Bill Shao is a Principal Engineer with the City of Los Angeles. Currently the LADOT-lead for LA Metro's Capital Transit Design-Build and City's Capital ATSAC programs, he previously led LADOT's Design, Construction Management, Signal Systems, and ITS programs. Almost a 3-decade veteran with the City, he has been an instructor for Tech Transfer and formerly for LA Metro. An active participant of FHWA and TRB-NCHRP research panels, he holds a MS in Transportation Management from San Jose State University, a MS in Transportation Systems Engineering, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Shao is a California-registered Civil Engineer and Traffic Engineer.

Mr. Hennessey is the Director of Transportation and Public Works for the City of Santa Rosa, CA. He has worked for more than 17 years in transportation and mobility planning and traffic engineering, with a focus in multimodal transportation planning and traffic engineering design prioritizing user safety. In his role as TPW Director for the City of Santa Rosa, Dan oversees the City's transportation planning and traffic engineering teams, its capital projects teams, its streets and parks maintenance divisions, and its CityBus local transit service, as well as City-owned facilities and the City's vehicle fleet. Dan is a recognized Fellow member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and currently serves as Chair of the ITE Transportation Planning Council. Dan graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (2007) and from the University of California, Berkeley, with an M.S. in Civil Engineering (2008).