Tom Bamonte is Senior Program Manager for Automated Vehicles for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. [[At NCTCOG he works on automated vehicle pilot programs, the regional data infrastructure for automated vehicles and related transportation technology and planning issues.]] Before joining NCTCOG he served in senior legal positions at the Chicago Transit Authority and toll highway authorities in Illinois and Texas. [[Before that he did corporate takeover litigation at a private law firm.]] He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University School of Law.