Greg Ferrara
Program Manager
919.515.8656 | gpferrar@ncsu.edu
Greg Ferrara serves as Program Manager for the Geospatial Analytics and Decision Management group at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. His interests include the application of visual analytics, business intelligence and informatics to help non-technical folks improve critical business decisions. Greg holds a B.A. in Visual Communications and an M.A. in Geography from the University of South Florida.
Matt Kuliani
Content Delivery Specialist
919.515.8587 | mlkull@ncsu.edu
Matt Kuliani is a Research Assistant for the Geospatial Analytics and Decision Management group at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. Matt is the person behind website development, administration, training, webinars, documentation, application development assistance, and is the point of contact for all help and support for COVERLAB. He received his B.S. in Environmental Technology and Management in 2013.
Sharath Kumar Parameshwar Bhat
Data Visualization Developer
919.515.7923 | sparame2@ncsu.edu
Sharath Kumar Parameshwar Bhat is a Research Associate for the Geospatial Analytics and Decision Management Group at the Institute for Transport Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. He develops data visualizations for analyzing traffic crash and enforcement data to help improve traffic safety planning and enforcement effectiveness. Sharath builds data visualizations and web-based visual analytics tools that provide insightful and actionable content for improving traffic safety planning. Prior to joining ITRE, Sharath worked as an Application Developer at IBM. Sharath holds a Master’s in Computer Science from University of North Carolina, Charlotte (2017), and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from UVCE, Bangalore, India (2014).
Colleen Lippert
GIS Analyst
919.515.8651 | calipper@ncsu.edu
Colleen Lippert is a Research Associate for the Geospatial Analytics and Decision Management group at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. Colleen received her Master’s degree in Geospatial Information Science and Technology from NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics in 2019. Prior to joining ITRE, she worked as a GIS Specialist for NCDOT with an emphasis on mobile GIS. Colleen’s interests include back-end GIS server management, automated python workflows, and designing and developing mobile and web-based applications.