Fred Martino leads our Rail, Control Center and Infrastructure practice area. Fred also serves as as Officer and Vice President of the Corporation. Fred has managed transportation control center projects for over 25 years including operating plans, centralized traffic control, traction power SCADA, communication systems, field systems, passenger information systems, ergonomic design of operations control centers, site selection, and OCC facility design. Fred has overseen and participated in the technical details these projects that involve rail transit systems and control center design. Fred routinely participates in all system life cycle phases for these engagements – from producing the initial planning report, business process review (BPR) and requirements definition, through preparing functional and performance specifications, to procurement, testing, and installation management. Fred is also responsible for the quality assurance of all documents produced within this practice area. Key among Fred’s contributions are his understanding of control center functionality in support of train control and SCADA operations, knowledge of what the vendor community is capable of achieving with today’s systems, and recent management of other agency projects requiring new or upgraded control center systems and facilities. Currently serving as Chairman over APTA’s Operations Control Center Technical Forum, Fred has been a frequent presenter there and has had several articles published pertaining to transit control center design and systems integration. Most recently, Fred has been leading our train control system and control center assessments for San Francisco “MUNI”, Amtrak’s CETC Replacement System for the Northeast Corridor, and MARTA's Train Control System replacement project in Atlanta, GA.

Dave Schmauk leads our firm’s Fleet Management/ITS practice area with nearly 20 years of prior experience in all facets of transit operations and related advanced public transit system (APTS) technologies. Along with his leadership over all of Macro’s mass transit bus and fleet management assignments, Dave also personally has served as project manager on some of our larger, more complex ITS/APTS projects resulting in the implementation of new radio communications and CAD/AVL/Smart Bus systems. Agencies have included the RTC of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas), Rochester-Genesee RTA (NY), AC Transit (Oakland, CA), Valley Metro’s Vehicle Management System (greater Phoenix, AZ), and Pace (suburban Chicago), More recently, Dave was the project manager for San Diego Association of Government’s (SANDAG) regional transit management system and regional scheduling system for the San Diego Transit Corporation and North County Transit District (greater San Diego, CA), the introduction of a new CAD/AVL system and radio system upgrade/expansion for Intercity Transit (Olympia, WA), and a new CAD/AVL system for Suffolk County Transit (NY). In additional to the planning procurement of the systems above, Dave has provided technical evaluations of existing systems (like Montgomery County, Maryland), helping agencies achieve optimum use from their existing systems. Finally, he has served as our principal-in-charge for our ongoing engagement with New York City’s Department of Education helping to plan for and engineer the implementation of, state-of-the-art telematics onto the single largest fleet of school buses in the USA.

Derek Brown – Derek has contributed to several fleet management system engineering assignments since joining Macro in 1999 from Harris Corporation, beginning as systems engineer for our engagements with the State of Connecticut DOT, a project that resulted in selecting the Bridgeport, CT as the test bed for a standardized CAD/AVL system configuration statewide, and Metro Transit in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN to help to configure a dedicated, 800 MHz mobile data channelization strategy for their new “SMARTCoM 2000” CAD/AVL system. Derek subsequently led the completion of an AVL system user needs assessment for Springs Transit (Colorado Springs, CO) and Walt Disney World’s Tran bus & monorail transportation department before being assigned as our project manager for two of Macro’s largest public safety communication system engineering engagements for the States of Illinois and Maine. Prior to joining Macro, Derek was senior project manager leading or contributing to CAD/AVL and radio system integrations and installations for SORTA (Cincinnati, OH), MATA (Memphis, TN), CATS (Charlotte, NC), NFTA (Buffalo, NY), and GRTC (Richmond, VA).

Jorge Kaufmann has completed wireless voice radio and mobile data system designs for several transportation and transit agencies around the USA. His more recent accomplishments for these agencies have included the development of a radio frequency transition plan for MBTA’s (Boston, MA) commuter rail service, a frequency combining strategy for NYMTA Long Island Railroad’s Westside Storage Yard Storage radio system, the design of a passenger assistance communication network for the Port Authority New York/New Jersey’s AirTrain service at JFK International Airport, and a mobile data interoperability assessment and plan between the State of Wisconsin’s Highways and State Police departments.

Eric Keijzer is an expert in the application of network technology and database systems and provides valuable expertise in the area of web-based user needs information gathering, specification development, and vendor proposal evaluation. Eric's recent assignments have included a web-based document management system, specification preparation, and project management assistance for New York City Transit’s Division of Buses AVL System; New York City Transit’s Paratransit Division AVLM System; Honolulu Public Transit Authority’s communications system replacement/CAD/AVL project; San Diego’s RTMS Communications/CAD/AVL project; and Suffolk County's transit CAD/AVL system. He has also participated in the implementation of a project management tool created using Microsoft Access 2007 and assisting in the development of the technical specification and bidding instructions for a new CAD/AVL system for Valley Metro (Phoenix, AZ); and served as member of the team in developing the specification for replacement of Los Angeles County (CA) MTA's Metro Blue Line SCADA system.

