Interview with Luigi Rosa, PMP
Assistant Vice President
Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program
Amtrak, USA
Interviewed by Ipek Sahra Ozguler
International Correspondent, PM World Journal
Istanbul, Turkey
Introduction to the interviewee
Luigi Rosa, PE, PMP, CCM is the Amtrak Assistant Vice President for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program. He is a program executive with over 25 years of experience managing mega railway projects throughout the USA, Europe, and the Middle East. Before joining Amtrak, Luigi worked on several transformational mega projects that changed the lives of millions of people: MTA NY Penn Station Access and East Side Access Projects, the Italian High-Speed Railroad program that revolutionized people’s lifestyle and mobility in Italy, and the Omani National Railway Project that is a crucial initiative shaping Oman’s future towards becoming an oil-free country by 2050. Luigi can be contacted on LinkedIn.
Interview
Ipek Sahra Ozguler (Ozguler): First of all, thank you for accepting an interview request. Would you kindly introduce yourself for PMWJ readers?
Luigi Rosa (Rosa): Thank you, Ipek, and PMWJ for this opportunity. My name is Luigi Rosa, and I am the Assistant Vice President for Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel (FDT) Program. Amtrak is the American National Railroad Passenger Corporation that operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Thanks to the bi-partisan infrastructure bill, Amtrak is now charged to invest in the future of the American rail. We’re modernizing our fleet, bridges and tunnels, stations, and other infrastructure, and the Amtrak FDT is actually the largest project in Amtrak’s history with an investment of more than $6B. Our vision is connecting more people and places and we want to double the number of ridership by 2040. Through the first nine months of FY 2024 (June 2024), Amtrak has welcomed 24.1 million riders – that’s an 18% increase year-over-year, and on pace for an all-time record. The FDT Program will help support continued ridership growth.
I hold a master’s degree in civil engineering and was born and raised in Italy. While studying engineering in Rome, I learned about Italy’s high-speed railroad program, which was part of the modernization of the European rail network. I was fortunate to begin my career on the team that put in operation the first segment of the Italian high-speed railroad in 2005 between Rome and Naples. I grew up under the mentorship of an exceptional leader, Gilberto Cardola, who is now the CEO of the Brenner Base Tunnel project—the world’s longest railroad tunnel currently under construction.
Ozguler: What are your key responsibilities as Assistant Vice President for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program?
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How to cite this work: Ozguler, I. S. (2024). Interview with Luigi Rosa, PMP, AVP, Amtrak, PM World Journal, Vol. XIII, Issue VIII, August. Available online at https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pmwj144-Aug2024-Ozguler-Interview-with-Luigi-Rosa.pdf
About the Interviewer
Ipek Sahra Ozguler
Istanbul, Turkey
Ipek Sahra Ozguler graduated from the Istanbul University, Turkey with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and from Middle East Technical University, Turkey with an MSc degree in Software Management. As a project manager, she has more than 13 years of experience in various areas such as portfolio management, program management, project management, software management, business analysis. She became a certified PMP in 2012 and a certified SCRUM Master in 2014.
She has gained broader insights in a variety of projects across manufacturing, defence, FMCG (Cola Cola), insurance (Euler Hermes), audit (Deloitte), telecommunication, aviation and finance sectors. In addition, she has been working as an international correspondent for the PM World Journal since 2014.
Ipek is the creator and editor of the highly acclaimed book, The Perspective of Women Project Management Professionals, interviews with leading female PM experts and professionals around the world. The book was published in March 2020 and is available here.
Ipek is based in Istanbul,Turkey and can be contacted at ipeksahra@gmail.com. Her portfolio is published at the http://ipeksahra.strikingly.com/ and https://pmworldlibrary.net/authors/ipek-sahra-ozguler/.
