Speakers
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Bryan Alexander, CPP, Regional Sales Director, Barnacle® Enforcement Solution
Bryan Alexander is an Industry Sales Manager in the Transport vertical of Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a global manufacturer of unattended payment solutions. Bryan manages the company’s on-and-off street parking market for the US and Canada, leading new business development, account management, and project development. Since joining CPI in 2014, he has been very active in pursuing leadership opportunities and earning recognition in the industry. With over 10 years technology experience outside of parking, he is anxious to apply this knowledge and expertise to the parking industry to help create new ways of applying technology to parking challenges. |
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Stephanie Barnes, Regional Vice President, LAZ Parking
Stephanie Barnes, MA is the Vice President Healthcare Services for LAZ Parking. Stephanie served as a Director at the Cleveland Clinic for 10+ years and led their parking services for 6 years, with 600 employees and with $30 million in revenue. Stephanie is an active member of NPA and serves on the NPA Education Committee. |
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Brenna Berman, CEO & Executive Director, City Tech Collaborative
Brenna Berman is CEO & Executive Director of City Tech, an IoT urban infrastructure lab that transforms cities into testbeds for new ideas. City Tech remakes essential services and infrastructure, from skills to skyscrapers and expands those solutions to other cities, thus increasing the world’s odds of solving big, urban problems. |
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Andrew Bess, Hero Investments
Andy Bess is a managing director at Hero Investments, LLC. He has worked in the investment banking industry for over 20 years on transactions including buy- and sell-side M&A, debt and equity financings, and turnarounds. He was a founding member of Daroth Capital Advisors, where he spent over 15 years working with middle market clients across a broad range of industries, including parking, automotive suppliers and security software. |
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Ana Bessonova, Associate, QIC Limited
Ana is a Manager at QIC’s Global Infrastructure team. QIC, based in Australia and owned by the Queensland government, is one of the largest institutional investment managers in the world with approximately US$60 billion of assets under management. QIC’s Global Infrastructure team manages over US$8 billion of assets, including investments in two university parking concessions (MasParc at the Northeastern University and CampusParc at The Ohio State University) and two large international airports (Brisbane Airport and Brussels Airport). |
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Sarah Blouch, President/CEO, CampusParc
In her dual role with CampusParc and QICParc, Sarah is responsible for both the oversight of parking operations at The Ohio State University—operated under the name CampusParc—and the investment and asset management associated with the parking concession with the university. She is uniquely qualified for this role due to her work in the parking and transit industry since 1980, including serving as executive director of Transportation & Parking Services at Ohio State. |
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Andi Campbell, Senior Vice President Human Resources, LAZ Parking
Andi Campbell is a workplace behavior expert with an emphasis in strategic talent management. As the VP of HR for LAZ Parking, she leads people and culture initiatives for LAZ’s 10,000+ employees across 28 states. Prior to joining LAZ, Andi was the VP of Learning & Development for LPL Financial. She was listed as one of the "Top 40 Young Trainers" by Training Magazine in 2012 and a “Game Changer” by Workforce Magazine in 2014. She has received acclaim in CLO, ELearning and Parking Magazines for her work with people strategies. With a Master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Andi has served as a board and committee member for a variety of organizations. She has completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training program, has a black belt in Tang Soo Do and is best known for creating scalable people strategies that drive measurable results –and for giving hugs, not handshakes! |
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Frank Ching, MBA, CPP, Senior Director of Countywide Parking Management, Los Angeles County Metro Authority
Frank Ching is the Senior Director of Countywide Parking Management at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) |
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Adele Clements, CAPP, Sr. Director of Transportation and Parking Service, Emory University
Adele Clements, CAPP, is the Senior Director of Transportation, Parking and Fleet Services for Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She has been in the parking and transportation industry for the past 11 years. Prior to Emory, Adele served as the Manager of System Safety for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). |
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Armin Jose Cruz, VP Parking Business Unit, Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport
Armin Cruz is Vice President of the Parking Business Unit at Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. He is responsible for all of the Airport’s 24/7 intermodal transportation services for over 62 million local and traveling customers annually. The Business Unit is DFW’s largest non-aviation revenue source representing nearly one-fourth of operating revenues and the largest direct / indirect employer for the world’s third-busiest airport. Mr. Cruz leads a highly diverse team recognized internationally for innovating engagement, best practice customer service, and sustainable financial performance. |
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David Damus, CEO, System Property Development, Inc.
