Director of Multimodal Programs and Partnerships

Michael Dinning has extensive experience managing programs to evaluate, demonstrate, and deploy innovations in all modes of transportation. He has worked at Volpe for over 35 years. Recently, he served as director of Transportation Logistics and Security, leading programs to mitigate cyber and physical security risks and to introduce innovative situational awareness and logistics management systems. Prior to that, he was executive director of business development and facilitated new business development across the organization.

Dinning coordinates multimodal initiatives at Volpe. These efforts include freight transportation, big data in transportation, cyber-physical systems, multimodal payment systems, transportation resilience, and other cross-cutting issues. Dinning facilitates collaboration within Volpe and with industry, academia, and government agencies. 

Dinning represents Volpe before a wide variety of transportation and technology industry organizations involved in innovations in transportation and logistics. He is a frequent speaker to industry, academia, and government agencies on intelligent transportation systems and security technologies. Dinning is a recognized expert in applications of advanced payment system technology to transportation and is a co-author of the book Smart Cards: Seizing Strategic Business Opportunities.

Dinning has been recognized by U.S. DOT for his work in deploying advanced technology for public transit systems and developing information technology for logistics management systems.

Dinning received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University.