Skip to main content

Scott Belcher to become CEO of TIA

President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), Scott F. Belcher, is to become CEO of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) on 9 November, 2014 after serving for seven years at the helm of ITS America. During his tenure, ITS America significantly grew its membership and public profile as the champion and leading voice for the use of technology to create a safer, smarter, more efficient and sustainable transportation system. From vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
October 9, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (560 ITS America), Scott F. Belcher, is to become CEO of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) on 9 November, 2014 after serving for seven years at the helm of ITS America.
 
During his tenure, ITS America significantly grew its membership and public profile as the champion and leading voice for the use of technology to create a safer, smarter, more efficient and sustainable transportation system. From vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication and automated vehicle technologies to electronic tolling and payment systems, smart traffic signals and transportation management centres, and new mobility apps and services like ride-sharing, car-sharing, smart parking and real-time transit and traveller information, ITS America has been on the leading edge of advancing and promoting innovative technologies that are changing the future of transportation.
 
“We are extremely grateful to Scott for his exceptional leadership and vision over the past seven years,” said Kirk Steudle, director of the 1688 Michigan Department of Transportation and Chair of the ITS America Board of Directors. “Coming off the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Detroit last month, ITS America is uniquely positioned to continue bringing the transportation and high-tech communities together to lead the drive for greater innovation and smarter technology and policy solutions. Under Scott’s leadership ITS America has set a new bar when it comes to advancing highway and automotive safety, improving mobility, and advocating for a modern, connected vehicle and infrastructure network.”
 
According to Belcher, “I’m looking forward to continuing to work with ITS America to strengthen collaboration between the transportation, automotive and telecommunication industries. ITS America is positioned for even greater success and I look forward to witnessing the new technologies that are making our roads safer and our infrastructure smarter in the future.”
 
ITS America’s Board will begin a national search for its next president and CEO immediately. Executive Vice President Thomas E. Kern will take over as interim president and CEO beginning on 1 November.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Q-Free touts integration of acquired solutions at ITS America
    January 13, 2016
    Q-Free subsidiary Intelight announced today it has named Michael Wieck as its new CEO. Wieck most recently served as CTO of SWARCO Traffic Americas and brings a diverse ITS background that has spanned 20 years.
  • Gearing up for IntelliDrive cooperative traffic management
    February 1, 2012
    Beginning in the first quarter of 2010 it became evident that the IntelliDrivesm programme direction had been reestablished, by the USDOT's ITS Joint Program Office (JPO), after being adrift for a few years. The programme was now moving toward a deployment future and with a much broader stakeholder involvement than it had exhibited previously. By today not only is it evident that the programme was reestablished with a renewed emphasis on deployment, it is also apparent that it is moving along at a faster pa
  • Linux Foundation’s Jim Zemlin keynote speaker at ITS America 2016
    April 19, 2016
    Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation, will take centre stage at ITS America 2016 San Jose on Tuesday, 14 June as the keynote speaker for day two of the event, The Infrastructure of Things. Before taking the helm at the Linux Foundation, Zemlin worked at startups in Silicon Valley, including Covalent and Corio. His career started in telecom at Western Wireless. Zemlin advises a variety of startups, including Splashtop, and sits on the boards of the Global Economic Symposium, Open Sou
  • WTS and Latinos in Transit sign MoU
    January 2, 2023
    Formal agreement aims to promote interests of women and minorities in transport