Bio – Mike Schneider

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, InfraStrategies LLC

Michael Schneider has combined executive leadership roles at several of the industry’s most prominent engineering and advisory firms with management of numerous significant transportation and infrastructure projects worldwide. He has a multi-decade record of program management, technical innovation and thought leadership in the transportation field, combined with a strong focus on workforce development, mentorship, and education. Mike is an expert in project delivery and in the development and implementation of public-private partnership programs, serving as an owner, developer, and advisor on numerous P3 programs around the world.

Prior to establishing InfraStrategies, Mike was Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of industry leader Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP). Following his tenure with WSP, Mike founded and led strategic advisory firm InfraConsult and was then engaged as Senior Vice President and member of the Management Committee of HDR, Inc., where he established and directed the firm’s international strategic consulting practice and served as global Director of Professional Services. As co-founder and Managing Partner of InfraStrategies, Mike leads a team of strategic advisers and subject matter experts with extensive experience in infrastructure funding and finance, transportation project development and program management, strategic planning, organizational and executive development, and public-private partnerships.

Mike is a frequent speaker at industry meetings and international conferences and has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities and academic institutions. He has authored over 150 papers and juried publications in the fields of infrastructure finance, project delivery and management practices, and has provided background papers and testimony on policy and practice to various Congressional Committees and the White House. Mike was honored with a Career Achievement Award by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the publishers of Global Partnerships for his industry-leading work in innovative project delivery. As a capstone to his career in transportation, in 2024 Mike was inducted into the American Public Transportation Association Hall of Fame.