A comprehensive RFID solution for public transport

Walt Bonneau Jr. is a Corporate Vice President/Chief Technologist for Cubic Corporation, a world's leading supplier of smart card ticketing, revenue management and security systems for public transportation and military training systems. He is responsible for guiding the company's engineering, technical and scientific vision and overall strategy, as well as the technical performance of the company's security systems activities.

 

Under his leadership, Cubic has attained multiple patents benefiting public transit and revenue collection and security systems. He is a frequent speaker and author for transit industry technical conferences on issues of smart card standardization and other emerging electronic media multi-application technologies, including security and related biometrics.

 

He is an active participate in UFTS-APTA transit standards and author of the Regional Interoperability Specification (RIS). He is also a U.S. delegate to the International Standards Committee on ISO/IEC 14443 & 10373 compliance (SC17/WG8).

 

In addition, Mr. Bonneau serves as the Vice-Chair of the US ANSI/INCTS B10/B10.5 delegation for smart cards. He most recently authored the Limited Use contactless smart card proposed ANSI standards specification. He has received engineering degrees from DeVry Institute of Technology, Chapman University and has completed advanced management studies at Stanford University.

Cubic Corporation is the parent of two major segments: transportation and defense. Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. is the world's leading full-service systems provider of automated fare collection systems for public transport including bus, bus rapid transit, light rail, commuter rail, heavy rail, ferry and parking. Cubic's solutions and services include system design, back office computer systems, support equipment, equipment design and manufacturing, device-level software, integration, test, installation, warranty, maintenance, computer hosting services, call centre services, card management and distribution services, financial clearing and settlement, multi-application support and outsourcing services.

 

Every year, nearly 10 billion rides are taken worldwide using Cubic fare collection systems. Cubic has delivered over 400 projects in 40 major markets on five continents. Active projects include London, New York / New Jersey region, Washington, D.C. / Baltimore / Virginia region, Los Angeles region, San Diego region, San Francisco, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, Atlanta, Vancouver and Edmonton, Canada, Brisbane, Australia, Singapore, Bangkok, Thailand, China and Scandinavia.

 

The company's other major segment, The Cubic Defense Applications group, is a world leader in realistic combat training systems, mission support services and defense electronics.

Westin Copley, Boston, MA

March 28-29, 2006

 

The fifth event in this series - in previous years over 400 people and 45 exhibitors have attended.

Walt Bonneau Jr. is an Executive Sr. Vice president/chief technologist and general manager of Transportation and Security Systems for Cubic Corporation, a world's leading supplier of smart card ticketing, revenue management and security systems for public transportation and military training systems. He is responsible for guiding the company's engineering, technical and scientific vision and overall strategy, as well as the technical performance of the company's security systems activities. Under his leadership, Cubic has attained multiple patents benefiting public transit and revenue collection and security systems. He is a frequent speaker and author for transit industry technical conferences on issues of smart card standardization and other emerging electronic media multi-application technologies, including security and related biometrics. He has actively participated in UFTS-APTA transit standards and author of the Regional Interoperability Specification (RIS). He is also serves as a U.S. delegate to the International Standards Committee on ISO/IEC 14443 & 10373 compliance (SC17/WG8). In addition, serves as the Vice-Chair of the US ANSI/INCTS B10/B10.5 delegation for smart cards. He most recently authored the Limited Use contactless smart card proposed ANSI-410 standards specification. He held previous technical and management positions at Texas Instruments, Sony and National Semiconductor. He has received engineering degrees from DeVry Institute of Technology, Chapman University and has completed advanced executive management studies at Stanford University.