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Current Ambassadors — Biographies

Roberto Galvez

Roberto Galvez, Jr. is an Associate Planner in the data collection section of Broward County Transit (BCT) in Pompano Beach, Florida. Prior to entering the transit industry in 2005, he recently graduated from high school in 2003 and attended college, where he eventually received his Bachelors Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, concentrated in Information Technology.

While at BCT, his career started out as an assistant in processing data and reporting ridership statistics. Throughout the years, he expanded his responsibilities and acquired experience in data analysis and transit technology.

His current duties include reporting to the National Transit Database (NTD), performing analyses in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), system and database management of existing transit applications, including the Electronic Fare Collection system and Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) system. He also led the agency in the partnership with Google Transit.

His areas of interest include advanced public transportation systems, data analysis, and information technology.

Currently, he is pursuing a Masters Degree in Computer Science at the University of West Florida. He lives in Coral Springs, FL with his wife April and daughter, Alani.

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