Randell H. Iwasaki

Director

Randell "Randy" Iwasaki is the Director of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

Iwasaki manages the day-to-day operation of the Department, including an operating budget of $14 billion and almost 23,000 employees.

A licensed civil engineer, Iwasaki has been with Caltrans for almost 25 years serving in a number of high profile engineering and management
positions.

From July 2004 to November 2004, Iwasaki was appointed as the Department's Interim Director where he was responsible for California's state transportation system, including more than 50,000 lane miles of state highways stretching from Mexico to Oregon and from the Pacific Ocean to Nevada and Arizona.

During his Caltrans career, Iwasaki has spearheaded a number of transportation engineering innovations in California including the use of old tires in rubberized asphalt, the installation of LED red lights saving the state taxpayers more than $2 million a year in power costs, and conversion of the Caltrans equipment fleet to clean burning fuels.

Iwasaki also serves on a number of national transportation panels. The panels include co-chairing an effort to encourage development and application of quiet pavement technologies to reduce highway noise in the United States. He is also the Technology Coordinating Committee Chair for the renewal portion of the Strategic Highway Research Program and most recently appointed the Chairman of ITS America.

Iwasaki earned his bachelor's degree in Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a Master's in Engineering from California State University, Fresno.