Jorge Riveros is currently employed by the Metropolitan Nashville Public Works Department as the Assistant Director/Chief Engineer. He comes to Nashville by way of the City of Austin Transportation Department where he oversaw the Arterial Management Division (signal engineering, intelligent transportation systems, and the transportation management center), acted as the Program Manager for the City of Austin’s 2016 $720 million Mobility Bond program, and was the Smart Mobility Program Manager in the Smart Mobility Office,which advanced programs to demonstrate, pilot, and prove out emerging mobility technologies to further community initiatives by: creating policies and supporting engineering that promotes the deployment of all mobility technologies/services, and supports Vision Zero, traffic congestion, and air quality management programs; testing and managing connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology, including DSRC and C-V2X; cultivating creative, mutually beneficial public-private partnerships; integrating smart growth concepts into transportation planning (mobility hubs and placemaking); and consulting on data analysis and cybersecurity needs related to smart mobility solutions. He served as the Technical Manager for the City of Tucson’s Smart Cities Challenge proposal and has been interested in Smart City concepts, particularly CAV research and deployments, from his time working collaboratively with faculty in the Systems & Industrial Engineering Department at The University of Arizona and the University of Texas at Austin.
Jorge has over 20 years of diverse engineering and administrative experience, including commercial/municipal civil site development, heavy civil construction contracting, intelligent transportation systems, and public works maintenance. Jorge has served on various national, state, and local committees, boards, and professional organizations, presented/moderated on numerous topics at conferences around the country, and has a successful track record of working collaboratively with national, state, and local partners, public officials, stakeholders, citizens and other public groups, and various research institutions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from The University of Arizona. He is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Arizona, Texas, and Tennessee, a certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, and a certified Traffic Signal Operations Specialist.