David Damus serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of System Property Development Company, Inc. (“System Property”) and its subsidiaries based in Pasadena, California. System Property owns a national commercial real estate portfolio in major markets from Los Angeles to New York. Mr. Damus’ unique blend of experience encompasses real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, labor law, all aspects of parking and construction projects. Mr. Damus has completed more than one billion dollars in real estate transactions and is a member of both the California and Pennsylvania State Bars. |
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Scot DeLancey, SVP, Market Strategy, T2 Systems, Inc.
Scot DeLancey is the Senior Vice President for market strategy at T2 Systems |
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Brooks Ellis, CPP, Vice President, Towne Park, Ltd.
Brooks Ellis currently serves as the Vice President, Parking Systems at Towne Park. He serves as Vice Chair for NPA's Valet Council and has been a leader in the hospitality and parking industry for over 15 years, operating some of the largest valet and self-parking facilities in the states. |
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Jeffrey Elsey, P.E., LEED® AP, Project Manager and Consultant, Kimley-Horn
Jeffrey Elsey is a Project Manager and Consultant with Kimley-Horn—one of the nation’s premier planning and design firms. With 12 years of parking and transportation planning experience for healthcare and university campuses, he excels at performing parking management reviews, parking planning studies, demand management strategy plans, feasibility studies and developing mobility plans. He has a LEED AP accreditation and specializes in designing sustainable parking systems that are tailored to the unique environments of healthcare and university campuses and maximize efficiencies. Jeffrey graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He is involved with numerous industry organizations, including the International Parking Institute (IPI), National Parking Association (NPA), Association of Commuter Transportation (ACT), Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety (PEDS) and Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP). Jeffrey also provides leadership for the Urban Land Institute’s Atlanta Advisory Board and the Emerging Leaders Program. |
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Sarah Fisher, General Counsel, The Parking Spot
Sarah A. Fisher is the General Counsel and Chief Government Affairs Officer of The Parking Spot, the country’s leading owner and operator of near-airport parking facilities in the US. In her role and as a member of the company’s senior leadership team, Sarah is responsible for managing all aspects of The Parking Spot’s legal affairs as well as coordinating and overseeing all government affairs activities. |
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John Groden, Vice President, Colonial Airport Parking
John Groden has over 20 years of management experience. He began his career managing physical therapy offices. He began working with Colonial Parking of Philadelphia in 2002 and managed the parking for the Crozer-Keystone Health System in Delaware County, PA for eight years; which consists of five hospitals. In 2010, he became the Operations Manager for Colonial Airport Parking, which is an off-airport parking lot that has been servicing the Philadelphia International Airport since 1988. In April of 2015, Mr. Groden was appointed the Chairman of the Off-Airport Parking Network for the National Parking Association. Mr. Groden holds the Certified Parking Professional (CPP) designation. |
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Chris Hankins, CPP, Vice President, Colonial Airport Parking
Chris Hankins is Vice President of Operations at Colonial Parking. He joined Colonial in 2007 and is responsible for Colonial’s overall operation. This includes forty facilities ranging in size from 20-space parking lots to 1,300-space garages. |
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Jed Hatfield, President, Colonial Parking, Inc. (DE)
Jed Hatfield is President of Colonial Parking and is responsible for operations in the Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania areas. |
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Jeremy Hevener, CPP, Project Manager, Parking Systems, Towne Park
Jeremy Hevener is Project Manager, Parking Systems for Towne Park. He began his career with Towne Park in 2006 as a valet attendant in Irvine, CA. Through professional development Jeremy grew his career up through operations management. After having successfully lead multiple operations for Towne Park in Southern California as well as serving in multiple stretch roles for operations support Jeremy now serves Towne Park’s Parking Systems team as a Project Manager. Jeremy’s current area of responsibility includes the design, procurement and installation management of both Valet and Self-Parking systems. |
