To Dev Rastogi, a high speed rail and the Texas Hyperloop aren’t the only exciting transportation technologies on the horizon. The VP at AECOM is part of gamechanging ideas - like electrifying roadways and automated/connected vehicles—that could soon transform our day-to-day lives.

As the vice president multinational engineering firm AECOM, Dev is armed with innovation, determination, and ingenuity. Dev has more than three decades of experience and continues to lay the foundation for AECOM to be a premier infrastructure firm, leading two major infrastructure game changers - the Texas Hyperloop and Automated Bus Consortium -  that could redefine transportation.

Dev was featured in Dallas Innovates discussing the importance of empowering women, minorities, and young engineers as they work to create the future of transportation.

Helping cities break down systemic obstacles

Dev, who is described as being "armed with...determination, and ingenuity", makes innovation a priority while ensuring her projects make a positive change within and beyond Dallas. As part of this commitment to positive change, Dev explains how AECOM is "exploring measures that will help cities break down systemic obstacles by applying an equity lens to enhance planning processes."

"Every engineer owes it to the communities we love to follow through," she adds.

Outside of work, she mentors female engineers to help advance their careers. “Supporting women, minorities, and young engineers grow and develop in their careers is very important to me, and at AECOM, I’m fortunate to call many trailblazing female engineers my coworkers. I try to empower every engineer to believe in themselves and to teach them the importance of making connections and building networks within and beyond the AE industry. It is these relationships that make for a remarkable career," she explains.

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