VAG Transportation Engineering Consultants, PSC

VAG Transportation Engineering Consultants, PSC (VAGTEC) is a transportation and traffic engineering consulting firm established in Puerto Rico in 2010. With more than 50 years of combined experience, our principals are registered professional engineers with proven track records in the field. In over fifteen years of practice, our dedication to quality has made us the consultant of choice for many of Puerto Rico's leading developers, architects, engineers, and real estate owners, as well as for public-sector clients including the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (PRHTA).

 

VAGTEC is certified as a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the U.S. Small Business Administration under 13 CFR Part 127. Our WOSB status means that 100% of the value of contracts awarded to our firm counts toward Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) participation goals on federally assisted and public-sector projects that recognize SBA certification.

   

  

Vanessa Amado, PhD, PE, FITE

President and Lead Engineer

 

Dr. Amado holds a doctoral degree in civil engineering and over 25 years of experience in transportation engineering research and consulting. She has taught advanced transportation engineering courses at the university level and serves as consultant to several of Puerto Rico's most established development, architecture, and engineering firms. She is a registered professional engineer in Puerto Rico and in the State of Florida. Dr. Amado has managed numerous transportation and highway design projects, including multiple assignments for the PRHTA, and has extensive experience in traffic flow modeling and transportation data analysis. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and of the Eno Center for Transportation.
 

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​Gustavo A. García, PE

Vice President

 

Gustavo holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in Puerto Rico. With over 25 years of experience, his skill set spans both technical and administrative disciplines: traffic engineering, traffic signal systems, traffic data collection and analysis, transportation research, business management and development, accounting and finance, proposal writing, cost estimating and control, scheduling, procurement, contract negotiation and management, quality assurance, and occupational safety and health. Gustavo is an alumnus of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at Babson College in Boston.