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Ashely Hiniker, Transition and Commercial Manager, MasParc
Ashley Hiniker has been the Transition/Commercial Manager for MasParc and Mobility LLC since 2019. |
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Thomas Leathers, Chief Parking Administrator, City of Durham DOT
He has over 24 years of parking management, transit and economic development experience. He managed economic development projects for the City of Durham; parking and transit operations at American University and served as the Deputy General Manager of MetroAccess by Murray’s Transportation. As Manager of the Parking Systems Division, he provides leadership, expertise, and management for parking operations, services, facilities, and programs. He has presented at conferences, including NPA and CTAA, regarding the successful implementation of municipal parking and transit regulations. |
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Stathis Manousos, Business Development, LAZ Parking
Stathis Manousos is VP, Business Development & Regional Manager for LAZ Parking. He has has been with LAZ Parking since 2011 and is currently responsible for assisting the Regional Vice President in managing Connecticut operations, including western Massachusetts and Vermont. |
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Gordon Marrin, Vice President Event Group, LAZ Parking
Gordon Marrin is the Vice President of LAZ Parking’s newly formed Event Division. The Event Division supplies event security, hospitality, ticketing, cleaning and festival parking throughout the country. |
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Brandon Mason, Automotive Director & US Mobility Leader, PwC
Brandon Mason serves as the Americas leader of PwC’s Autofacts group in Detroit, Michigan. He is responsible for maintaining the current and future outlook for North and South America, as well the development of research and analysis on a variety of topics and trends affecting the industry. Brandon also leads the group’s global powertrain forecast. |
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Lisa McGhee, Operations Manager, San Diego Airport Parking Company
Lisa McGhee, is the Operations Manager at San Diego Airport Parking Co. She has been responsible for helping San Diego Airport Parking Company (SDAP) stay ahead of the curve in emission controls and environmental management. SDAP has been at the forefront of AB 32, originally adopting B20 biodiesel for its fuel source in 2010, then moving to renewable biodiesel, and finally in 2015, to electrified transportation. |
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James McQuivey, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
James is the foremost analyst tracking and defining the power and impact of digital disruption on traditional businesses. His consumer models identify the ways consumers have embraced digital experiences and platforms, and his strategy models help companies prepare to serve those consumers. He applies this knowledge to a wide variety of industries, from consumer media to consumer technology, from financial services to retail and consumer products. James is the author of the book Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation. |
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Ben Montgomery, President, Premium Parking Service, LLC
Benjamin Montgomery joined the Premium team in 2008 as Vice President of Business Development. He was instrumental in building the corporate culture and internal systems that continue to drive Premium forward today. He has analyzed, underwritten, and overseen hundreds of parking operations across the country. Additionally, Ben has led the Product Team since 2013, and has been instrumental in ensuring that Premium’s clients have access to the right technology for their operation. In 2016, Ben assumed the role of President for Premium Parking, where he has remained involved in operations at every level, from training to technology and all aspects in between. |
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Tracy Notte, Chief Human Resources Officer, REEF Parking
Tracy Notte is the Chief Human Resources Officer for REEF Parking. |
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John Oglesby, CEO, Parking Whisperer
John Oglesby is the founder & CEO of the The Parking Whisperer a team of parking, transportation, technology, and integrations specialists. |
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Kelsey Owens, Director of Municipal Sales, Passport Labs, Inc.
Kelsey Owens is the Director of Municipal Sales at Passport. At Passport her responsibilities are to foster relationships with municipalities, universities, and private operators throughout the United States and Canada. Kelsey works with parking managers and operators to provide a better parking experience for their constituents through the use of technology. |
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Jeff Perkins, Parkmobile USA, Inc.
