Project Manager • Researcher • Teacher

Core Competencies

Traffic Planning and Engineering • ITS Integration • Data Collection, Research & Evaluation • Training Course Design

Financial Planning & Cost Strategy • Federal Regulations Expertise • Project & Program Management • Teaching and Training

Professional Experience

Principal

Jeffrey Trombly and Associates                                                                                         2017- Present

Developed methodology to track connected vehicle technology for ITS Joint Program Office under contract to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Senior Transportation Analyst

Science Applications International Corporation, Oak ridge, TN                                         1993-2016

Significantly contributed as project manager for 75 research and planning projects for local, state, and federal transportation studies and improvement projects ensuring a balanced approach to meeting travel demands and federally mandated requirements. Developed and delivered 50 courses and training seminars addressing current topics fundamental to successful transportation research and planning projects, and finance strategies for ITS deployment.

Dr. Trombly is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has completed 26 courses on project and program management principles and procedures, through both the Project Management Institute and SAIC University.  He served as an instructor for SAIC University where he taught project management courses to SAIC employees throughout the company.

Research / Projects:

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Deployment Tracking Project: Provided support to the ORNL on behalf of the USDOT in conducting national surveys of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); developed, distributed, and analyzed over 2,000 surveys and prepared annual reports.
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Operations: Served as Project Manager for numerous task orders covering a range of topics including long-term truck parking, on-line training, and road weather deployment.
  • Jason’s Law Truck Parking Study: Project Manager for Congressionally mandated study of national long term truck parking needs; conducted inventory and analysis of driver needs and available facilities to identify shortages.
  • (V2P) On-Line Training Course for VMT Estimation:   Served as Project Manager for the development of on-line training course to train state and federal staff on the development and application of VMT and vehicle classification data.
  • Road Weather Information System Environmental Sensor Station (ESS) Siting Guidelines: Project Manager for development of a document that outlined requirements for siting ESS.
• Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency (SDDCTEA): Served as Project Manager for traffic engineering and installation access needs at Fort Stewart, GA and Lackland AFB, TX including analysis of short-term and long term needs, project recommendations and costs to mitigate problems identified.

 Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Tennessee                                                                                                   1994-2011, 2017

Developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses on transportation engineering.  Topics covered included transportation planning process, transportation modeling, project evaluation, and engineering economy.

Training Courses:

• National Highway Institute (NHI):
• Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract – Traffic Operations and Intelligent Transportation Systems
• ITS and the Transportation Planning Process
• Financial Planning and Programming for metropolitan planning organizations (MPO)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Innovative Finance and Statewide Financial Planning
• Workshop on Transportation Air Quality Analysis (Workshop, Co-Instructor)
• Fundamentals of Air Quality for Highway Planning and Development
• Innovative Project Delivery and Financing Strategies for ITS Deployment
• Nondestructive Concrete Testing” for Federal Highway Administration

Senior Transportation Analyst, Statewide Systems and Program Planning Bureau

New York State Department of Transportation

Held accountability for statewide systems planning to develop a Congestion Management System (CMS) in response to ISTEA mandates and New York State “Goal Oriented Programming Process.” Guided MPOs in developing local CMSs. Prepared alternative highway funding allocation approaches for Suburban Highway Improvement Program.

 Associate Transportation Planner

Roger Creighton Associates, Inc.

Served as project manager for numerous planning, travel demand, and cost strategy studies with many requiring detailed report findings and recommendations for efficiency and cost savings initiatives.

 Education & Certifications

University of Tennessee, KNOXVILLE, TN

Ph.D., Civil Engineering

MSP, Urban and Regional Planning

State University of New York, Plattsburgh, ny

BA, Geography

 Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

National Highway Institute Certified Instructor (2002)

 Selected Articles, Presentations & Reports

• “Tool Customization for Freight Data Application.” Presentation at Transportation Research Board (TRB) webinar conducted May 26, 2016.
• “Dealing With Truck Parking Demands: National Cooperative Research Board Synthesis Report 317.  Transportation Research Board: Washington, DC. 2003.
• “Feasibility Assessment of the Use of Transit Bus Driving Simulators.” Report Prepared for the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office (JPO), 2012.
• “Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Summary Of the 2013 National Survey Results.” Report Prepared for the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office (JPO), 2014.