McCain appoints VP of engineering

Intelligent transportation systems supplier McCain has appointed Reza Roozitalab to vice president of engineering. A licenced engineer, Roozitalab has worked for McCain for more than eighteen years, leading the engineering and applications teams in Vista, California and Tijuana, Mexico, making his promotion a natural and seamless transition. In his new role, Roozitalab will continue to provide leadership and guidance to the company’s engineering teams, in addition to overseeing the intelligent transportat
March 5, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Intelligent transportation systems supplier 772 McCain has appointed Reza Roozitalab to vice president of engineering.  A licenced engineer, Roozitalab has worked for McCain for more than eighteen years, leading the engineering and applications teams in Vista, California and Tijuana, Mexico, making his promotion a natural and seamless transition.  In his new role, Roozitalab will continue to provide leadership and guidance to the company’s engineering teams, in addition to overseeing the intelligent transportation solutions group and software development

“Reza is a stand-up guy who has successfully contributed to the advancement of our engineering department since day one,” said Jeffrey L McCain, founder and CEO of McCain. “I have the utmost confidence in his continued ability to lead McCain through forward-thinking product development and streamlined processes that allow the company to operate most efficiently.”

Roozitalab has twenty-six years’ experience in the transportation industry, and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University.  At McCain, he is largely credited with the successful expansion of the applications engineering department that has effectively designed and customised more than 300 types of traffic cabinets for 170/2070, NEMA TS 1/TS 2, and ITS applications.

Throughout his career, Roozitalab has participated in various working groups and standard development committees and is currently on the ITS Cabinet Standard working group.
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