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Michael Huerta has his own consulting firm, MPH Consulting, LLC, which advises clients on transportation policy, technology and financing.
In June 2009 he was elected for a one-year term as Chairman of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
Until recently, Huerta was Group President of ACS Transportation Solutions, a technology services provider supporting transportation agencies worldwide. Huerta led the transportation group within ACS for seven years during which the group achieved double digit growth, broadened its geographic reach into Europe, the Middle East and Asia and expanded its services to support every mode of transportation.
Last fall, Huerta served as a member of President Obama's transition team for the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Before joining ACS, Huerta was a Managing Director with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002. From 1993 to 1998, Huerta served in two senior positions at the Department of Transportation. He was chief of staff to Secretary Rodney E. Slater, and associate deputy secretary of transportation to Secretary Federico Peña.
Before his federal government service, Huerta served as the executive director of the Port of San Francisco and commissioner for the City of New York Department of Ports, International Trade and Commerce.
Huerta received a master's degree in public affairs in international relations and policy analysis from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California at Riverside. He is married to Ann L. Sowder and they and their son, Matthew, live in Washington, D.C.
