Because of their leadership in developing the US DOT's National ITS Architecture and U.S. ITS Standards they have expertise and experience that gives them a thorough understanding of both the technical and institutional issues associated with regional ITS planning and deployment.
Whether preparing a proposal or deployment, their systems engineering skill using proven requirements analysis methods for complex distributed ITS systems will reduce your risk. Furthermore, their experience in communicating complex systems requirements and operational concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholder audiences will assure success.
They can help your projects and programs with their specific skills based on a proven track record:
In 1996, current ConSysTec President Dr. Rob Jaffe founded Jaffe Engineering and Development Industries (JEDI), which provided consulting to the Federal government, State and Local governments and international entities to support ITS system engineering development, deployments and training. Prior to this, Dr. Jaffe had served as Program Manager and Principal Investigator for IBM’s team which developed the first US National ITS Architecture for USDOT.
In April 2001, Dr. Jaffe teamed up with Mr. Bruce Eisenhart, the former Chief Engineer for the National ITS Architecture effort,to form the Consensus Systems Technologies Corporation. At the time ConSysTec was formed, the January 8, 2001 FHWA Final Rule and FTA Policy on ITS Architectures and Standards was newly enacted, which required the development of regional ITS architectures within four years for regions using federal funding for ITS projects. Due to the team’s experience in developing the National ITS Architecture, ConSysTec was able to provide leadership throughout the nation in creating many regions’ first ITS architectures.
Still under the same leadership, ConSysTec has continued to thrive in the development of ITS architectures. They continue to develop regional ITS architectures, and update them to allow regions to keep pace with institutional and technological changes. Their ITS architecture practice area has grown internationally, where we have developed ITS architectures spanning four continents. Their ITS architectures continue to improve, with new features being added to increase the usability of their product for their customers. Additionally, their team remains actively involved on the National ITS Architecture team for USDOT, as a subcontractor to Iteris.
In addition to their work with ITS architectures, they have grown their practice into other areas as well. Their standards practice has focused on both standards development and applying standards for agencies. They have been involved with developing and taking leadership roles with Center to Field (C2F) standards, and Center to Center (C2C) Standards, including the Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD). Recently they have been involved in the emerging area of Connected Vehicle Standards, having served on the consultant team to apply the systems engineering process to the J2735 Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Message Set Dictionary. They also have a growing Transit ITS practice, having developed the Schedule Data Profile feed specification for NYSDOT, and Concept of Operations and System Requirements for several real time transit information systems that compile data from multiple agencies. They also specialize in gathering and processing transit schedule data.
Over the past fifteen years, ConSysTec has solidified its leadership in the ITS community. They are experts in their field, and continue to expand their body of knowledge to better serve their customers. Currently, ConSysTec has six full time employees and three part time employees, and is headquartered in New York, NY, with satellite offices in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington State.
