Event Management

Date & Time

Wednesday, September 17 at 11am PT/1pm ET

About the Experts 

Ahmed Darrat, Chief Product Officer

Ahmed Darrat is a professional engineer with over 15 years of in-depth expertise in product management, policy development, asset management and maintenance, design, and project delivery in the transportation technology space. He is currently the Chief Product Officer at INRIX leading a team of product managers and designers to deliver traffic, location intelligence, traffic signals, safety, parking, and micromobility solutions. Before joining INRIX, Ahmed spent 10 years in senior management and advisory roles at the Seattle Department of Transportation and the Mayor’s Office in Seattle. He has managed diverse groups of 140+ staff ranging from engineers to construction workers and data specialists while balancing program management of $600M+ a year. Since his time at City of Seattle, Ahmed spent 3 years as a transportation consultant in the Middle East and United States working on design and development of some of the most transportation and mobility technologies in the world both as an advisor to governments and numerous private companies alike. Throughout his career, Ahmed has regularly exhibited the rare ability to transform high-level organization values and objectives into sustainable everyday operations and services that enhance the quality of life of the public. 

Kory Young, Director of City Partnerships 

As Director of City Parternships for INRIX, Kory oversees business development efforts and partnership strategies with public agencies in the western US. With a background in emerging shared mobility, Kory was previously the Head of City Partnerships at Ride Report, where he helped grow the business to over 75 customers and advised public agencies on how to leverage new data types to support mobility programs of all shapes and sizes in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. In addition, he has served on the North American Bikeshare and Scootershare Association (NABSA’s) Research Committee, where he utilized his experience with shared mobility data to inform the development of NABSA’s annual Shared Micromobility State of the Industry report. In his current role, Kory is focused on helping local agencies leverage INRIX’s transportation data and software to meet their strategic planning and operational initiatives. Areas he is particularly passionate about include shared mobility, digital curb management, safety, and urban mobility.  

Michael Schwartz, GM for City Software Solutions 

Michael Schwartz has more than 20 years of experience implementing and overseeing teams working on data-driven transportation plans, policies, and infrastructure. He is currently the General Manager of City Products at INRIX, including Ride Report shared mobility management, Curb Analytics, and the Road Rules software suite. As the former CEO Ride Report, Michael grew the company from its pre-revenue phase to more than 75 customers of shared mobility management software and a footprint in more than 100 shared mobility markets across three continents around the world. Michael has created and implemented his vision of a customer-obsessed company providing the tools, expertise, and technical support public agency staff need to meet their goals in today’s transportation technology landscape and transitioned that effort to INRIX. Prior to working at Ride Report, Michael was a Principal Planner at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority where he led a study of parking-based approaches to congestion pricing and was the SFCTA lead for the Transportation Sustainability Program that included parking as an approach to transportation demand management. Michael was a founding member of the Open Mobility Foundation (OMF) and Mobility Data Specification (MDS) Working Group providing and coordinating regular feedback from the Ride Report team to the OMF GitHub. Michael is now a member of the Curb Data Specification (CDS) Curb Working Group Steering Committee. 

Nat Gale, Head of Product – Vision Zero 

Nat Gale is Head of Product for Safety View at INRIX, a transportation technology company. His career has been focused on safe and complete streets, experience he currently brings to the development of data products and software that help transportation planners and engineers make smart, more informed safety decisions. He previously ran the City of Los Angeles’ Vision Zero program and was the Director of Capital Projects and Operations for the City of Hartford, CT.  

Steve Remias, Head of Product – Signals 

Steve Remias is currently the head of product strategy for signals at INRIX. Steve received his PhD from Purdue University and BSCE from Michigan State. Prior to joining INRIX he was an associate professor of civil engineering at Wayne State University in Detroit. His focus areas include traffic operations, probe vehicle data, traffic signal optimization, performance measurement, and using large data sets to solve transportation problems.