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Curtis Sims, Jr., is the President of S & Associates Consulting, LLC. He has over thirty years of experience in the construction and transportation industries. He has a fervent passion for training and has served as an adjunct professor for educational programs at Johnson C. Smith University, Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Spartanburg Community College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

A graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management, his extensive expertise and background include contract management/negotiation, project management/cost control, marketing/business development, compliance program oversight, safety, and training.  He has served as the Program Manager for the following areas:

• Statewide Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)
• Statewide Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness program
• Compliance oversight for the FTA Drug and Alcohol Program
• Compliance oversight of FTA Civil Rights Programs
• Compliance oversight of FTA Public Transit Agency Safety Plan Program.

Curtis is a certified Safety and Security Officer (CSSO) and Transit Public Administrator (CTPA) by the Community Transportation Association of America. He has completed the United States Department of Transportation Transit Safety Institute’s Transit Safety and Security Program for Bus.  He is also certified as an instructor in the following: Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity (PASS) Trainer Program, Smith System Driver Trainer, and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Core Curriculum. He has previously held a general contractor’s license in the State of North Carolina for Building and Highway Construction and was certified by the United States Department of Labor Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Training Institute Education Center, New England, as a 10-hour and 30-hour OSHA Instructor.

Formerly a National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) Review Board member, he contributed to developing various National RTAP Training Modules.  Curtis has presented topics at the following regional and national conferences:

• 5th National RTAP Conference Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, December 2023
• Transportation Association of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, March 2023
• FTA Region IV 2023 Annual States Program Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2023
• AASHTO | Council on Public Transportation | MTAP Winter Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida November 2022
• National RTAP Conference Portland, Oregon, September 2019
• National RTAP Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, November 2017
• National RTAP Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 2015.