Michael Dogan - Senior Rail & Transit Consultant and Project Manager

Name: Michael Dogan

Profile: Senior Rail & Transit Consultant and Project Manager with 25 Years of Experience

Email: MichaelDogan@gmail.com

Phone: (315) 310-2756

Computer Software

Oracle / SAP ERP & Financial Management 80%

MS Project /Primavera 90%

MS Office Suite / Google Docs 95%

MS Teams & SharePoint / Slack 95%

About me

Principal Consultant, Rail Control Systems, with AtkinsRéalis' Community & Intermodal Infrastructure group.

Officially my job is to support clients in the successful planning and execution of complex portfolios of change encountered with implementing their rail and transit projects. That includes resource planning & management, financial planning & tracking, commercial & vendor management, technical leadership & delivery scheduling.

In simpler terms, I specialize in streamlining complex projects to ensrue timely, budget-friendly, and safe outcomes.

Resume

A results-driven leader with a proven track record in managing complex, global projects across six continents. Known for leveraging engineering expertise and business acumen to reduce costs and generate efficiencies while ensuring quality, safety, and customer satisfaction. Skilled at establishing cultures of accountability while leading, developing, and empowering high performance teams.

High Impact Results

@AtkinsRéalis

Directed a specialized team in conducting comprehensive reviews of Postive Train Control Safety Plans (PTCSP) for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Directed team in reviewing documentation for the Federal Railroad Administration, ensuring safety & risk assessment as well as regulatory compliance of Positive Train Control (PTC) implementations.

Instrumental in development of PTCSPs for Long Island Rail Road & Florida Dept. of Transportation’s SunRail. Supported development and approval of the PTCSP for both systems. Oversaw design, installation, testing, and system integration and installation of PTC equipment onboard locomotives in Florida.

@RailComm

Turned around division, saving $1.3M while driving quality and improving customer satisfaction to 96%. Implemented a PMO, providing end-to-end improvement in project forecasting, quality standards, governance, and agility. Drove operational excellence by breaking down silo operations. Process improvements reduced SG&A 20%.

@Ansaldo STS

Major contributor on international award-winning Copenhagen driverless metro project, the world’s first fully driverless train control system certified to strict European CENELEC standards. The project’s success led to additional projects in Italy, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and the US, generating hundreds of millions of dollars.

Secured $10M, despite delayed product development component required for acceptance test. Payment was due on completion of Factory Acceptance Test. That test could not be run because a key circuit board was not ready for delivery. Built on solid relationship and negotiated with customer to agree to pay based on unit testing of components.

Key Projects

Positive Train Control Safety Plan Review Support Effort

Federal Railroad Administration, Nationwide

As as a Senior Program Manager and Subject Matter Expert (SME), I lead a global team in supporting the Federal Railroad Administration's review and approval of PTCSPs.

Positive Train Control for the Central Florida Rail Corridor

Florida Department of Transportation / SunRail, Sanford FL

Project Manager providing engineering consulting services and oversight of the Positive Train Control (PTC) vendor as part of a program management services contract, including oversight of the design, installation, testing, system integration and monitoring of revenue services demonstration testing services.

Engineering Services in Support of Long Island RailRoad Positive Train Control Initiatives

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) / Long Island Rail Road, New York NY

Project Manager and subject matter expert supporting Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the development of its Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) and Configuration Management for the PTC project as required by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

American Rail Dispatching Center Software as a Service Computer Aided Dispatch System

Genesee & Wyoming / St. Albans City, Vermont

Executive Sponsor and head of Project Engineering & Technical Support overseeing American Rail Dispatching Center's (ARDC) Software as a Service (SaaS) Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. This system supported Genesee & Wyoming's four North American regions, serviing 42 states and four Canadian provinces and included 113 short line and regional freight railroads with more than 13,000 miles of track.

Driverless Unattended Metro Projects

Rome Line C / Milan Line 5 / Brescia Metro / Copenhagen Metro / Thessaloniki / Riyadh

Senior Program Manager for Ansaldo STS responsible for the design, build, testing, commissioning and safety certification of the Automatic Train Control (ATC) systems consisting of an integrated system of wayside signaling and vital equipment, on-board/carborne Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system and Automatic Train Operation (ATO) system, and central office Operation Control Center (OCC) with the Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) system as well as Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) and other technical subsystems including intrusion detection, platform screen doors, obstacle detection, fire detection and suppression, passenger information systems, and ticketing systems.

Professional Experience

AtkinsRéalis, Roanoke, VA 2016 - Present

A world-leading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people.

Principal Consultant - Rail Control Systems, Engineering, Design & Project Management

Instrumental in winning a dozen lucrative contracts with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to review Positive Train Control Safety Plans (PTCSP) nationwide.
Oversee teams of rail subject matter experts, electrical engineers, human factors experts, safety engineers, and configuration management experts from the US, UK and Canada.
Project Manager on a number of Positive Train Control Safety Plan Review projects for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), and the Central Florida Rail Corridor (CFRC)/SunRail (FDOT).
Commercial Manager on the ACS-64 Locomotives & Multi-Level Passenger Car procurement project for SEPTA.

RailComm (now Tracsis), Fairport, NY 2012 - 2016

A premier provider of software-based rail automation.

Vice President - Project Delivery (2013 to 2016)

Recognized with increased leadership, taking over larger team (50% of company) within months of tenure.
Directed multi-site (350+ global sites), cross-functional project operations for ~40 concurrent projects, 27 maintenance contracts, 22 SaaS contracts, and 20 parts orders.
Managed full project lifecycle leading teams of project managers, systems engineers, applications engineers, software developers, quality assurance engineers, manufacturing and procurement, and customer support.
Improved delivery times and gross margins by automating reporting, enabling issues analysis and solutions.
Projects included: Dispatching Systems – supporting both Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) and Track Warrant Control (TWC), Classification Yard and Intermodal Terminal Container Facility Automation, Automated Blue Flag Protection Systems, and Automated Heater Control Systems.

Director Project Engineering (2012 to 2013)

Reorganized project engineering, dividing group into small functional teams; standardized processes and leveraged employee strengths.
Established robust tracking and monitoring with KPIs for project delivery and customer service.

Ansaldo STS / Union Switch & Signal, (now Hitachi Rail), Rome, Italy / Pittsburgh, PA 1999 - 2012

A fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signalling, operation, service & maintenance, digital technology and turnkey.

Senior Project Manager - Executive Advisor (2009 to 20012) / Program Manager (2007 to 2009)

Led driverless automatic train control projects with $180M P&L and a 100 person global team.
Established goals, tracked performance, managed project reporting, and ensured employee health and safety.
Developed project management curriculum and training.
Managed wayside, onboard, and dispatch systems for a portfolio of Driverless Automatic Train Control projects.
Directed design, build, testing, commissioning and safety certification of the Automatic Train Control systems.