Mark Joseph is an accomplished business and civic leader. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in public and private transportation across the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland, and South America. Mark was CEO of the Americas until July of 2017.
On July 1, 2017, Mark became the new global Chief Development Officer for the Transdev Group. He is a member of the Global Executive Committee. His focus is growing the business worldwide, as well as extending growth locally in the 19 countries where Transdev currently operates.
As CEO of North America, Mark built Transdev into the largest multi-modal transportation company in the U.S. and Canada, operating bus, rail, paratransit, shuttle, and taxi companies under contract to 200 cities, counties, airports and universities. The company operates public transportation contracts in many leading cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, New Orleans, Atlanta, Long Island, New York and more. Transdev also has recently expanded services in the Detroit area including operating contracts for the M-1 light rail project and DDOT paratransit services.
An entrepreneur and innovator, Mark is passionate about improving quality of life and economic growth in cities and communities through well-designed, multi-modal public transportation. As an executive, Mark leads his teams with a focus on safety, sustainability and superior operational performance. He is dedicated to building genuine partnerships with clients, employees, labor unions and the disabled community.
Mark joined Yellow Cab of Baltimore in the late 1970s as President and grew the company into the city’s leading taxi company with 600 taxicabs. By the late 1980’s, he had transformed Yellow Cab into Yellow Transportation – and in 2001 Yellow Transportation was acquired by Connex (Vivendi), the predecessor company to Transdev. Mark was named President and Chief Operating Officer in 2004, and became Vice-Chairman and CEO in 2006.