Derrick Davis

After working in finance for 15 years and owning a family photography and video business for nearly 10 years, Derrick embarked on his auxiliary services journey at Savannah College of Art and Design as Technical Operations Manager in their ID Card Office for 2.5 years. Derrick then accepted a position with Savannah State University, where he worked as the Parking Manager and Risk & Compliance Manager for 4 years. Derrick’s next move was to serve as the Director of Parking and Transportation for Georgia Southern University for 6 years where he managed parking operations on the Statesboro, Savannah & Liberty campuses. Georgia Southern has 4 LPR cars, issues virtual permits, issues e-citations to customers’ GS email, and use a web-based app with over 300 Pay-to-park spaces using AIMS.

August 1, 2024, Derrick accepted the Sr. Director Parking & Transportation at Georgia State University. His first big project is migrating the university’s parking system with 53,000 students, 14 parking decks, 7 surface lots (totaling just over 10,000 spaces) and 29 LPR gates to AIMS. Derrick and his creative team are always looking to innovate and increase efficiency with new parking technologies.

He is married to his college sweetheart, Lisa, and they have three mostly grown children, Lauren, Rachel, and Caleb. Away from work he enjoys traveling, watching college football, and being on the water.