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Walt Bleser, PE
Walt serves as President of ARE Corporation and Principal of Unabridged Structures, LLC. Prior to this role, he was the President of SENSR Monitoring Technologies, LLC. He has over twenty years in the North American railway vertical working with every Class I railroad, major commuter railroad, and several transit agencies. Named a Progressive Railroading Rising Stars Top 20 under 40 in 2013 and an honorable mention by Railway Age for Top 20 under 40 in 2019. He has done everything from design and inspection of structures to implementing technology that makes railroads more efficient through the use of structural health monitoring systems and cloud-based bridge asset management programs. Walt is an active Member in AREMA, currently serving as Director of the Structures Functional Group on the Board of Directors. He is the previous Chair of Committee 7, Timber Structures, and a subcommittee chairman of Committee 10, Structures Maintenance & Construction.