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Manjeet Ranu, aicp
6091 Blue Dawn Trail | San Diego, CA 92130 | 858-869-7190 | porcupineblur@me.com
Tenacious Steady Strategic
profile Department Director Department director within the transportation agency
serving the most populous county in the United States and previously for cities ranging
in population from 60,000 to 100,000 in the San Diego metropolitan region; led and
administered transportation planning, capital projects planning, development review,
CEQA, policy planning, special projects, building safety, housing programs and code
enforcement; budgets of $51 million; responsible for 60 FTEs.
Public Administrator Sixteen years experience as a public official preparing and
administering transportation plans, land use plans and entitlement projects; managing
multiple elements of municipal operations; successful stakeholder engagement; and
productive relations with elected officials.
Consultant Five years of executive and senior management experience as a planning
and public policy consultant for public agencies and private clients managing complex
projects and supervising large teams.
Entrepreneur Additional experience from working for a regional land and housing
developer; establishing a professional corporation; and leading an overwhelmingly
successful ballot measure in the City of San Diego.
success highlights This included establishing performance standards, developing performance measures,
Transformation Conducted in-depth assessments, subsequently implementing
strategic initiatives to collaboratively transform four public agency planning departments.
creating workflow management systems using modern cloud-based platforms,
implementing streamlined processes and dramatically improving the professional caliber
of staff.
Planning, Project Management & Public Participation Led and prepared
a 9,300-acre plan with the City of San Diego that enhances international trade and
transportation, while providing more housing and commercial areas. Launched and led the
planning, design and environmental clearance for the largest transportation infrastructure
program in the Western Hemisphere, valued at $30 billion.
Leadership & Consensus Co-author and campaign leader for Proposition C in the
City of San Diego, which passed in November 2010 with over 70 percent of the vote.
Fiscal & Business In the public sector, expanded and diversified service delivery
with a reduced staff level and without growing the budget. In the private sector, secured
$3 million in consulting revenue in just two years.