ADVANTEC-USA Announces the Appointment of Carlos Ortiz, PE, TE, PTOE to Chief Executive Officer
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IRVINE, Calif. - Californer -- ADVANTEC Consulting Engineers, a California leader in Transportation, Smart Mobility, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Engineering, has announced that Carlos Ortiz, ADVANTEC Principal and prior Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of ADVANTEC as of July 1, 2022. Carlos has served as ADVANTEC's COO since July of 2015.

"We are pleased to make this announcement and are looking forward to the path forward for ADVANTEC with Carlos as our Chief Executive Officer" indicated Leo Lee, former CEO and current Chairman of the Board for ADVANTEC, "He is a forward-thinking leader who knows the transportation industry extremely well and understands the needs of our company and our clients for smarter, safer, more efficient transportation networks."

After graduating from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Carlos began his career in Transportation Engineering. Carlos is a Licensed Professional Engineer, Professional Traffic Engineer and a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer. He is a past ITE International Director and Board member and was formerly President of ITE Western District. He is currently serving as a Board Member for ITS CA. Carlos has been instrumental in furthering the high technology solutions to traffic and transportation challenges with smart region strategies and technologies.

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"I'm humbled and excited to be elected as the new CEO" indicated Carlos Ortiz, ADVANTEC's newly appointed CEO, "In my new role, I'll be looking forward to support the growth of our firm, while maintaining our company culture and value."

Carlos will continue to bring the highest level of knowledge and over 33 years of award-winning experience to ADVANTEC's clients, while serving the company in this important leadership role. He will be involved in developing high quality business strategies and plans and ensuring their alignment with the short-term and long-term objectives of the company and the clients ADVANTEC serves.

ABOUT ADVANTEC:

ADVANTEC Consulting Engineers is a professional civil and traffic engineering firm specializing in planning, design, and implementation of Roadways, Freeways, Interchanges, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Traffic Engineering, and Transportation Planning.  ADVANTEC's team includes civil, electrical, and traffic engineering personnel who have assisted hundreds of local municipalities, regional transportation agencies and state governments in meeting their transportation and engineering needs. Demands for improved traffic flow on city streets to expansion and changing dynamics of highway geometries to providing safe and reliable multi-modal improvements has put ADVANTEC's technology-based approach to problem solving in high demand across the western United States. http://www.advantec-usa.com/

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