Larry Kronstain - In more than 20 years with Macro, Larry has been involved in numerous train control and communication projects for transportation. Projects have included control center design and integration of traction power and facility SCADA, train control, communication infrastructure, and other dedicated support systems, including serving as our project manager for the design of Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) new control center, and has extensive field test, startup, and commissioning experience as a result of his multi-year assignments for Los Angeles County MTA in support of the Metro Red, Green, and Blue Lines. His more recent assignments include the design and procurement of a fiber optic communication system for ITS and facility support functions for the Port Authority NY/NJ’s George Washington Bridge in New York City, the design and procurement of a traction power SCADA system for MBTA’s (Boston, MA) subway, and requirements definition for the Train Control System Replacement Project for MARTA in Atlanta, GA

Paul Mallon – Paul’s experience encompass radio communications, intelligent transportation system components and networks, interfaces to new and legacy systems, planning and operations technology assessments, preparation of procurement specifications, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and system implementation. Paul has served as our firm’s project manager on our larger, more complex computer / communications system projects such as Tri-Met (Portland, OR), Santa Clara VTA (San Jose, CA), SamTrans (San Mateo Co., CA), Sun Metro (El Paso, TX), TheBus (Oahu, HI), Metro Transit (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), and Pierce Transit (Tacoma, WA). Most recently, he has led our largest engagement with the New York City MTA planning, engineering, and overseeing the ongoing installation of the Division of Buses AVL System – one of the most complex CAD/AVL systems in the USA, providing real-time management over their 4,500 buses.

Ed Molloy came to our firm from Amtrak with considerable operational and systems-level experience in railroad signals and communications, with emphasis on train control system software development including fault-tolerant implementations. When Amtrak installed the first North American passenger railroad central control system in the mid-1980’s, Ed was technical lead on the team responsible for installation, testing, and commissioning of the train and power control centers at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and South Station in Boston. Ed also managed the Penn Station (NYC) Central Control (PSCC) project through integration, an assignment requiring a rewrite of the original system’s half-million lines of code. Ed has contributed his engineering talent on several of the largest train control projects in the USA, including Amtrak’s CETC Replacement project, which will manage train operations in the Northeast Corridor, Edmonton Transit LRT Replacement system, San Diego Trolley’s CTC/SCADA system, Toronto Transit Commission’s CTC/SCADA system, Washington (DC) Metro, and MTA Long Island Railroad.

Joe Mattioni - Joe has over 26 years' experience in real-time computer systems engineering for the transportation, electric utility, and industrial markets. In addition to his strong technical background, Joe has the experience of having participated in and managed all life-cycle activities from planning and specification development to software design, implementation, and testing. Joe has managed such major projects as RTC of Southern Nevada’s Communication Master Plan and subsequent Radio Communications/CAD/AVL system procurement (Las Vegas, NV) and AC Transit’s CAD/AVL/Scheduling/radio design and implementation (Oakland, CA). Joe also developed a design and implementation plan to upgrade GRTC’s (Richmond, VA) and TANK’s (Covington, KY) CAD/AVL systems. Most recently, Joe has led our work for Hampton Roads Transit's (Norfolk, VA), comprehensive Advanced Communications System (ACS) Implementation including the initial assessment of existing technologies, capabilities, and needs for the management of the fleet, customer information, scheduling, and the subsequent procurement and installation of the new systems; New York City Transit’s huge Paratransit Division AVLM System to introduce a new client manifesting, AVL tracking, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems; GBTA's (Bridgeport, CT) CAD/AVL system; and Cobb Community Transit's (Marietta, GA) CAD/AVL system.

Steve Mueller – Steve has extensive experience in all facets of CAD/AVL, train control and SCADA design for rail agencies, radio communications, information technology, interfaces to new and legacy systems, planning, business case study, operations technology assessment, preparation of procurement specifications, pre-award services, and technology implementation. Currently, Steve is project manager for Macro’s comprehensive project with MARTA in Atlanta, GA for their Train Control Replacement System. Recently Steve is serving as project manager for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey’s Police CAD/RMS project, and Wisconsin DOT’s Bureau of Highway Operations “Traffic Operations & Public Safety Interoperability Assessment and Plan.” He has also managed a Police-Fire-EMS vehicle location system for the City of El Paso, Texas, along with their Transit CAD/AVL specification; the City of Honolulu’s Advanced Transit Communications (ATC) System; and Edmonton Transit System’s Radio/AVLS/Mobile Data System. Steve is currently serving as Macro’s project manager for an advanced intelligent bus CAD/AVL and communications design and implementation system for RIPTA (Providence, RI) while leading our fixed-route bus assignments through our omnibus engagement with MARTA (Atlanta, GA).

