Dr. Tom Bradley conducts research and teaches a variety of courses in system engineering, multidisciplinary optimization, and design. His work primarily focuses on applications in Automotive and Aerospace System Design, Energy System Management, and Lifecycle Assessment.  

 Throughout his career, Dr. Bradley has coauthored over 75 peer reviewed archival papers, including seminal contributions to Model-Based Systems Engineering, the design and development of plug in hybrid electric vehicles, and the lifecycle assessment of biofuels. He is also an active member of the academic community as author of nearly 200 conference publications and academic reports. Since 2008, Dr. Bradley has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator for securing $22.8 million in research funding.  

 Dr. Bradley holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, completed in 2008, and both an M.S and B.S in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Davis earned in 2003 and 2000.

John Gonzales is a senior engineer for technical assistance and deployment of alternative fuel vehicles for the Clean Cities Coalition Network, a position housed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He works with the Natural Gas Vehicle Technology Forum and researches gaseous fuel storage equipment. In addition to his natural gas expertise, John spends considerable time providing technical assistance on a variety of propane and electric vehicle projects.

Before coming to NREL, John worked for the Natural Fuels Corporation promoting natural gas as an alternative fuel for automobiles, trucks, and buses. As the fleet manager for Adams 12 Five Star School District in suburban Denver, Colorado—a district of 42,000 students—he was responsible for 140 school buses and 120 support vehicles, also overseeing vehicle maintenance and custodial equipment. John’s hands-on experience helps him relate to the concerns of fleet managers who are adopting and using a variety of alternative fuels and advanced technologies.

John graduated from the University of Southern Colorado with a B.S. in automotive parts and service management. He has served as a board member for the American Lung Association of Colorado, as chairman of the Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition, and as chairman for the Colorado Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Fleet Management Association.

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Prior to joining CALSTART, Jessie worked with RMI and the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) to advance trucking efficiency and electrification. Her background also includes work on transit bus electrification, charging infrastructure buildout, policy, urban sustainability, stakeholder engagement and facilitation, and project management. Jessie served as the City and County of Denver’s Sustainability Program Coordinator before joining RMI. Jessie earned a M.Sc. in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University and a BA in International Studies from the University of Missouri. Jessie is the Co-Lead of the Colorado Front Range Chapter of Women of EVs (WEV).

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Robert manages DRCOG’s Mobility Analytics Program, focusing on air quality, regional congestion, and travel modeling.  He works with regional, state, and federal agencies to prepare environmental analyses of regional transportation plans and leads DRCOG’s transportation planning/environmental integration activities, including working towards the DRCOG Board’s goals to drastically reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector.

Robert earned his BA in Geography and his Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado – Denver. He has worked at DRCOG since 2007, including time as a Travel Modeling Technician and a Transportation Improvement Program Planner.

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Tyler Svitak has built his career solving problems at the intersection of technology and urbanism. Tyler has held strategic roles advancing connected, automated, and electric mobility initiatives at the City and County of Denver, Colorado Department of Transportation, and American Lung Association in Colorado, where he led or contributed to some of the most innovative smart mobility projects and policies in the country.

Tyler became the Executive Director of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance in 2019, which is the first and only statewide coalition of public, private, academic and research organizations committed to advancing smart cities initiatives across sectors and jurisdictions. Tyler leads the membership-based organization as it develops a new model for project identification, replication, and scale.

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