Nick Ferlito, PE, PTOE
Executive Vice President
Louisiana Area Manager
Nick joined Neel-Schaffer in 1996 and is now an Executive Vice President with the firm and serves as the Louisiana Area Manager, based in the firm’s Baton Rouge (LA) office.
Nick has dedicated his entire 29-year engineering career to Neel-Schaffer, starting as a Graduate Engineer. Now an ITE-certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, Nick has served as a Traffic Engineer, Project Manager, and Baton Rouge Office Engineering Manager, a role he held for nearly two decades.
In January 2024, he stepped into the role of Louisiana Area Manager, and in January 2025, he was promoted to Executive VP and appointed to the Neel-Schaffer Board of Directors. As Louisiana Area Manager, he oversees operations across Louisiana and the firm’s Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans, and Mandeville offices.
Nick has managed a wide range of traffic and transportation projects. He has served as a project manager for many intersection/corridor signal timing studies and signal design projects and other traffic engineering related projects for public and private projects.
Nick is experienced with numerous traffic engineering software packages include HCS, CORSIM, SYNCHRO, Tru- Traffic (TSPPDraft), and SIDRA. He also completed the Naztec TS1/TS2 Controller 2-Day training course.