Chris brings more than 25 years of experience managing a wide variety of planning studies, most recently helping states and regions develop passenger rail and transit system visions and secure federal discretionary funding. Chris has managed GIS software development projects to visualize transit market opportunities, prepared alternatives analyses and federal grant documentation, conducted economic and financial analyses of proposed projects and investment programs, developed scenario planning tools to support decision-making around electrification and climate change, and advised DOTs and transit agencies as they explore strategic issues related to funding, governance, and program implementation. He has supported more than 120 federal discretionary grant applications, prepared benefit-cost analyses for more than 60 successful applications, and helped clients secure more than $6 billion of external funding.