Leadership

Ms. Persephone Oliver serves as Vice President, Customer Relations for Econolite and has been with the firm for nearly 30 years. In this capacity, she is responsible for expanding and strengthening external relationships through various aspects of customer relations and customer facing activities, industry events, and by assisting Econolite’s President and Chief Operating Officer with related corporate strategic programs. In her previous role as Vice President, Marketing, Ms. Oliver was responsible for the Econolite’s strategy, development, and execution of advertising, media relations, product launch, sales collateral, tradeshows and conferences, and corporate training programs.

Ms. Oliver actively contributes to the ITS industry through her participation with advisory committees. She is a current member of Women in Transportation (WTS), an International organization dedicated to building the future of ITS through the advancement of women. She also previously served as Co-Chair of the Demonstrations and Technical Tours Committee for the 2020 World Congress on ITS, Co-Chair for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s Exhibitor Advisory Committee, as well as Chair of the Programs Sub-Committee for ITS Americas Chicago Complete Streets Symposium. Ms. Oliver also served as the Sustaining Members Secretary for the International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA), as well as Co-Chair for the IMSA Sustaining Exhibitor Advisory Group (SEAG).

Ms. Oliver holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. She also has an accreditation in Traffic Signal Operations from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Management and Team Building certification from the University of California, Irvine.

Sue Burns is Econolite’s Vice President of Human Resources responsible for the Company’s human resources programs, including employee development, training, relations, enrichment, benefits, and recruiting. She is also responsible for ensuring organizational and employee policies develop and evolve congruently with Company growth. Ms. Burns has three decades of human resources management experience.

Ms. Burns is a certified Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR®), as well as a training facilitator and coach for development programs with DDI, and Continuous Process Improvement.

Prior to joining Econolite, Ms. Burns was most recently the Assistant Vice President of Human Resources for Primedia (now Source Interlink Companies), one of the largest publishing companies at the time. She managed the full range of human resource functions that addressed an employee base of more than 1,000. Prior to Primedia, Ms. Burns managed the human resource program for the Orange County Register newspaper, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper that serves 34 cities and 300,000 subscribers.

Ms. Burns holds a Master of Arts in Management degree from University of Redlands and a Bachelor degree in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University (Orange, Calif.).

Ryan Bullock is Econolite’s Vice President of Operations. Mr. Bullock is responsible for the supply chain, traffic cabinet engineering, mechanical design, document control, and cabinet estimating at Econolite.

Mr. Bullock joined Econolite in June of 2014, where he most recently served as Vice President of Cabinet Product Management. As VP of Cabinet Product Management, Mr. Bullock was responsible for driving year over year double-digit growth for the company’s traffic Cabinet and Signal product lines. Prior to Econolite, Mr. Bullock managed the Engineering Department at Lantronix, responsible for the company’s hardware design, documentation, certifications, and manufacturing support processes.

Mr. Bullock earned an APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management and is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Institute of Transportation Engineers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master of Business Administration, both from the University of California, Irvine.

Mr. McIntee serves as Vice President, Western Sales for Econolite, and has been with the firm for over eight years. He is responsible for sales and inside sales operations as well as field customer support in the western United States. He and his team are fully focused on helping customer agencies to achieve successful project outcomes by leveraging Econolite’s four solution pillars: cabinets, controllers, sensors, and systems. Mr. McIntee is a former director of ITS California and a contributor to various state ITE chapters.

Prior to joining Econolite, Mr. McIntee worked extensively in technical solution development and sales management of integrated manufacturing software systems, including sensors and execution software.

Mr. McIntee holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and an MBA from the University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management.