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PTV appoints Gabriel Sanchez to manage expansion in the Americas

January 15, 2019 Read time: 1 min
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PTV has appointed Gabriel Sanchez as regional director of PTV America, where he will be responsible for the company’s expansion in North and South America.

The appointment is part of the company’s strategy to expand its transport planning and traffic simulation business to include mobility solutions such as Mobility as a Service, ITS and urban logistics.

Prior to joining PTV, Sanchez served as an international ITS business and strategy consultant. He provided advisory services to a host of big private sector names, including  Trafficware, Eberle Design, Swarco, Econolite, Iteris and Wavetronix, as well as to public agencies such as the US Trade & Development Agency and the Abu Dhabi municipality, United Arab Emirates. Before that, he was executive vice president of the 2015 International Road Federation and has also served as director of international business of ITS America.

Currently, PTV has offices in Arlington, Virginia and Portland, Oregon in the US, Mexico City, Mexico, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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