Dave Kristick

Dave Kristick is the Deputy Executive Director and Director of Operations for the E-470 Public Highway Authority, where he heads up E-470’s customer services, public safety, marketing & public relations, facilities, toll systems and fleet vehicle maintenance programs.

Dave also serves as the Vice Chairman of the board of trustees for the Alliance for Toll Interoperability (ATI) and as Chairman the board of directors of the OmniAir Consortium. A graduate of the United State Military Academy with a degree in Civil Engineering, Dave also holds an MBA from the University of Rhode Island.

James Hofmann is the assistant executive director of operations for the NTTA, overseeing its customer service, information technology and human resources departments.

Hofmann first joined the NTTA in 2005 as director of information technology. In October 2006, he was named the NTTA’s director of business solutions. Previously, Hofmann worked with the NTTA in consulting and interim roles, including as interim assistant director of information technology and as a software project manager. During that time, Hofmann managed the creation of an enterprise geographic information system project for the NTTA. The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association honored the NTTA with a Toll Excellence Award in Operations in 2003 for that project.

Hofmann left the NTTA in August 2007 to return to the private sector, serving as a consultant and project manager on various ventures related to the tolling and highway industry for HNTB. His experience includes work with public-private partnerships, intergovernmental negotiations and business process improvements. Before returning to the NTTA in May 2013, Hofmann served as associate vice president for HNTB, overseeing programs and projects for many of the firm’s largest toll clients.

Hofmann currently serves on IBTTA’s National Interoperability Steering Committee, as Vice Chair for OmniAir, and as Chair for the Central US Interoperability Committee.

Hofmann earned a bachelor’s degree in science from Texas A&M University in 1995 and received a master’s degree in science from the University of Utah in 1999.

Jason JonMichael

Jason JonMichael has more than two decades of specialized experience in transportation technology, assisting transportation agencies solve their most complex technology challenges. His areas of expertise include Connected Vehicle technology, intelligent transportation systems, tolling, transit and enterprise information technology.

He regularly provides insights and advice to industry-related non-profit boards, councils, committees and other organizations. Having lost his father to an avoidable traffic accident in a construction zone in 1979, Jason has devoted his life to improving transportation safety through technology.