During his 33 years at Metro, David’s accomplishments include welcoming 27 LA transit agencies to TAP, transitioning the Regional TAP Center to an in-house operation, developing special group passes for 13 colleges and 440 businesses, creating an electronic transfer on second boarding, winning numerous ACE, Adwheel and Telly awards, producing Transit 2000, a TV series devoted to transportation that aired on KABC-TV, creating partnerships with major sports teams and corporations to promote rail openings, transit safety and anti-graffiti, developing the marketing campaign that introduced the regional EZ transit pass, creating the TAP mobile app, launching the only variable weekly fare capping system, introducing tall security gates to our rail stations, and launching open payment in 2026.
David has a masters in Public Administration. He resides in Long Beach with his wife. He has three sons, two daughters in-law and six of the most adorable grandkids in the world!