“I like to challenge our employees to keep moving forward and keep doing good things for the community.”

Before making his way into the transit industry, Jorge Cruz-Aedo spent 27 years in local government and a little bit of time in the private sector before joining the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (CCRTA). He spent 5 years as CCRTA’s CFO and is now the CEO. On this episode, Jorge discusses the autonomous vehicle project CCRTA is working on with Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, and the unique way he was able to finance their new 90,000 square foot facility. He also goes into the importance of culture and customer service within the CCRTA.

If you want to know more about CCRTA, check out their website.

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