Lea+Elliott, Inc.
Dean Sadamune is an accomplished manager and project leader with extensive experience in transportation and energy projects. Currently serving as the Manager of Transportation Projects at Lea+Elliott, Inc., involved in the LAWA/LAX APM, Dean previously held roles including Project Manager for the Middle Harbor Terminal Redevelopment Project at Terminal Equipment Services, Inc., and for a Geothermal power plant development in Hawaii at Avalor Energy. Dean's career also includes project management on the SmartMeter project at Pacific Gas & Electric, and various production and technical roles in the visual effects industry, including work at Cinesite and Digital Domain on major films like Xmen2. Dean holds educational qualifications from UC Irvine and The University of Tokyo.
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Lea+Elliott, Inc.
Lea+Elliott is a transportation consulting firm offering a broad range of services for clients worldwide. Our principal activities involve transportation system planning, procurement, project structuring strategies, and implementation oversight leading to the start of passenger service. We are experienced in all modes of transit, including high-speed rail, automated and conventional rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, automated guideway transit (or automated people mover (APM)), conventional and advanced technology buses, personal rapid transit, and emerging technologies. Our projects primarily involve airports (landside access and airside), urban communities, commercial/business districts, regional transit, and commuter lines. Lea+Elliott professional staff includes planning, engineering, program management, and O&M experts who have worked for public and private sector owners; transit system operators and agencies; transit system suppliers and manufacturers; design A/E firms; and contracting firms. Our first-hand knowledge of complex funding strategies (including Public Private Partnerships and Concessionaire approaches), environmental approval processes, transit system technologies, infrastructure design and construction processes, and project delivery approaches enables us to fully integrate a transportation project (from concept to passenger service) adding value that results in creative, on-target, cost-efficient transportation solutions that satisfy the owner’s goals and objectives.