About

ITS Arizona

The Intelligent Transportation Society of Arizona is the leading advocate for technologies that improve the safety, security and efficiency of the nation’s surface transportation system. Our 300+ members include public agencies, private corporations and academic institutions involved in the research, development and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies that enhance safety, increase mobility and sustain the environment

The Intelligent Transportation Society of Arizona is a chapter of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America). ITS Arizona is a non-profit organization founded in 1994 consisting of transportation professionals dedicated to improving transportation efficiency and safety, using advanced technologies.

ITS Arizona Chapter Bylaws
Past ITS Arizona Presidents
Past ITS Arizona Members of the Year

Board of Directors

Hunter Venne, PE,

President

Hunter has 10 years of civil engineering experience at Dibble Engineering. She started as an intern while completing her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She completed her Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering at Arizona State University

Deanna Haase, PE

Vice President

Deanna has been involved in the ITS community in Arizona for the past 20 years. She has led or managed many components of ITS, TSMO, transportation operations, and performance analysis projects around the country,

Sarvani Duvvuri, EIT

Secretary

Sarvani Duvvuri is a Transportation Engineer with the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), where she works within the Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program.

Pramesh Pudasaini

Treasurer

Dr. Pramesh Pudasaini is a Research Engineer at the University of Arizona’s Center for Applied Transportation Sciences (CATS), where he leads and contributes to federally and locally funded research projects on arterial traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems (ITS),

Mike Washkowiak PE, PTOE

Past President

Mike Washkowiak is a Vice President with Iteris’ Mobility Consulting Solutions division. He has over 24 years of experience; including ITS, emerging technologies, multimodal systems, and transportation operations projects.

Omar Aboulaban
Member-at-Large

Omar Aboulaban is an Emerging Technologies Project Manager at AECOM, specializing in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Connected Vehicle technologies, Traffic Engineering, and Project Management.

SUBHANKAR DEY EIT

Member-at-Large

Subhankar Dey is a Traffic EIT with HDR and has over 5 years of experience in various traffic analysis, emerging technology, and traffic design projects.

Anil Mudigonda, PE, PTOE, RSP1

Member-at-Large

Anil Mudigonda is a Project Manager with Jacobs Engineering in Phoenix, AZ with over 22+ years’ experience in planning, design and construction of transportation projects.

Ray Yparraguirre PE PTOE
Member-at-Large

Ray Yparraguirre is a Principal Engineer in Iteris’ Transportation Systems division, bringing over 30 years of experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), transportation safety, and active transportation planning and design.

Advisory Panel

The volunteer advisory panel is made up of ITS Arizona Past Presidents who remain involved with the organization and serve as a valuable resource to the board given their years of service to ITS Arizona. Membership is limited to ITS Arizona Past Presidents and they are appointed as non-voting volunteers.

Faisal Saleem
Past-President (2004-2005)

Faisal Saleem joined as the Director of National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) early 2022. In his new role Faisal looks forward to fulfilling the strategic direction of the Center by serving and engaging broad TSMO community of professional

Scott Miller
Past-President (2006-2007)

Scott Miller is a public transportation planning professional with 27 years of transit system and operations planning. Scott has worked on Federal Transit Administration funded alternatives analyses, environmental analyses, and capital design

Dave Bruggeman, PE, PTOE
Past-President (1995-1996)

Dave Bruggeman is a Principal with Lee Engineering, a Phoenix-based consulting firm specializing in ITS and traffic engineering design and studies, and was an original Founding Father of ITS Arizona, serving as Treasurer and President.

Sanjay Paul, PhD, PE, PTOE, PTP, RSP

Past-President (2020)

Dr. Sanjay Paul is HDR’s Desert Southwest Area Traffic Business Leader. He offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the space of transportation technology, intelligent transportation systems, evolving mobility and predictive safety in addition

Michelle Beckley PE, PTOE

Past President (2023)

Michelle is a Project Engineer at Y2K Engineering with nine years of experience in traffic engineering, specifically in safety, operations, and active transportation planning.