Sanjay Patel

Sanjay Patel has 30 plus years of experience in Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO). He has extensive experience managing a 24/7/365 Operations Center (TMC/TOS), Data Analytics, Traveler Information and Transportation Management Systems, System Maintenance, Operations Planning and inter-agency coordination.

As Chief Operating Officer and Director of Operations at TRANSCOM, he was responsible for overseeing the 24/7/365 Regional Operations Information Center and the Regional Construction Coordination program,

In addition, he led the implementation efforts of the major ITS and Traveler Information systems into Regional Operations.

He also played a key role in the planning, development, and implementation, of TRANSCOM’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program which helped data collection, data sharing, data integration, and data analysis for transportation management and traveler information systems.

Once deployed, he worked with the TRANSCOM regional transportation partners to develop a long-term maintenance and operations program to ensure that the ITS systems could be updated and enhanced to keep up with the ever-changing technology advancements in the transportation industry

He also has extensive experience working with and coordinating the efforts of key transportation professionals from traffic and transit agencies, as well as, public safety and law enforcement agencies throughout the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region.

Sanjay received his Associates of Science Degree from the City University of New York and lives in Monroe Township in New Jersey with his wife, Shilpa. They have two sons.

Jim Hadden

Jim has over 30 years of public sector experience in advanced traveler information, data analytics, Transportation Systems Management and Operations and Planning, as well as, communications and public relations.

During his career, Jim was the Project Manager for:

• The development and deployment of New Jersey’s 511 Traveler Information Program;
• The creation, validation and integration of New Jersey’s travel times on Dynamic Message Boards (DMS) along New Jersey’s limited access highways, including the NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Port Authority river crossings.
• He also worked closely with the Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Bureau of Commuter/Mobility Strategies on the use and assimilation of the TSM&O data as an additional tool for the development of short and long-term planning strategies and analysis.
• Managed the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Traffic Signal Optimization Program;
• Played a key role in the creation of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s ITS Resource Center with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
• During his tenure in Governor Whitman’s Administration he managed the day-to-day television and radio broadcast communication activities to ensure maximum exposure for the Governor.

He also worked closely with other Governor's Office staff members, members of the legislature, their staff, and other state departments to ensure a cohesive delivery of key messages.

He participated in the planning and execution of a wide range of national, regional and local public and private events which included bill signings, press conferences and briefings, photo opportunities, fund-raisers and media tours.

Jim is currently, Treasurer of ITS New Jersey and is a member of ITS New York.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from the State University of New York and lives in Hamilton Square New Jersey.

Bob Glantzberg

Bob Glantzberg has nearly 30 years of experience in multimodal transportation management. He played an integral role in coordinating and disseminating information for transportation agencies along the east coast of the United States as it related to large scale events on behalf of TRANSCOM and the former I-95 Corridor Coalition (now known as the Eastern Transportation Coalition).

These events were often related to significant weather events. However, they also included events such as presidential conventions, Papal visits, national sporting events (including NYCs pitch to host the 2012 Olympics), major construction projects (planned and unplanned), terror attacks in addition to major transportation incidents.

As the Operations Manager and later Director of Operations for TRANSCOM, Bob led numerous multi-state regional coordination conference calls related to planned and unplanned bridge and tunnel closures, travel bans, public messaging, as well as recovery efforts as they related to major events that impacted the NYC region.

In addition, Bob assisted the TRANSCOM member agencies in developing and coordinating schedules as they related to significant planned events with a focus on avoiding conflicts. This included but was not limited to proactively working with the agencies to avoid performing construction/maintenance work on parallel/alternate routes/corridors that carried traffic in the same direction, or, to change/alter/amend the timing of these projects as it related to a significant special event.

He also played an integral role in creating, enhancing, and managing the data entry systems used by TRANSCOM and the member agencies. He worked with the software development team ensure all the systems constantly met the everchanging needs of the member agencies operations staff as it related to both highway and transit agencies.

Bob also led the subsequent training and implementation initiatives to ensure that operators were competent in the use of the systems, as well as, the seamless integration into the downstream applications that used the data. This included but was not limited to testing, troubleshooting, and approving both the data entry systems and monitoring tools used throughout the TRANSCOM Suite of Services.

Prior to joining TRANSCOM, Bob worked for Shadow Traffic in New York City as their helicopter reporter and later as the Operations Manager.

Bob is a graduate from the Center of Broadcast Training in Radio and Television.

He presently lives in Fairfield, Illinois.