City Park's Tim Leonoudakis is Featured Speaker at The National Parking Association's 2014 Convention and Expo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tim Leonoudakis, CEO of City Park, San Francisco, Cal. will address parking professionals attending the National Parking Association's 63rd Annual Convention & Expo, on smart parking and multimodal transportation for parking operators.

Tim Leonoudakis has served as CEO of City Park since 1985, growing the family-owned business founded by his father and uncle in 1953. City Park is an industry leader in high-end, award-winning parking operations and multi-modal transportation solutions. The parking company currently manages parking operations in the San Francisco Bay Area for 25 Five-Star hotels, 6 hospitals, 20 mixed-use/commercial facilities, 16 office parking towers and Levi's Stadium. With over 90 locations currently under contract and 900 people on staff, City Park is the largest parking operator in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A national leader in green transportation practices, City Park offers over 38 electric vehicle charging stations to the public, and leads the industry in providing commuter shuttles for Bay Area employees at Google, Apple, Twitter and Salesforce. As a result, traffic on Bay Area highways has been reduced by almost 5,000 cars per day.

Under Tim's leadership, City Park's team includes some of the smartest in the industry, constantly innovating to meet changing market needs. The highly trained workforce has embraced smart technology, successful marketing programs, precise service and financial metrics and employee incentives for growth. City Park created a fully automated Parking Assistance Center in 2011, now servicing 20 parking garages remotely from City Park's corporate headquarters.

"Through the Harwood CEO Leadership Forum, Tim Leonoudakis will bring insight on developing a niche parking market with valet, parking and transportation solutions," said NPA President Christine Banning, MA, CAE. "Forum moderator, industry icon Brett Harwood is one of the parking industry's strongest advocates with his personal commitment to parking, parking certification and sponsorship of The Harwood Leadership and Harwood Legal Forums, which foster thought leadership and high level industry cooperation."

NPA's Convention & Expo, themed "Tech, Trends & Transportation," features six tracks of targeted education: peak performance, best practices, trends, tech & transportation, the business of parking, roundtable discussions and Certified Parking Professional (CPP) certification. Industry experts and thought leaders will present insights, expertise and perspectives on parking in 2015 and beyond, October 20–23 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.  For more information, or to register for the 2014 Convention, please visit www.npaconvention.org/2014.

About NPA: The National Parking Association is the nation's leading parking trade group advancing the interests of the private and public sector in parking technology, sustainable mobility, certification, advocacy, research and education. Founded in 1951, NPA has more than 2,500 members and represents all segments of the parking industry. www.npapark.org.

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SOURCE National Parking Association