Meet the Management Team

Thomas Bauer
​P.E., PTOE, Dipl.-Ing.
Chief Executive Officer

Thomas, co-founder of Traffic Technology Services, has over 25 years of experience in the fields of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic engineering, transportation planning, transit operations, and traffic software development. Most recently, Thomas has focused on Connected Vehicles and Active Transportation Demand Management (ATDM) technologies. 
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He holds Masters degrees in Transportation Engineering from Oregon State University and Civil Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany; and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Oregon.

​In his free time, Thomas serves on his son’s school’s PTA. Together with his family, he enjoys the abundant outdoor activities available in the Portland metro area. He is a proud supporter of the Portland Timbers, the 2015 MLS Cup Champion.

Dr. Jingtao Ma
​Ph.D., P.E.
Chief Technology Officer

Jingtao, also co-founder of Traffic Technology Services, has over 15 years of progressive experience in the fields of real-time traffic data fusion and services, multi-resolution transportation system modeling, and traffic engineering. He has research and development, software development and transportation consulting experiences in China and North America, having authored over 60 publications.

He holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of California, Davis, a Master degree in Transportation Engineering and Economics from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China.  He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Washington.

During the rare moments that Jingtao does not think of new TTS solutions, he spends time with his family exploring the Pacific Northwest. They regularly open their home to host scholars visiting from abroad.

Kiel Ova
​P.E., PTOE
Chief Marketing Officer

Kiel joined Traffic Technology Services in 2015, and is also a shareholder.  He has over 18 years of experience in traffic engineering, spanning research, analysis, applications, training, and business development.  Kiel' s professional experience over the last decade has exposed him to various challenges in the traffic engineering community, from managed lanes, to advanced traffic signal control, to bus rapid transit and light rail transit.  He has contributed to several complex projects throughout North America during his tenure in consulting.

​He holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Oregon. 

​Kiel is an avid skier, while maintaining a presence in Montana, and currently is a Mountain Collective fan.  During the rest of the year, Kiel enjoys fishing, hiking, and hunting, and one week a year spends his time combining for his family and friends in North Dakota. 

Dr. Frank Offermann
​Dr.-Ing.
Chief Executive Officer, TTS Europe

​Frank has 20 years of experience in the fields of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and traffic engineering, focusing on solutions for urban street and freeway operations. Frank has been involved in numerous research activities in the V2I area and is now dedicated to the market introduction of cooperative systems. 

​He received his PhD in civil engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany in 2000 with his research focused on data fusion of floating car data (FCD).

​Frank is a great football fan of FC Cologne, and likes skiing, biking, and golfing.  He loves independent music and is interested in modern history.

Kyle Hatcher
​Software Development Manager

​Kyle, also co-founder of Traffic Technology Services, has over 15 years of experience developing software, more than 10 of those specific to transportation engineering including adaptive signal control, connected vehicles, and real-time system modeling.

He holds an MS in Software Engineering from Oregon State University, with a focus in 3D Graphics and Animation.  He is published in graphics journals for his work pertaining to visualization of big data and optimization techniques for real-time rendering.

In his free time, Kyle enjoys hiking with his family, photography, sports, music composition, and studying trends in the weather.
The management team and key staff share several joint IP, and collaboratively contribute to the innovative and technical solutions that define TTS.  Our combined global experiences, along with solid roots in transportation systems, puts the TTS team in the lead for V2I and I2V connected vehicle applications.

Meet the Board Members

Ernestos Varvaroussis

Ernestos started his working life in 1989 as a traffic engineer at Signalbau Huber AG (today part of the Swarco group).  His passion was always the "Ampel", a German word for traffic signals.

​In 1994, he founded the AVT Verkehrstechnik GmbH, today AVTSTOYE GmbH.  The AVTSTOYE Group employs more than 130 people in traffic management, and is the third largest provider of traffic control in Germany.

In 1999 he received his MBA from the University of Bradford.  During his last years the focus was on traffic management.

​Ernestos loves the mountains in summer by motorcycle and in the winter by skies.

Dr. Dirk Huebner
​Dr. rer.nat.

​From the very beginning of the development of cooperative systems, Dirk has been working on this topic, starting as student employee in the mid-80s working on vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1993, designing and testing V2V communication protocols.
 
Dirk joined Heusch Boesefeldt, a German pioneer and industry leader in Active Traffic Management, when he left university. Heusch Boesefeldt has also been involved in cooperative projects from the very beginning. Although he never left the company since, Dirk has always been looking for new challenges. Starting with developing software, he soon took over responsibilities and helped shaping the company’s products and services. In 2002 he and his colleague, Berthold Jansen, initiated a management buyout, leading the company as managing partners. 
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Whenever Dirk is not chasing challenges, he relaxes doing sports such as tennis, mountain biking or skiing, spending time with his family or enjoying a glass of fine wine or whiskey.