evaluations, habitat modification design and review, bank stabilization, and construction management for both governmental agencies and private sector interests. Mr. Johnson has also developed short courses and training sessions on stream ecology, monitoring, and designing and implementing habitat modifications for salmon and trout. He has expertise in identifying fish passage barriers and alternatives to remove those barriers. 
Robert Kimmerling, P.E., has over 20 years of engineering experience and has practiced in the Pacific Northwest for the past 8 years. He served as Chief Foundation
Engineer for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and was responsible for supervision
and delivery of geotechnical engineering recommendations for more than 350 state highway projects. He has
served on the team developing the new LRFD section for foundations in the WSDOT Bridge Design Manual. He
serves on the review panel for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) project to
develop LRFD resistance factors for deep foundations. Mr. Kimmerling is a cofounder of PanGeo, Inc., a
geotechnical consulting firm, where he is currently in private practice. He teaches Introduction to
Retaining Wall Type Selection and Layout and Bridge Foundation Design.
Wayne Kittelson, P. E., is Principal of Kittelson and
Associates in Portland, OR. He has over twenty years experience in traffic engineering, transportation
planning, highway design, and transportation research and is a member of TRB's national transportation
capacity committee. Mr. Kittelson also taught highway capacity analysis for the FHWA course Design of
Urban Streets, which was offered in many states and Puerto Rico. He is past president of the Oregon
Section of ITE and Secretary of the TRB committee on highway capacity quality of service. Mr. Kittelson
teaches the Basic and Advanced Highway Capacity 2000 courses for TRANSPEED.
Peter Koonce, P.E., has led and participated in a variety of
engineering projects related to traffic signal systems, traffic operations and transit signal priority.
He has participated in teaching courses at Portland State University, University of Portland and Texas
A&M University. He is currently the project manger working on implementation of signal priority
timing at over 300 intersections in the City of Portland. Mr. Koonce is a member of both the Traffic
Signal Systems and Bus Transit Systems Committees of the Transportation Research Board. Mr. Koonce
teaches Traffic Signal Timing and Operations.
Robert D. Layton, Ph. D., is professor of civil engineering at
Oregon State University where he specializes in transportation systems analysis, facility design, traffic
operations and control, traffic engineering, highway safety, transportation energy and economics, and the
environmental impact of transportation. He has taught many professional development workshops and has been
actively involved in geometric design practice and research since 1959. Professor Layton teaches Access
Management, Site Access and Circulation Design, Basic and Advanced Geometric Design, Basic and Advanced
Highway Capacity 2000, and Urban Street Design.
John Logan, P. E., is currently a consultant in Seattle. He
worked previously for the King County Department of Public Works Traffic and Planning section. For his
last thirteen years there, he served as the county's traffic engineer. Mr. Logan is a Fellow in ITE and a
life member of the National Association of County Engineers (NACE). He has been a member of the
construction and maintenance technical committee and is also on the executive board of the NCUTCD. He is a
member of TRB's committee on traffic control devices (A3A02) and the committee on traffic safety in
maintenance and construction operations (A3C04). Mr. Logan teaches Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering and
the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices courses for TRANSPEED.
Mike Myette, P.E., was the special contracts manager at Tri-State Construction Inc, a general contracting firm in Bellevue, Washington until he retired in early 2005. Mr. Myette has over
three decades of experience negotiating and managing infrastructure work
on various projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. Mike has worked for
and with WSDOT as well as in a consultant capacity for many local agencies
in Washington State. He has presented many seminars at the university and
community college level. Mr. Myette teaches Determining Contract Working
Days.
Charles W. Radosta, P.E., is
a Senior Engineer with Kittelson & Associates, Inc., and brings a decade
of engineering experience with a focus on traffic operations and design.
He has served as a project manager and lead designer on dozens of traffic
engineering projects ranging from traffic operations studies to conceptual
roadway layouts to final design. Charles has prepared final plans, special
provisions, and cost estimates on traffic engineering projects featuring
traffic signals, roadway signing, pavement markings, roadway lighting, and
traffic control plans for state and local agencies throughout Oregon and
Washington.
Randy R. Rapp, D. Mgt., P.E., C.C.E., C.P.C., is the Subject Matter Expert to support the Associate Boards of AACE-International. In mid-2007 he returned from serving as the Deputy Program General Manager of the Kellogg, Brown, and Root Oil Program in Iraq. Before that he was the Program Director for Construction Management and an Associate Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he has resumed teaching, now as an Adjunct Professor. He complements decades of construction-related management and technical experience with extensive university and professional-level course delivery. He is the co-author, with Edward Fisk, of Introduction to Engineering Construction Inspection. Dr. Rapp teaches Construction Inspection of Public Works Projects. 
