U.S. DOT Research
and Innovative Technology Administration Names Joseph M. Monti Director of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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RITA 02-08
Kim Riddle
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Joseph M. Monti has been
named the new director of the John A.
Volpe National Transportation
Systems Center
in Cambridge, MA,
Paul Brubaker, administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA), announced today. Volpe is a federal center of
transportation and logistics expertise that provides analytical, scientific,
and engineering support to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and others.
“Joe Monti will help advance RITA’s
center of transportation innovation and continue its history of supporting
critical efforts to address the nation’s most pressing transportation
priorities,” Brubaker said.
Since 2004, Monti served as the
Director of the Sensors and SONAR Systems Department for the Naval Undersea
Warfare Center (NUWC) Division in Newport, RI. At the NUWC, Monti directed a workforce of
more than 500 federal employees, 250 contractors, and was responsible for over
$200 million in U.S. Navy programs. He
also established the Strategic Planning & Business Development Office at
NUWC and directed and implemented the strategic planning, development and
execution of new technical programs to address rapidly evolving Navy
requirements and transformation initiatives.
Since the start of Monti’s federal
career in 1983, he has held numerous technical and leadership positions at NUWC
including chief scientist for the Critical Sea Test Program, director of the
Technology & Advanced Systems Program Office, and director of the Concept
Development Division. He also served as the program manager and chief scientist
for the joint U.S. Navy and NATO Strategic Allied Command Atlantic Undersea
Warfare Center Research Center Shallow Water Active SONAR Program.
Monti has been a key contributor to
establishing undersea warfare mission requirements and war fighting
capabilities for Navy transformational programs, such as 21st Century Destroyer, Unmanned Surface Vehicle and Littoral Combat Ship.
Monti earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in marine biology from the University
of Massachusetts and a Master of
Science in Ocean Engineering and Executive Masters in Business Administration
from the University of Rhode
Island. He
recently completed the Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
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