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The great democratization of transportation
Talks about Transportation, Sustainability and Open Data
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Gabe Klein
Executive Director at Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Washington, District of Columbia
Overview
Gabe Klein is the Executive Director of the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, known for his leadership in fostering positive change and implementing public-private partnerships in the transportation sector. With a background including roles as Commissioner of Transportation for the City of Chicago and Vice President at Zipcar, Klein has excelled in strategic planning and collaborative leadership throughout his career.
Work Experience
Adapt/Impact LLC
2025 - Current
Adapt/Impact is Gabe’s vehicle to advise leadership in companies and governments both internationally and U.S. based during this time of transition. For larger, complex projects, partnership with Cityfi or other consultancies may be in order. Please make contact here: https://www.gabeklein.com/new-page-4
Member Board of Directors
2025
Independent Director, working with two other board members and the leadership team on sustainable growth plan for worldwide curb and lane management with AI/vision.
Limited Partner
2014
Gabe is an LP in Fontinalis funds 2 and 3 and until his federal service in 2022, was also a Venture Partners; VP's are distinguished executives networks that are wide-ranging and relevant to Fontinalis’ portfolio companies. These individuals work closely with the investment team and are an extension of Fontinalis’ unique strategic capabilities. http://fontinalis.com/team/gabe-klein/
Co-Founder, Partner Emeritus, Affiliate
2016
CityFi is a platform for urban change management. We facilitate and help create positive, sustainable change for people and for the economy, fast. We equip leaders with the understanding of new business models and cutting edge solutions, and the policy frameworks and approaches that cities can use to leverage current and new technology.
Executive Director
2022 - 2025
Advisory Board Member
2017 - 2022
Advised the CEO and leadership team through high growth phase, new product introductions, large city partnerships and ultimately the sale to Ford Motor Company and a national rollout.
Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from Charlie Cheever, Grishin Robotics, Matt Brezina and Moso Capital.
Board Member - Independent Director
2017 - 2022
Independent Director appointed by Sean O'Sullivan (SOS Ventures) to sit on the Carma Board as it went through a reinvention of services and ultimately software and hardware products as well as patent development for ride-hail services. Served until I joined the Biden Administration in 2022.
Carma Technology provides GPS tolling and road user charging.
Raised $14,100,000.00 from SOSV, SOSV, SOSV, SOSV, SOSV and SOSV.
USDOT Agency Review Team - Innovation Liason
2020 - 2021
Appointed by the Biden-Harris Transition as innovation and technology service delivery liason for the USDOT agency review team working cross functionally to prepare the agency and leadership to execute on the new administrations agenda.
Advisory Board Member
2015 - 2019
Advised CEO and leadership team through high growth phase with government, helped acquire first private sector customers (Lyft, Lime) and helped position for private equity investment and then exit in 2019.
Member of the Board of Advisors
2016 - 2017
Advised Leadership team on product development, potential partners and tech acquisitions, city partnerships and ultimately through a sale to Verizon for over $400m. Continued to then Advise Verizon for a number of years via Cityfi.
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