Shankar Rajaram

Executive Director - Infrastructure and Asset Management at Sound Transit

Role
Executive Director - Infrastructure and Asset Management at Sound Transit
Location
Seattle, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Shankar Rajaram

Transit leader with 20 years experience (evenly split between private and public sector) in leading/working alongside engineering, program management, innovation, and service delivery teams. Prior roles include leading rail vehicle projects and managing engineering and project delivery teams, where contributions supported enhanced rail system performance and user experience. This professional has a proven ability to build synergistic partnerships within the organization and across the industry, and a knack to harmonize technical and people resources in pursuit of delivering high quality public transit projects. Proficient in noise & vibration control, wheel rail interaction, vehicle design, materials science, sensor data strategy and project integration, this professional is motivated by delivering initiatives that improve public transit systems and positively impact communities.

Experience

  1. Executive Director - Infrastructure and Asset Management

    Sound Transit

    Jan 2026 — Present

Education

  • The American College

    B.Sc., Chemistry

    1992 — 1995

  • Cochin University of Science and Technology

    B.Tech, Polymer Science and Rubber Technology

    1996 — 1999

  • University of Southern California

    M.S., Materials Science

    2000 — 2003

  • University of Southern California

    Ph.D., Materials Science (Noise Control)

    2000 — 2005

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