Experienced leadership in transportation and infrastructure strategy.
OUR TEAM
Juan Carlos Villa, MS
Founder & principal
Juan Carlos Villa is a transportation and infrastructure strategist with over 40 years of international experience in freight mobility, international trade, border systems, and multimodal infrastructure development. His expertise spans border performance measurement, freight data architecture, rail and port privatization, multimodal corridor planning, and supply chain competitiveness.
He has led large-scale research and implementation initiatives and held senior leadership roles at a major transportation institute, directing cross-border and multimodal projects across the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Latin America. His work combines technical analysis, policy development, and practical implementation to improve freight movement and infrastructure efficiency.
Mr. Villa has chaired a prominent Transportation Research Board committee, served on a federal advisory committee on supply chain competitiveness, and holds an MSc in Transport Studies from Cranfield University. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and the book International Trade and Transportation Infrastructure Development: Experiences in North America and Europe.
Carmen Garcia Villa, PhD
Co-Founder and Principal
Carmen García Villa, PhD, is a qualitative research and institutional analysis specialist with extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, organizational innovation, and educational systems. Her work focuses on applying rigorous qualitative methodologies to uncover organizational dynamics, stakeholder perspectives, and social processes that inform strategy, institutional improvement, and evidence-based decision-making.
She has led and contributed to research projects at Texas A&M University, including NSF-funded initiatives, and across academic, private, and interdisciplinary settings, designing and implementing qualitative approaches that produce practical insights for policy, innovation, and organizational effectiveness. Dr. García Villa has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels in Mexico and the United States and has directed numerous academic programs and centers.
In senior leadership roles at Universidad Panamericana she served as Director of the Innovation and Design Program, Full‑Time Professor in the School of Engineering, Director of the School of Pedagogy, Director of the Center for Educational Innovation, and Dean of Libraries. As Co‑Founder and Principal at Villa & Associates, she integrates qualitative analysis, stakeholder engagement, and institutional perspectives into transportation, infrastructure, and policy work to deliver solutions that are technically robust and institutionally grounded.