Engineer Project

Paul Niquette has more than ** years of technical and management experience, including 25

years in the transportation industry, beginning in the earliest days of automobile crash

injury research, in air traffic control as a consultant to the FAA, and most recently in

contract management oversight for passenger transit agencies, with responsibilities for

identifying cost drivers and resolving technical issues in both hardware and software

disciplines, advising clients on design criteria that assure safety and reiliability while

maximizing performance and quality. .

EXPERIENCE:

LocalExpress, Train Control Division, Jugon-les-Lacs, FRANCE

2012Present, Technical Consultant to Management

Independent technical studies for railroad properties and proposals on behalf of train

control suppliers, formal design reviews and presentation packages.

CH2M HILL, San Francisco, CA

20112012

(acquisition of BAH)

Booz Allen Hamilton, San Francisco, CA

19972011, Associate

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project

(SVRT) a $5 billion design-build project for a 16-mile extension of the Bay Area Rapid

Transit District (BART) with six stations; the initial phase, SVBX, comprises 10 miles of

double-track alignment and two stations, scheduled to open in 2018 . Since 2004, Mr.

Niquette has been a task leader in Design Integration, with project-wide responsibilities

for interface coordingation, design reviews of hardware and software systems, automatic

train control, communications, and traction power.

Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), San Francisco Airport Extension Project (SFOX)

the five-mile extension of BART with four stations, a $2 billion design-build project. Mr.

Niquette completed the five-year assignment providing contract management oversight for

automatic train control hardware, which applied an advanced software architecture.

Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Advanced Systems (ASD), Boise, ID

19931997, Technical Consultant to Management

Mr. Niquette led a management team that founded the Advanced Systems Division (ASD), the

electronics arm of MK. From its inception, ASD made contributions to real-time information

and control-systems projects in the railroad industry, both freight and transit. Embedded

systems for vehicle health monitoring and for the Advanced Automatic Train Control (AATC)

program at BART, funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), applying

aerospace hardware and support software in an ensemble of technologies that has become

known as Communications Based Train Control (CBTC).

Spur Products, Boise, ID

19901992, Chief Engineer

Mr. Niquette led a team of hardware and software engineers in the development of 18

microprocessor-based high-speed protocol converters for the computer industry.

American Automation, Tustin, CA

19831989, Vice President, Marketing

Mr. Niquette s responsibilities included the introduction of a comprehensive line of more

than 100 hardware and software products that are marketed worldwide to engineers for the

development of widely diverse microprocessor-based systems.

Computer Automation, Irvine, CA

19821983, Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Niquette managed an engineering organization employing more than 130 professionals

engaged in the development of a comprehensive line of hardware and software products for a

full range of commercial and governmental applications.

Advanced Patent Technologies, Las Vegas, NV

19781981, Consultant, Business Development

Mr. Niquette marketed a patent portfolio and managed the launching of startups in diverse

industries, including video animation and special effects, dental instruments, and

advanced engine designs for public transportation vehicles and farm machinery.

Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT

19631978, Corporate Director, Product Planning

Mr. Niquette was responsible for staff overview and program management of the company s

diversification into a range of information-intensive products and services, including the

founding of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) known worldwide for development of the

earliest personal computers, local area networks, laser-printers, and graphical user

interfaces. Earlier, as Director of Advanced Development at Xerox Data Systems, he was

responsible for forming five departments and the development of real-time computer

products for commercial applications and custom systems for NASA and JPL in support of the

Apollo Space Program and many other scientific projects.

Quotron Corp., Los Angeles, CA

19601963, Project Engineer

Mr. Niquette was responsible for development of the earliest stock quotation systems for

brokers, exchanges, and newspapers, including customized desk-top terminals,

telecommunications and advanced computer-driven electromechanical display boards.

TRW Inc., Los Angeles, CA

19581960, Member of the Technical Staff

Mr. Niquette consulted for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the National

Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC) on the earliest computer applications in

air traffic control systems, developing, among other things, the earliest altitude

reporting transponder, mandated for all aircraft and now serving as the foundation for the

FAA s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).

Hughes Aircraft, Los Angeles, CA

19551958, Member of the Technical Staff

Mr. Niquette was responsible for developing training courses on a full range of airborne

fire control systems and missile guidance systems for the Air Defense Command and the

first frequency-scan radars for the Navy.

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

19531955, Research Associate

While still an undergraduate, Mr. Niquette participated in the earliest automobile crash

injury research and vehicular flow studies at UCLA s Institute of Transportation and

Traffic Engineering. His work led to the development of such familiar devices as vehicle

metering, cable barrier, radar-based speed-enforcement instruments, padded dashboards, and

seat-belt interlocks. A most significant achievement was Mr. Niquette s development of the

HIRL, High Intensity Runway Lighting system, which is deployed at major airports all over

the world.

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1955

Teaching Assignments:

UCLA: Logical Design of Digital Computers . . . . . . . . . 1964 1970

Xerox Corp.: Financial Planning and Control . . . . . . . . . 1971 1973

Harvard, U of CT: (guest) Diversification & Growth . . . 1974 1977

Member IEEE = IRE + AIEE,

Author (9 books), Private Pilot, Public Speaking, Antique Bicycles (private museum).

Selected Books and Articles by Paul Niquette:

Portfolio of Inventions and Projects

PAUL NIQUETTE

5 Rue du Poudouvre

Jugon-les-Lacs 22270, FRANCE

011-33-2-96-31-66-89

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