Ermias G. Weldesenbet is a Director at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is also an Economist with over 20 years of experience working in the public sector, academia, and consulting in transportation, policy and regulatory analysis, macroeconomics, trade and development, research, modeling, and statistical analysis, development of analysis and evaluation tools, program and asset management, and teaching/training. Proficient in several data analysis and management software. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne.