Craig Rolling joins HNTB’s digital transformation solutions group

Craig Rolling has joined HNTB, a leading infrastructure solutions firm, as a principal digital technologist/data scientist. Rolling brings more than two decades of experience in consulting, academic research and innovative analytics approaches which enable data-driven decisions.

In his new role, Rolling will deliver applications of artificial intelligence in the effort to make transportation infrastructure systems more efficient, safe and sustainable. He will achieve this by applying emerging technologies and the latest data sciences/AI techniques to our collaborations with clients to design and implement digital infrastructure solutions.

“Craig’s proven ability to create innovative data-driven solutions will be crucial in elevating our clients’ transportation and infrastructure projects,” said Jeff Siegel, GISP, HNTB’s digital transformation solutions director and senior vice president. “With AI poised to play a crucial role in transportation, we recognize the need for skilled individuals like Craig to be an integrated part of our project delivery teams to ensure our clients benefit from the rapid evolution of AI platforms and the latest data science approaches.”

Rolling holds a Doctor of Philosophy in statistics from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Science in statistics from the University of Chicago. Furthermore, Rolling served as an assistant professor of biostatistics at St. Louis University and assistant professor of business analytics at the University of Oregon.