Traffic Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Our Team
- Michael
Michael Hofener, P.E., PTOE
President
Mr. Hofener is the President of TEC and a Principal in the Norman office. He has been a Traffic Engineer with the firm since 2007 and has been involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2003. His duties include traffic impact studies, operational analyses, multimodal mobility analysis, and traffic signal timing, coordination, and implementation. Prior to his employment with TEC, Mr. Hofener worked as a consultant where he conducted traffic impact studies, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) design, and traffic signal design.
- BJ
B.J. Hawkins, P.E., PTOE
Vice President
Mr. Hawkins is the Vice President of TEC and a Principal in the Norman office. He has been a Traffic Engineer with TEC since 2006 and involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2005. He worked at the TEC Tulsa office for three years before relocating to the Norman office in 2009. His duties include traffic impact and traffic simulation studies, bicycle facility and ADA pedestrian improvement design, designing traffic signal, signing, striping, lighting, and construction traffic control plans, and quality assurance/quality control. Prior to his employment with TEC, Mr. Hawkins worked through the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) as a research assistant where he oversaw the developing and testing of early strength concrete to be used on road, highway, and interstate patching.
- Todd
Todd Butler, P.E., PTOE
Principal
Mr. Butler is a Principal at TEC in the Norman office. He has been a Traffic Engineer with TEC since 1988 and has been involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 1986. His duties include project management on projects ranging from small traffic studies to large design and analysis projects. Prior to his employment with TEC, Mr. Butler worked as the Acting Chief Traffic Engineer for the City of Oklahoma City where he supervised all activities of the Traffic Management Division.
- Nathan
Nathan Becknell, P.E., PTOE, PTP
Principal
Mr. Becknell is a Principal at TEC and the Manager of the Fayetteville TEC office which he opened in 2019. He has been involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2004 and his duties include creating traffic network plans for a variety of users including pedestrians and bicycles, conducting traffic impact studies, designing traffic signal, signing, striping, and lighting plans, and transportation planning. Prior to his employment with TEC, Mr. Becknell worked five years for the City of Rogers with the last two years as the City Engineer primarily overseeing transportation, drainage, and private development permitting and as a consultant where he designed a variety of municipal transportation, traffic projects, and construction management.
- Esther
Esther Shaw-Smith, P.E., PTOE
Principal
Ms. Shaw-Smith is a Principal of TEC in the Norman office. She has been a Traffic Engineer with TEC since 2022 and involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2003. Her duties include project management, business development, traffic engineering design, transportation planning, ADA improvements, and school studies. Prior to her employment with TEC, Ms. Shaw-Smith worked as a consultant where she oversaw project management on projects ranging from small traffic studies to large design and analysis projects, civil infrastructure design including local roadway, sidewalks, water and wastewater distribution and transmission, and roadway lighting.
- Finley
Finley Vinson, P.E., PTOE, PTP, RSP
Little Rock Manager
Mr. Vinson is the Manager of the Little Rock Office at TEC which he opened in 2022. He has been involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2003. His duties include project management, roundabout analysis and design, transportation planning, and traffic signal timing. Prior to his employment with TEC, Mr. Vinson worked for the City of Conway for twelve years where he held several titles including Traffic Engineer, Transportation Planner, Floodplain Administrator, City Engineer, and ultimately Transportation Department Director and as a consultant where he was responsible for civil design of various projects including public and private roadways and buildings.
- Dane Seiler
Dane Seiler, P.E., PTOE
Springfield Manager
Mr. Seiler is the Manager of the Springfield Office at TEC which he opened in 2024. He has been involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2005. His duties include project management, roundabout design, signal design, trail design, safety analysis, intersection design, transportation impact assessments, grant administration, and traffic signal timing. Prior to his employment with TEC, Mr. Seiler worked as a consultant where he oversaw a team of 15 which provided traffic engineering and transportation design services to the southwest Missouri region.
- Erica
Erica Myers, P.E., PTOE
Senior Traffic Engineer
Ms. Myers is a Senior Traffic Engineer at TEC in the Norman office. She has been a Traffic Engineer with TEC since 2022 and involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2006. Her duties include traffic impact studies, operational analyses, and school studies. Prior to her employment with TEC, Ms. Myers worked as a consultant where she was responsible for projects ranging from small traffic studies to large corridor analysis projects, multimodal studies, roadway network simulations, trip generation studies, environmental planning, and public outreach.
- Jackson
Jackson Slayter, E.I.T
Traffic Engineer
Mr. Slayter is a Traffic Engineer at TEC in the Tulsa office. He has been a Traffic Engineer with TEC since 2022 and involved in transportation/traffic engineering since 2021. His duties include traffic impact studies, traffic signal, signing, and striping design.
- Steve
Steve Booth
CADD Supervisor
Mr. Booth is a CADD Supervisor at TEC in the Norman office. He has been with TEC since 1998 and is responsible for managing all the production and format of the design plans which TEC provides.
- Chris
Chris Crook
CADD Technician
Mr. Crook is a CADD Technician at TEC in the Norman office. He has been with TEC since 1996 and is responsible for design of traffic signal, roadway lighting, signing and striping and traffic control plans. Mr. Crook is also the traffic data collection supervisor and is in charge of maintaining and developing drafting software.
- Miguel
Miguel Perez
CADD Technician
Mr. Perez is a CADD Technician at TEC in the Norman office. He has been with TEC since 2019 and is responsible for design of traffic signal, roadway lighting, and signing and striping plans.
- Chris Loy
Chris Loy
CADD Technician
Mr. Loy is a CADD Technician at TEC in the Tulsa office. He has been with TEC since 2022 and is responsible for design of traffic signal, roadway lighting, signing and striping, and construction traffic control plans.
- Melissa Banks
Melissa Banks
CADD Technician
Ms. Banks is a CADD Technician at TEC in the Little Rock office. She has been with TEC since 2024 and is responsible for traffic and transportation design including roadway, signal, roadway lighting, signing and striping, and construction traffic control plans.
- Turner
Turner Mackie
CADD Technician
Mr. Mackie is a CADD Technician in the Norman office. He has been with TEC since 2024 and is responsible for design of traffic signal, roadway lighting, signing and striping, and construction traffic control plans. Mr. Mackie is also responsible for all traffic data collection.
- Vanessa
Vanessa Dawes
Administrative Assistant
Ms. Dawes is the Office Administrator for TEC and is in the Norman office. She has been with TEC since 2024 and is responsible for overseeing daily operations and workflow of the company including accounts payable and accounts receivable.
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