Senior Project Director
As Senior Project Director at Trifiletti Consulting, Omar Pulido utilizes his experience in securing funding grants, entitlements, environmental clearances and building permits for transportation infrastructure and public/private sector development projects to provide effective project management services to Trifiletti Consulting’s clients.
Omar’s experience includes leading the state and federal grant writing teams for the Inglewood Transit Connector (ITC) Project resulting in awards of over $500 million from the California State Transportation Agency’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP), and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. Omar also led the environmental team’s completion of the Project’s CEQA and NEPA environmental clearances and continues to assist with overall project management efforts. Omar also provides project management support services to Hackman Capital Partners focused on securing entitlements and environmental clearances for the redevelopment of their studio properties. In addition, Omar provided entitlement, environmental clearance and permit expediting services for the Vermont Manchester Project, and provides entitlement and permit expediting services for public and private sector clients throughout Los Angeles County including Occidental College.
Prior to joining Trifiletti Consulting, Omar served as LAX Community Liaison and Senior Advisor to Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin. As part of this work, Omar advised on all LAX-related initiatives including the LAX Landside Access Modernization Program, the LAX Northside Project, and any constituent concerns arising from airport operations. Omar staffed the Innovation, Grants, Technology, Commerce and Trade Committee and helped craft and adopt a landmark settlement agreement between the City of Los Angeles and the Alliance for a Regional Solution to Airport Congestion, allowing the City to move forward with critical multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects at LAX.
Omar received a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a Minor in Geographic Information Systems from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Omar is a native of the Los Angeles area and is bilingual Spanish.