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International Chinese Transportation Professionals
Association
國 際 華 人 交 通 運 輸 協 會
2 Ada, Suite 250, Irvine, California 92618, Website: www.ictpa.org
ICTPA President
Endi Zhai
(Kleinfelder, Inc.)
1 st Vice President
Pei-Sung Lin
(University of S. Florida)
2 nd Vice President
Dennis Li
(TÜV SÜD Hong Kong)
Immediate Past
President
Mike Houh
(Precision Systems, Inc.)
Chapter Presidents
Pei-Sung Lin
(Florida Chapter)
Francis Lung
(Hong Kong Chapter)
Joanna Liu
(N. California Chapter)
Mengzhao Hu
(S. California Chapter)
Fengxiang Qiao
(Texas Chapter)
Leo Tsang
(US Northeast Chapter)
Allen Yang
(Washington DC Chapter))
Joel Shon
(Taiwan Representative)
Transportation P3 and CMGC Project Delivery Training Seminar
– Private-Public-Partnership (P3) and Construction Manager/General
Contractor (CMGC)
Friday, March 1, 2013 12:00pm-5:00pm
LA Metro 3F Board Room, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
12:00pm-1:00pm:
1:00pm-1:05pm:
1:05pm-1:15pm:
Lunch and Networking
Opening Remarks by President of ICTPA
Welcome Speech by Doug Failing, Executive
Director of Metro’s Highway Programs
1) Keynote Presentation (1:15pm-1:45pm): Public-Private-Partnership (P3)
Delivery - Caltrans Perspectives, Invited Speaker: Mr. Kome Ajise,
Caltrans Deputy Director and P3 Program Manager, Sacramento, CA
2) Keynote Presentation (1:50pm-2:20pm): Public-Private-Partnership (P3)
Delivery - Industry Perspectives, Invited Speaker: Mr. Pierce Homer,
Transportation Director, Moffatt & Nichol, Richmond, VA (Former
Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia).
Coffee Break (2:25pm-2:55pm)
3) Keynote Presentation (2:55pm-3:25pm): Case Studies of P3
Transportation Project Delivery – Experience and Lesson Learned,
Invited Speaker: Mr. Thomas W. Pelnik III, Senior Vice President, ACS
Infrastructure Development, Inc., Coral Gables, FL. (former Director of
Innovative Delivery Division of Virginia DOT)
4) Keynote Presentation (3:30pm-4:00pm): How to Successfully Implement
Transportation CM/GC Projects, Invited Speaker: Ms. Jenica
Finnerty, Assistant Chief of Project Management, Nevada Department of
Transportation.
5) Panel Discussions (4:05pm-4:55pm): Efficient and Effective Alternative
Project Delivery for California Transportation Projects, Moderator:
Doug Failing, Panelists: All Keynote Speakers.
Closure (4:55pm-5:00pm)
Douglas Failing, PE
Executive Director, LA Metro
Kome Ajise
Caltrans Deputy Director
Pierce Homer
Transportation Director of M&N
Tom Pelnik
Senior Vice President of ACS
Executive Director
Alice Kuo
(University of Kansas)
Online Registration: www.ictpa.org
Cost:
Early-bird before 2/15/13, $65 regular; Free for
Owner Agencies/Students (including coffee and presentation
PDF slides)
After 2/15/13, $80 regular; $15 Owners/Agencies/Students.
Walkins without RSVP add $10 additional
Jenica Finnerty
Assistant Chief of Project
Management, NDOT

International Chinese Transportation Professionals
Association
國 際 華 人 交 通 運 輸 協 會
2 Ada, Suite 250, Irvine, California 92618, Website: www.ictpa.org
Bios of the Prestigious Speakers
Mr. Failing is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Highway Program for Los Angeles County
Metro where he is responsible for Delivery of the nearly $8 billion Measure R Highway Program. Before
joining LA Metro, he was the Director of Caltrans District 7. In 2006, Failing was chosen by the Los
Angeles Times’ West Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in Southern California. In
addition, Los Angeles Magazine highlighted Mr. Failing in their December, 2006 issue as one of the most
influential people in Los Angeles.