Ivan Pagacik has been instrumental in the design and specification of the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s (SEPTA of Philadelphia, PA) UHF Radio System Expansion to support their “CARD” CAD/AVL fleet management system, and configure upgrades and configuration changes to SEPTA’s 14-site microwave datalink system. Ivan is also an industry-recognized expert in in-building radio coverage design and technologies. Consequently, Ivan has led engineering engagements with MTA New York, the Port Authority of New York, New Jersey, SEPTA, and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) to improve in-building coverage and interoperability. Ivan’s additional expertise involves supporting areas such as communication center design, wide-area wireless system design, microwave and fiber optic systems, and mobile data networks. He often coordinates regulatory issues resolution for clients as they relate to the licensing of wireless systems. Ivan is also one of Macro’s specialists with extensive knowledge of the technical, commercial, and FCC legal/regulatory issues pertaining to the emerging “Advanced Wireless Service” or “AWS”.

Jim Polka - Jim has considerable applications and systems-level experience in railroad operations and supervisory control systems, with emphasis on train control system software development including fault-tolerant and distributed computing implementations. With CONRAIL, Jim worked on a variety of projects including the implementation of their TMS (Train Monitoring System), one of the first and largest of its kind. Between 1983 and 2001, Jim worked for SEPTA (Philadelphia, PA) to lead several major projects in the operations department including the rail and interlocking revitalization of SEPTA’s Main Line corridor and two major branch lines. Later as Deputy Director of Operations there, Jim was operational and technical lead on the team responsible for the design, installation, testing, and commissioning of a computerized train monitoring and reporting system used at SEPTA’s operations control center, interlocking control stations, and maintenance yards, led their CTC System and Communications Project, a project to design and construct a new control center facility, centralized control of all train operations, and the installation of a fiber optic communications backbone. Most recently, Jim has made substantial contributions to Bus CAD/AVL projects, assisting in the planning, specification of, and project management for SANDAG (San Diego, CA), WCDOT (Westchester County, NY), RIPTA (Rhode Island), and TANK (Kentucky).

Tom Rhodes specializes in train control, SCADA, and control center facility design. Tom has prior experience in all facets of rail operations, field systems, networks, interfaces to new and legacy systems, planning and needs assessment, preparation of procurement specifications, bidder selection, and field implementation and test, and has considerable expertise in display products and visual systems including projection display walls and console display equipment for large command and control centers. One of Tom’s more recent projects is the design of San Diego Transit’s new Trolley Operations Control Center. Other projects include design of a new control center and related systems at JFK Airport’s General Aviation Terminal, a project that additionally involves considerable support to the architect for electrical design and cabling issues. Tom also provided a design for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) LRT control center and design and construction supervision of New Jersey Transit’s new Rail Operations Control Center, a facility of some 50,000 square feet. As an employee of Amtrak, Tom managed construction and operation of the Philadelphia and Boston CETC control centers for their Northeast Corridor service.

Frank Smith, P.E. - Frank brings over 30 years of experience in engineering and managing projects involving the construction and renovation of facilities for power plants, radio sites, offices, and telecom systems. During his career Frank has consulted for utilities, airports, manufacturers and federal, state and local governments. Most recently Mr. Smith served as project manager for Henkels & McCoy in providing project management and electrical engineering services to clients in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries. Past projects also include consulting to Motorola for the electrical power design, microwave hop design, cell site auditing, His technical strengths include in-building, land-based and wireless communications systems, design and engineering of security systems, and supervision of structural, mechanical, electrical, and HVAC facility design. His more recent assignments at Macro include the design and procurement of a fiber optic communication system for ITS and facility support functions for the Port Authority NY/NJ’s George Washington Bridge in New York City, and design of field system for the San Diego Trolley. Frank holds registered professional engineer certifications in 13 states.

Dave Weagly has led our efforts in, CAD/AVL, scheduling, and trip planning systems for several transit agencies, including Santa Clara VTA, AC Transit, R-GRTA (Rochester, NY), HRT, Capital Metro (Austin, TX), and Valley Metro. Most recently, Dave has been serving as our project manager for Westchester County DOT’s new CAD/AVL system implementation, for which he also serves as the County’s project manager. He is also involved in serving as Project Manager for SORTA's (Cincinnati, OH) CAD/AVL system replacement project and Santa Clara VTA's CAD/AVL upgrade and Real-Time Information system. In addition, Dave is experienced in implementing operator management, integration with legacy systems, mobile radio system integration, and in-vehicle "smart bus" technologies, which makes him invaluable when planning and implementing new technologies. Dave has also assisted in the design of operations control centers for Santa Clara VTA, San Diego Transit, and Westchester County DOT.

Paul Wills - Paul joined our firm to support Macro’s growing rail transit practice. With Amtrak, Paul oversaw the design and implementation of a number of retrofits to the legacy equipment used on the Northeast Corridor to support its continued reliable operation until it was replaced in the 1980’s. Paul was also heavily involved in the design, installation and testing of the Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control (CETC) and the Penn Station Central Control (PSCC) systems, as well as various interim systems that controlled the Atlantic City Line and the Springfield Line. Other prior assignments where worked on a variety of railroad and transit signal projects involving the design of signal systems, control systems and supporting communications networks and safe braking and headway analysis, include his work with the Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA), NY MTA Metro North and Long Island Railroad, and SEPTA (Philadelphia, PA). Paul’s most recent assignment involves conducting a Business Process Review and requirements definition for the Train Control System Replacement Project for MARTA in Atlanta, GA.