As UCLA Transportation’s fleet acquisition specialist, Tom Poveromo has basically been behind the wheel of every single vehicle the university has procured over the past 27 years. During that time, close to 4,000 vehicles have rolled off the assembly line, becoming mobile assets for UCLA.
They include the Bruin Buggy that pops up at campus events, a self-powering research vehicle for Mojave Desert studies, as well as police cars, ambulances, fire trucks and UCLA Health mobile units that provide critical care to community members in LA County.
A recent project, which Poveromo said is the most exciting he’s ever worked on, was for UCLA Health Head Start’s “preschool on wheels,” which rolled out this May.