About Perseus Associates

TransTraks is a division of Perseus Associates, LLC. We are a firm specializing in finding creative and innovative management solutions for the public sector. We also offer consulting services to our clients, helping them with their efforts to create more efficient and effective organizations. Our senior staff members have decades of combined years of management and executive level experience in the public sector.

Greg Marvel, President/Principal

Founder and President of Perseus Associates, Greg Marvel has over 25 years experience as an executive and Assistant CEO in the public sector, from transit and public utility districts to school districts and colleges. His specialty has been the implementation and integration of effective technology solutions in organizational change efforts. Mr. Marvel has served at the national level on a number of industry-wide committees and has been a leader in public education professional organizations. Recently retired as a Vice Chancellor for a large college system, Mr. Marvel remains active in public education, currently serving as President of the Board of Education for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, a 24,000 student district in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds under-graduate and graduate degrees from the University of San Francisco.

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Donna Marvel, Vice President/Principal Consultant

Serving as a Vice President and Principal Consultant, Donna Marvel has over 30 years of experience in the School Pupil Transportation Industry. She has been at the management level, heading up a large public school district’s transportation department, including vehicle maintenance. Ms. Marvel has also been a state certified driver instructor for over 25 years. She has served at the local and state level in pupil transportation professional organizations and is a frequent guest speaker and presenter at conferences, workshops and seminars. Ms. Marvel consults with numerous school districts on technology implementation, best practices and organizational effectiveness.

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Doug Snyder, Vice President –Training & Technical Support

Serving as the head of our Training and Technical Support group, Doug Snyder has over 20 years of experience in the School Pupil Transportation Industry. He has served as President of the California Association of School Transportation Officials (CASTO). In addition, he has been active at the national level, serving twice as the Chair of the General Operations Section for the National Conference on School Transportation (NCST) that produces the National School Bus Specifications and Procedures Manual. Another national leadership role undertaken by Mr. Snyder includes developing and compiling a searchable database from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), which will soon be available on the School Bus Information Council’s website for national distribution. He has 15 years experience at the senior management level prior to retirement, including overseeing fleet maintenance operations for over 600 vehicles and managing a large county-wide home-to-school transportation operation. Mr. Snyder has extensive experience in the implementation of software solutions in school bus operations and maintenance.

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James O’Connell, Vice President –Marketing and Sales

Our Marketing and Sales group is led by a 35 year veteran of the school transportation industry. Mr. James O’Connell started in the industry as a school bus driver while going to college. He subsequently has served at the senior management and executive level for a number of large school bus contractors in California, and most recently was the Senior Vice President of Sales for a large school bus distributor. Mr. O’Connell’s business experience has included roles in staff development, sales training, risk management, vehicle maintenance management, grant development, budgeting, marketing and contract development. He attended Arizona State University and Moraga College, majoring in Business Management.

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