Bijan Sartipi has been with the California Department of Transportation for over 32 years serving in a number of high profile engineering and management positions. He has been the District Director for District 4 since 2002.
As District 4 Director, Sartipi is responsible for managing the day-to-day operation of state highway systems in the nine Bay Area counties covering 6,500-lane miles of highway, with close to 3,300 employees, an annual budget of $500 million for salary and operating expenses, and a current construction program exceeding $4.8 billion.

A graduate of the University of the Pacific in Stockton with a degree in civil engineering, Sartipi has extensive experience in design and program/project management as well as capital program delivery.