Jeff Perkins is Chief Marketing Officer of ParkMobile, the leading provider smart parking and mobility solutions in the U.S. Prior to ParkMobile, Jeff was the CMO of QASymphony where he helped establish the brand and grow revenue 500% over a three-year period. |
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Kathy Phillips, CPP, CIC, Sr. Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Kathy Phillips, CPP is Senior Vice President at Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. |
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Banlusack Phommachanh, Supervisor, University of Delaware
Ban Phommachanh is Field Operations Supervisor at the University of Delaware’s Parking Service Department. Since writing his first parking ticket as a Student Aide for the University of Delaware’s Department of Public Safety in the early 90s, Ban has never stopped thinking about parking. Even after leaving the University of Delaware and during his time working for Amazon.com and then Comcast as a program manager, he has always had to deal with Parking. Since returning to the University of Delaware’s Parking Service as Enforcement Supervisor in 2013, Ban has brought with him his curiosity and experiences in technology and parking from his travels around the country and the world. |
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Antoinette Samuel, MPA, CAE, FASAE, Deputy Executive Director (fmr), National League of Cities
Antoinette Samuel most recently served as the Deputy Executive Director of the National Leagues of Cities (NLC), from 2014 – 2019. NLC is the oldest and largest public sector organization representing the interest of local municipal government in the United States. |
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Mary Smith, PE, Senior Vice President, Walker Consultants
Mary Smith is a Senior Vice President and Senior Director of Parking Consulting for Walker. She is widely acknowledged as one of the leading parking planners and functional designers in the world and is generally considered the parking industry’s “go to” person on vehicle sizes and parking dimensions, parking under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and more recently compliance with the Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). |
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Stephen Smyth, CEO & co-Founder, Coord
Stephen Smyth is the CEO and co-Founder of Coord. Coord makes it easy for software developers to add transport options to their applications. He previously led the investor product team at Prosper, a consumer financial technology company. |
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Matt Sullivan, SpotHero Inc.
Matt Sullivan is Head of Supply at Spot Hero. He has driven a variety of strategic initiatives that capture demand, increase efficiency and maximize revenue for SpotHero’s parking partners in markets across all of North America. |
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Jose Thommana, Chief, Montgomery County, MD
Jose Thommana is the Chief of Parking at the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and has over 22 years of experience in the areas of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Parking, and Economic Development. |
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Casey Wagner, PE, EVP, COO-Houston, Walker Consultants
Casey Wagner is the Chief Operating Officer for Walker Consultants. With over 20 years of experience at Walker, his responsibilities encompass every facet of parking consulting and design. His project expertise includes a wide variety of mixed use, airports, governmental, educational, healthcare and private projects, providing full design, parking consulting and restoration. |
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Rick West, Managing Member, West FSI, LLC
West FSI is the entity through which Rick West advises partner clients and participates as an investor in the parking industry and related sectors. In the past fifteen years this has included over one billion dollars in operating company, parking property and financing transactions. |
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Lee Whittemore, Vice President of Operations, MobileNOW! LLC
Mr. Whittemore is responsible for bringing mobile parking experience to the company and for providing a direct relationship between our platform and your team as well as the end-user customers. During the past 18 years, he has held management positions with cutting edge parking solutions providers, combining his organizational skills with an in-depth understanding of the most recent web and mobile applications. He has a broad understanding of the parking industry and is in charge of all things MobileNOW!. Lee holds a degree in Business from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and operates a private Real Estate firm in North and South Carolina. |
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Matthew Winston, Vice President, Master's Transportation
Matthew Winston is Vice President Master’s Transportation one of the largest providers for the purchase or lease of passenger vehicles ranging in size from full size Motor Coaches to Golf Carts. He is a 20-year veteran in the transportation and hospitality business. |
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Barbara Wolfe, Chief Operating Officer, The Car Park, Inc.
Barbara co-founded The Car Park in 2003 and serves as Chief Operating Officer. The Car Park provides transportation management services to the aviation, university, municipality, commercial, healthcare and hospitality markets. Barbara was previously a human resources senior management professional in the tech industry. |
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Nicole Wylie, General Manager, Central Region, SpotHero Inc.
Nicole Wylie is General Manager, Central Region at SpotHero. Nicole plays a critical role in driving SpotHero’s expansion into a variety of channels (like hospitality, airport and municipality) across many exciting new markets. Prior to joining SpotHero Nicole was the division sale manage at Groupon. |
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Robert Zuritsky, President, Parkway Corporation
Robert Zuritsky is president of Parkway Commercial Properties. He has positioned Parkway as an industry leader in parking management, development, and technology. |