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- Robin D. Cody 
	
		
			
			 
			
			 
			
			 
			
			 
			
			 
			Robin D. Cody 
			 
			is a Fellow of The Business Forum 
		Institute and 
			
			Principal of the Government and 
			Technology Consulting Practice Sunrise Consulting.  Robin is an information technology 
			executive with 37 years of experience in the transportation field. 
			He has almost thirty 
			years of experience working in the public sector, as well as, union 
			environments; creating organizational and operational policies, procedures and business 
			architectures and investment strategies.  He holds a B.S. from 
			Warner Pacific College, Portland, Oregon. Robin was Chief 
			Information Officer  from 1995 to 2008 of  the San Francisco 
			Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Robin is well know in the 
			Pacific States of America for his contributions to executive  
			education, including APTA Information Technology ~ Chair; TransITech 
			(Industry Conference) Founder; APTA Integrated Technology Chair; TRB 
			09 Problem Workshop Panelist; APTA Y2K Task Force ~ Vice Chair; TRB: 
			Synthesis of Transit Practice ~ Panelist; TRB: Electronic Business 
			Strategies for Public Transportation ~ Panelist; TRB: 511 Traveler 
			Information Systems ~ Chair; APTA IT-Procurement ~ Chair.
			
	 
	
	
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