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CURRICULUM VITAE - GEORGE A. GAVALLA <br />11 Cherry Hill Road — Norwich, CT 06360 <br />Tel. (860)-886-8104 — Cell (860) 912-5144 <br />Ggavalla@aol.com <br />PROFILE National railroad safety executive. Program architect, leader, and negotiator. Skilled <br />troubleshooter. Senior US Government leader with corporate and union experience. <br />International background as consultant and liaison. Broad intellectual perspective. <br />• 38 years' railroad safety experience in positions of strategic and leadership <br />responsibility. <br />• President Triad Consulting, a railroad safety and security consulting firm with affiliates <br />in every railroad operating discipline. <br />• Former Associate Administrator for Safety, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). <br />Head of the agency's Office of Safety, directed the Federal government's railroad <br />accident investigation, safety inspection and safety enforcement programs. Led large <br />scale comprehensive safety investigations on the major railroad's in the U.S. to identify <br />safety risks and implement safety improvement action plans. Senior FRA liaison to <br />industry leaders, White House, Federal agencies, the Congress and State legislatures. <br />• Has testified before Congress, the National Transportation Safety Board, and other <br />federal and state agencies regarding railroad safety matters. <br />• Multiple appearances and interviews on CNN, 60 Minutes II, National Public Radio, New <br />York Times, Washington Post, and numerous other news media outlets as a rail safety and <br />security expert. <br />• During my tenure as head of the Office of Safety, the railroad industry achieved the <br />lowest levels of rail -related fatalities and injuries in its history, all rail -related fatalities <br />fell by 19%, employee fatalities by 48% and grade crossing fatalities by 28%. Also led <br />FRA's most productive era for promulgation of new safety standards and regulations. <br />• Advanced studies in International Relations and History, Georgetown University. <br />• Served as Director of Research, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, National <br />Headquarters (1991-95). Assistant General Chairman, Brotherhood of Railroad <br />Signalmen (1984-91). Connecticut State Legislative Representative (1989-91). Hands-on <br />experience as Communications and Signal Maintainer, Consolidated Rail Corporation <br />(1976-84). Congressional Intern, U.S. House of Representatives (1974). <br />• " . significant factor in improving safer procedures and practices in the industry... <br />strong leadership ..ability to hear all sides ...primary Office of Safety spokesman.... <br />explaining the budget requests to Congressional committee staffers and OMB budget <br />officials. .outstanding results.... superb work.. " (from official Evaluations) <br />RESULTS RAILROAD SAFETY LEADER — NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE <br />Comprehensive railroad safety leadership experience. International reputation for <br />successfully advocating, designing, negotiating and executing effective safety strategies. <br />RESULT • Facilitated multi -disciplinary hazard analysis/risk assessment of railroad <br />signal system and highway -rail grade crossing systems for a new start light <br />rail transit operation in Texas <br />• Conducted a comprehensive safety assessment of switching operations for a <br />railroad serving one of the world's largest oilfields in Kazakhstan. <br />M <br />