Author: Ryan Hall

I hope each of you had a Merry Christmas and a great start to the New Year. It is important that we all spend time with family and friends over Christmas and take a well-deserved break before we embark on new adventures in 2018.

I have had the pleasure of working collaboratively with many of our members in my role as the Sr. Project Manager and Associate Vice President at HNTB Corporation, and with many more on OmniAir® committees. I am honored and humbled to have been elected Chair of OmniAir by you, my peers.

For the last three decades, I have been working on systems and software implementation with half of that time focused on connected vehicles. As the new Chair for OmniAir, I look forward to working with as many of you as possible. My goal is to continue working with the board and consortium members to establish OmniAir as the one-stop shop for members to collaborate on national certification and interoperability requirements. I want to increase member value by increasing participation in existing and new committees.

Through my involvement with OmniAir over the years, I have observed OmniAir grow into a viable interoperability and certification consortium in both connected vehicles and tolling. I believe interoperability and certification are necessary to see a successful national deployment.

As with any market, there will be many connected vehicle device providers. Interoperability is essential; as these safety-critical devices must communicate seamlessly with each other. However, to see large-scale national deployment, it is vital that OmniAir and its members promote third-party certification. Third-party certification is the mechanism that will deliver a higher-level confidence end-users desire. State departments of transportation have noted that they will be reluctant to spend millions on connected vehicle infrastructure projects if they are unsure the technology will indeed be interoperable.

I want work to create a balance between our tolling and connected vehicle efforts to create a long term stability for the organization and then look for opportunities to expand our certification and interoperability base. The transportation industry undergoing transformation like we have never seen before. I want see OmniAir become THE 3rd party certification entity for emerging technologies that will shape the future transportation.

With your help and guidance, I am confident that OmniAir can take certification and interoperability to the next level!

Sincerely,

Steve Novosad
Chair – OmniAir Consortium
Sr. Project Manager and Associate Vice President – HNTB Corporation

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2017  — OmniAir Consortium® today announced the election of new officers, as well as new and re-elected board members.

Steve Novosad, Sr. Project Manager and Associate Vice President at HNTB Corporation, was elected to serve as Chair. Mr. Novosad has been instrumental in shaping the connected vehicle movement over the past 14 years. His work in intelligent transportation systems and software implementation has spanned three decades.

“OmniAir® has grown into the premier interoperability and certification consortium in both connected vehicles and tolling,” said Steve Novosad, Chair of OmniAir. “I look forward to taking OmniAir’s certification programs to the next level with our members’ efforts to establish national certification and interoperability requirements.”

Newly elected officers:

Chair: Steve Novosad, Sr. Project Manager and Associate Vice President, HNTB Corporation
Vice Chair: P.J. Wilkins, Executive Director, E-ZPass Group and IAG Services Corporation
Treasurer: James Hofmann, Assistant Executive Director of Operations, North Texas Tollway Authority
Secretary: Andrew Fremier, Deputy Executive Director, Operations, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
OmniAir welcomes five newly-elected Board members serving three-year terms:

Dr. James Lansford, Director, Technical Standards, Qualcomm
Suzanne Murtha, Vice President of Connected and Automated Vehicles, AECOM
Ted Hull-Ryde, Vice President of Business Development & Strategy, ATKINS North America, Inc.
Frank Perry, Senior Project Manager, Connected and Automated Vehicles, Savari
Steve Novosad, Senior Project Manager Associate and Vice President, HNTB Corporation.
“We are honored to have industry leaders with deep expertise and experience in transportation technologies serve on the Board of Directors and in leadership roles within the Consortium,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir.

Returning Board Members re-elected to 3-year terms include:

Dave Kristick, Deputy Executive Director, E-470 Public Highway Authority
James Hofmann, Assistant Executive Director of Operations, North Texas Tollway Authority
Mark Muriello, Assistant Director, Tunnels, Bridges & Terminals, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Ted Osinski, Director, Emerging Technologies, MET Laboratories
Dick Schnacke, Vice President, TransCore
Dan Toohey, Vice President of Sales, Kapsch TrafficComIVHS

About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and Connected Vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.

Contact:
Ryan Hall
202-744-6480
rhall@omniair.org

 

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On Tuesday, December 5, 2017, the State of California’s Office of Administrative Law has issued a notice of approval of regulatory changes for the adoption of the ISO 18000-63 (more commonly known as “6C”) electronic toll collection protocol on all toll roads throughout the state.

“OmniAir Consortium the Global Leader in RFID Tolling and Connected Vehicle Certification is poised to assist California’s 14 agencies responsible for operating California’s tolled bridges, roads, and express lanes make the transition to 6C technology for toll collection, said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir.  “Purchasing agents for each organization can be assured that the 6C equipment carrying the OmniAir Certification Mark are interoperable, and will work throughout the state. Only those devices with an OmniAir Certified Mark have been third-party verified and have passed a series of rigorous tests to obtain certification.”

The OmniAir Consortium Certification program for 6C has been in use since 2012. If your device requires certification for deployment, in California or other states and you have not already submitted your application for OmniAir’s independent, third-party testing and certification program you may want to do so soon. Our authorized laboratory is expected to receive multiple applications, and test slots will fill up quickly to meet the demand caused by California’s regulatory changes.

Device manufacturers that are OmniAir members in good standing are eligible for certification. Click the membership application link if you are not a member or contact Ryan Hall at rhall@omniair.org  for additional details.

 

 

 

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OmniAir’s newest member global automotive supplier DENSO, has been globally researching and developing V2X technology for 15 years. DENSO is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electrification, electronics, advanced safety, and information and communication. One of DENSO’s central focus points is Dedicated Short-range Communications (DSRC), which is the primary enabling component of V2X communications.

“Adding DENSO, a major Tier 1 automotive supplier, to our growing membership base only helps reinforce our position that V2X communication is vital to promoting public safety on our roadways,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir.

DENSO has an automated driving platform focused on five key functions: Sensing, Prediction, Interactivity, Connectivity, and Protection. OmniAir looks forward to utilizing DENSO’s vast knowledge in connectivity and protection within our connected vehicle technology and automotive cybersecurity working groups.

About OmniAir Consortium

OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in ITS, tolling, IoT technologies and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.

About DENSO in North America

DENSO is a leading global automotive supplier ofadvanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. With its North American headquarters located in Southfield, Michigan, DENSO employs more than 23,000 people at 30 consolidated companies and affiliates across the North American region. Of these, 28 are manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the United States alone, DENSO employs more than 17,000 people in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Iowa,Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. DENSO’s North American consolidated sales totaled US$9.6 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. For more information, go to www.denso.com/us-ca/en. Connect with DENSO on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DENSOinNorthAmerica.

 

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