David A. Boaté, P.E., has joined Gannett Fleming, an international planning, design, and
construction management firm. Based in the firm's New York City office, Boaté
serves as vice president and director of transit and rail for the Northeast
Region, responsible for the daily operational management, business development,
strategic growth, and profitability of the firm in the transit and rail
industries.
With
more than 25 years of engineering and leadership experience, Boaté is accomplished
in the planning, design, and management of rail and mass transportation
projects and business initiatives. Prior to joining Gannett Fleming, Boaté
worked as the director of major capital transit projects for VHB, an
engineering consulting firm based in Newtown, Mass., where he served as the
firm's project manager for the engineering and design of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line
Extension. Boaté previously served as a vice president for AECOM.
Boaté
is an active member in the American Public Transportation Association and is a
graduate of Leadership APTA's 2008-2009 class. Also, he is a member of the
Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Rail Transit Infrastructure Committee AR
055, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Women's Transportation Seminar,
and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. A registered professional engineer in multiple states, Boaté holds a
bachelor of science in urban and environmental engineering from the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is a resident of East Windsor, N.J.
