Murat Omay

Murat is a Program Manager at the ITS JPO leading the Data Access and Exchanges Program. Prior to his tenure at the ITS JPO, he served as a Program Manager at the Federal Transit Administration’s Mobility Innovation Office leading the Payment Integration Program, Mobility Performance Metrics Program, Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative, along with the development of strategies to integrate Artificial Intelligence into transit ITS and mobility innovation. Prior to joining the FTA, Murat served as a Principal Transportation Research Scientist at the Battelle Memorial Institute, where he managed ITS technology and policy research programs involving mobility system integration, optimization, sustainability, and resilience. He holds graduate degrees in Sustainable Transportation from University of Washington and Transport Engineering and Planning from Edinburgh Napier University.