Daniel D’Angelo joined ARA’s Transportation Division (TD) after a 33-year career with the New York State Department of Transportation.  During his career with NYSDOT, Dan led and managed numerous statewide programs across 11 Regional Offices and the Main Office. He was responsible for an annual capital design program of $1.4 B, led the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Portfolio of 543 projects in six program areas, he was responsible for statewide design quality assurance, and he was the statewide coordinator for the Federal Highway Administration Every Day Counts Program. At the national level, Dan chaired the Strategic Highway Research Program 2 Renewal Technical Coordinating Committee.

Mr. D’Angelo has delivered all project types – bridge replacements, bridge rehabilitations, reconstruction, safety improvements, rehabilitation, element specific and transit.  He has experience in design-bid-build and design-build project delivery methods. 

As Statewide Director of the Design Quality Assurance Bureau and the Office of Design, his responsibilities included project delivery manuals, specifications, standards, estimating guidance, value engineering, and letting approval for all capital projects.  In addition, Dan led the Department’s effort in creating a project delivery risk management process manual and has served as construction risk manager on several programs and projects, including the $3.9 B Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, St. Georges Bridge, Westchester-Rockland County bus rapid transit, Rockaway bridge replacement and resiliency, and Jamacia stations rehabilitation projects.

Mr. D’Angelo is certified by the Project Management Institute as a Project Management Professional, Portfolio Management Professional, and Risk Management Professional. He is well versed in risk management processes and practices and is an instructor for the NHI-310065 Risk Management course. In addition, Dan has experience in adult education, having earned a graduate certificate in Teaching & Learning, and has taught 18 college courses.

Mr. D’Angelo is Chair of the Transportation Research Board Committee AKJ12 Standing Committee on Construction Delivery Methods and Processes. He was inducted into the National Academy of Construction in 2019 and elected as a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2024.