Douglas Failing, PE
Executive Director LA
Metro Highways
Failing earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University
in Houghton in 1980 and was hired at Caltrans in June of 1980 as a Junior Civil Engineer.
Kome Ajise began his career with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in 1987 in
District 6 (Fresno). In 2000, Kome was appointed the first Office Chief for the Caltrans Headquarters
Office of Community Planning in Sacramento. This office became the focal point for Caltrans’ smart
growth initiatives and promoted transportation-based smart growth planning activities. From February
2001, Kome served as the North Region Environmental Division Chief until April 2004 when he was
appointed as the District 10 Director in Stockton, California. The eight-county District 10 covers the
central Sierras, including four trans-sierra mountain passes, and northern San Joaquin Valley is a goods
movement gateway from the valley into the Bay Area and north.
He is currently serving as Program Manager of the Public Partnership Program and Deputy Director for
Planning and Modal Programs at Caltrans Headquarters.
Kome has a BS degree in Geography and Regional Planning from the University of Benin, Nigeria, and a
Master of City and Regional Planning degree from CSU Fresno.
Kome Ajise
Caltrans Deputy Director and
P3 Program Manager
Pierce Homer
Transportation Director of M&N
Pierce Homer currently serves as Moffatt & Nichol’s Transportation Director and was recently appointed
Co-Chair of The American Road & Transportation Builder Association’s Ports and Waterways Council. With
more than 25 years of executive experience in transportation, land use and public-private partnerships,
Pierce brings his knowledge and professional expertise to transportation infrastructure projects worldwide.
Before joining Moffatt & Nichol, Pierce was the longest-serving Secretary of Transportation for the
Commonwealth of Virginia and led a $4.5 billion annual program spanning all modes of transportation and
employing more than 10,500 employees. As Secretary, he led the development of nationally recognized
programs in public-private partnerships; land use and transportation integration; freight and passenger rail
enhancements; organizational accountability; and fiscal and financial transparency.
Prior to his appointment as Secretary of Transportation, Pierce served as Virginia Deputy Secretary of
Transportation.
Pierce is a graduate of University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs where he
received his M.P.A. He received his B.A. from Haverford College.

International Chinese Transportation Professionals
Association
國 際 華 人 交 通 運 輸 協 會
2 Ada, Suite 250, Irvine, California 92618, Website: www.ictpa.org
Bios of the Prestigious Speakers
Tom Pelnik
Senior Vice President of ACS
Tom Pelnik is currently the Senior Vice President of ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc. based in
Richmond, Virginia. He is responsible for company-wide business development. Before joining ACS, Tom
Pelnik was the director of the Innovative Project Delivery Division for the Virginia Department of
Transportation. He was responsible for developing and implementing a statewide program for project
delivery via design-build, the Virginia Public Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA), and other
contracting methods that expedite or improve project completion. The division is also responsible for
oversight of consultant procurement policy establishment, compliance, and guidance. Prior to joining VDOT
in March 2000, he was an engineering consultant in Boston, Massachusetts and in Richmond, Virginia.
Pelnik obtained a MS degree in civil engineering from University of Rhode Island in 1987, and a BS
degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1985.
Jenica Finnerty is currently the Assistant Chief of Project Management for the Nevada
Department of Transportation. She has 18 years of progressive experience with NDOT and
currently oversees a team of 7 project managers and a 10 year transportation program of more
than $3 billion. In her time in Project Management, she has been involved in several initiatives to
streamline project delivery at NDOT including Construction Manager/General Contractor
(CMGC). Jenica began work on NDOT’s efforts to implement its CMGC program in late 2009
and was instrumental in successfully gaining legislative approval to utilize this delivery method in
July 2011, for a 2 year period. Jenica leads the program management team implementing the
CMGC program including the establishment of policies and procedures, coordination with the
construction industry, legislative review, identification of candidate projects, planning,
procurement and construction. NDOT is currently working on 4 projects with estimates ranging
from $2 to $25 million in various stages from planning to construction.
Jenica Finnerty
Assistant Chief of Project
Management, NDOT