OmniAir Consortium Elects New Board Members

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CONTACT: Jason Conley
OmniAir Consortium
Phone: 202-441-9313

Washington, DC – OmniAir Consortium’s Board welcomes three new Directors.  Elected to the Board are Suzanne Murtha of ATKINS, Tim Baker from MTA Bridges and Tunnels, and Dmitri Khijniak of 7layers, Inc.

Suzanne Murtha is Project Director for ATKINS, and brings over 20 years of experience in the ITS and automotive industries.  From 2013 through last month, Suzanne served as Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium and OmniAir Certification Services.

Tim Baker serves as Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at MTA Bridges and Tunnels. He brings over 20 years of toll industry experience in operations and financial management for the largest U.S. toll collection agency.

Dmitri Khijniak is Business Development Services Manager for 7layers, Inc. He brings over 15 years of automotive experience, and 10 years of experience working with DSRC.  He is also a Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Connected Vehicle certification project.

ABOUT OMNIAIR CONSORTIUM: OmniAir is a membership association formed in 2004 to advocate connected vehicle interoperability (IOP) through independent certification programs that offer a one-stop shop for standards conformance and interoperability assurance. Members are leading RFID and DSRC device makers, consultants, integrators and operators. OmniAir’s mission is to advance connected vehicle interoperability through collaboration on certification services designed and maintained by the organizations first to use them.

ABOUT OMNIAIR CERTIFICATION SERVICES (OCS): OCS is a non-profit, independent test and certification entity created by OmniAir in 2010. OCS manages the certification program and issues OCS-certified marks. It is led by its own Board of test experts and facility operators. In conjunction with the 6C User Group (operators with a preference for 6C RFID-based toll systems), OCS developed a 6C-for-Tolling Requirements Document and developed an apparatus to test compliance to the specification. The result will be OCS-certified suppliers of interoperable 6c tags and readers and other technologies as the OCS program expands to other protocols as requested by the transportation community.