Chris Simek

Assistant Program Manager & Research Scientist

Education

• M.A.Geo., Geography, Southwest Texas State University, 2004
• B.S., Biology, Texas Tech University, 1998

Short Biography

Mr. Simek has 25 years of project management and transportation research experience, including 12 years in the private sector consulting, and 13 years in university research. Throughout his career, his work and experience has been focused in the areas of travel surveys to support urban transportation models and urban planning policy. Since 2000, Mr. Simek has been involved in the management, design, and/or analysis of dozens of travel behavior surveys across the United States and Canada. Mr. Simek's professional interests include project management, public opinion research, travel behavior, survey and sample design, weighting and expansion, statistical analysis, and transportation public policy. Since 2024, Mr. Simek has served as Assistant Program Manager for the Programming and Portfolio Management Program, which provides technical support to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Unified Transportation Program (UTP) Team.