Dr. David Foster currently serves as CEO of KRYTERION, a unique Online test delivery and administration company. He has started two other successful companies, Galton Technologies in 1997 and Caveon in 2003. Earlier, he directed the test development efforts at Novell from 1990 to 1997, introducing many new innovations, including adaptive testing, testing in multiple languages, and simulations- based testing. Dr. Foster serves on several industry boards and councils. He has been President and Chairman of the Association of Test Publishers. He currently sits on the Council for the International Test Commission, was recently elected to the American National Standards Institute Board of Directors, and serves on its Personnel Certification Accreditation Committee. He founded the Performance Testing Council to further the use of tests that directly measure important job or educational skills. He has authored numerous articles for industry trade journals and textbooks, and has presented extensively at industry conferences.

He has been creating and improving computerized testing systems since 1982 and has been influential over the past 25 years in introducing many important industry innovations and initiatives. Most recently at KRYTERION, he is using the ability of the Internet to deliver secure tests wherever and whenever they are needed.