Mr. Roney is a Research Engineer at the Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) Office of Organizational Performance Management, where he manages research projects. Mr. Roney joined GDOT in 2002. He has been at the Georgia Department of Transportation for 15 years serving as the New Product Evaluation Engineer and now as Research Engineer. He has served with the AASHTO National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP) as Chair and Vice Chair of a NTPEP technical committee. Prior to being with the GDOT, he worked for private industry as a Project Engineer, Site Acquisition Agent, Industrial Engineer, Quality Control Manager, Quality Control Engineer, and Technical Writer. Through these many different positions, he has learned about many products, processes, and specifications. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University and a Fundamentals of Engineering certificate.