There are Only Decisions: The Ralph Menzano Story Hardcover – November 20, 2025

Ralph Menzano has enjoyed a 50-year career riding the waves of technology from the Punch Card Era on through the dawning Age of Artificial Intelligence. A top-flight Chief Information Officer in both the private sector, with Chase Manhattan, and the public sector, with SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, as well as a leading business development executive for both Oracle and KPMG, Ralph built his career on a rare blend of business and IT savvy and an adaptable personality.Through eight different career stops, and the personal choices that led to each, Menzano borrowed a page from Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, in determining “There are only decisions.” In this fast-paced flight across the past 50 years of technological change, Ralph reveals the meaning of his mantra and how it steered him through good times and bad. Through it all, even a threat on his life during one tumultuous IT-turnaround, Ralph led with energy, optimism, and humor, all of which can be found in these pages. And he networked his way around the globe, becoming one of the most respected transportation and technology professionals of his time. Today, at the helm of his ARKS GROUP LLC advisory business, Ralph is a sought-after thinker and connector at the leading edge of transportation and technology. Read more