Brian L. Ray, P.E., has more than 15 years experience in
transportation planning and roadway design and serves as the Functional Design Business Group manager for
Kittelson and Associates. He has performed location design and engineering evaluations for a variety of
corridor studies and environmental impact review documents across the United States. His design experience
includes developing and evaluating conceptual alternatives for freeway, highway, and arterial street
systems. His arterial experience includes conventional and modern roundabout intersection design. He has
completed a variety of planning projects for rural and urban roadways that have included location studies
for new highways and long range improvement plans to upgrade existing arterials, freeways and
interchanges. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Geometric Design Committee (
A2A02) and routinely conducts training courses on roadway geometric design and modern roundabout design.
Mr. Ray teaches Roundabout Design Concepts and Guidelines.
Dwight Reagan, P.E., is recognized as a leading expert in the
field of hydraulics engineering. Mr. Reagan has extensive technical and management experience in civil
engineering, including project management, technical instruction, planning, design, and construction. In
private practice for the past seventeen years, Mr. Reagan has thirty-four years of highway design
experience with the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation, including nineteen years as a
highway drainage specialist. He has taught numerous technical courses throughout the United States on
general highway drainage, hydrology, computer programs and their application in roadway drainage, storm
drain system design, and culvert maintenance. Mr. Reagan teaches Hydrology and Basic Hydraulics, Roadway
Culvert Hydraulic Design, and Culvert Repair and Rehabilitation.
John F. Ringert, P.E., is a Principal Engineer with Kittelson
and Associates, Inc. and has over thirteen years of experience in traffic operations and signal design.
Mr. Ringert has served as the firm-wide manager for traffic systems and design for four years, ensuring
that client expectations and technical requirements are met. His specialties include traffic operations,
traffic design, and ITS applications. Mr. Ringert has prepared and reviewed designs for over 100 traffic
signals and prepared signal timing plans for over 200 intersections for projects in Oregon, Washington,
California and Alaska. 
Lee A. Rodegerdts,P.E., is a Senior Engineer with Kittelson
and Associates, Inc.has broad experience in all aspects of transportation planning, engineering, research, and education. He has led several high-profile research projects, serving as Principal Investigator for NCHRP 3-65, Applying Roundabouts in the United States, and FHWA’s Signalized Intersections: Informational Guide; he previously served as a Co-Investigator and co-author in developing FHWA’s Roundabouts: An Informational Guide. Lee has prepared numerous intersection and interchange alternatives studies, has designed numerous traffic signal installations, and has developed and field-implemented coordinated traffic signal timing plans for over 200 intersections throughout the United States. He also has extensive experience with roundabouts, having provided roundabout feasibility study, peer review, and final design services to public and private clients throughout North America. He is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences and actively participates in national committees, including TRB’s Committee on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, TRB’s Joint Roundabout Subcommittee, and the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Wade Scarbrough, P. E., has led and participated in a variety
of engineering projects related to functional design, traffic operations, and traffic design. He was a
co-author and significant contributor on the team that developed the FHWA publication Roundabouts: An
Informational Guide. In particular, Wade was a primary researcher and author of the geometric design
chapter. He has developed conceptual geometric layouts and evaluated operational performance for a vast
assortment of roundabout sites throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. He has prepared final
design plans for several roundabout projects that are now constructed. Wade is also an experienced analyst
and designer of other transportation facilities, including major freeway interchanges, arterial corridors,
signal systems, neighborhood streets, and conventional at-grade intersections. Mr. Scarbrough teaches
Roundabout Design Concepts and Guidelines.
Vergil G. Stover, Ph.D., P.E., is professor emeritus of urban
planning and civil engineering at Texas A&M University. In addition to university teaching, research
and administration, his forty-three years of professional experience include access management, geometric
design, traffic impact studies, travel forecasting, economic analysis, urban land use and transportation
plans, and highway construction. His clients and employers included national, state and local governmental
agencies, land developers, and consulting firms in the United States as well as other countries. Dr.
Stover has been extensively involved in the preparation of the materials and the presentation of numerous
seminars, workshops and short courses for professional development programs over the past twenty years. He
teaches Urban Street Design, Access Management, Site Access and Circulation Design, and Advanced Geometric
Design.
G. Scott Williams, P.M.P., is a Project Manager for INCA
Engineers and has over 20 years of transportation experience. He has experience in design, project
development, construction administration/inspection, and program and project management. As a
transportation practitioner, Mr. Williams has specialized in project management and controls on both
public and private sector projects. He teaches Managing Scope, Schedule and Budget and Determining
Contract Working Days.