John Payne

Position: MANAGING DIRECTOR

Qualifications: Diploma of Communications Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1968

Key Skills:  System modelling, data acquisition, signal processing, control design

Experience:  General Manager (Tripal Systems Pty Ltd); Manager, Systems Engineering Division (Trippett Allan & Associates); Project Engineering Director (Clough Systems - Shallow Water Sound Range project), Senior Designer, Head of Communications, Systems Group (Government Aircraft Factories); Design Engineer, Engineer, Electronic Parts Group (Department of Supply)

Matthew Sallmann

Position: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER

Qualifications:  Bachelor of Engineering (Communication Engineering), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1985

Key Skills: Systems analysis, software design, communications systems, project management

Experience: Senior Communications Engineer (Trio Communications 2000 Pty Ltd), Systems Engineer (Ascom Radiocom Ltd), Development Engineer (GPT Sepac Pty Ltd), Design Engineer (Telecommunications Consultants Pty Ltd)

Adam Bodenstaff

Position: ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

Qualifications:  Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering), RMIT University, 2007; Advanced Diploma (Electronic Engineering) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology TAFE, 2004.

Key Skills: Organising of tests for electronic assemblies, environmental test supervision.

Experience: Design Engineer (Electronics), RF circuit assembly/repair.

Adrina Bodenstaff

Position: FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Qualifications:  Accounting to Trial Balance, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, 1997

Experience:  18 years experience in various accounting / book-keeping roles, including payroll and BAS, for Qantas Airways, MCD Decorations, First Transport, Bottom of the Harbour (restaurant chain), and AM Precision Spindles

Robert Hannon

Position: ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Qualifications:  Telecom Technician 1974; Royal Australian Navy Electronics & Weapon Systems 1976, High Reliability Soldering & Instructor 1977, Weapons Computers & Radar 1978.

Key Skills:  Fault-finding, diagnosis, repair and assembly of specialised electronic systems, with emphasis on RF communications, and test services.

Experience:  Radio System and Electronics technician, supervising installation and repairing of radio systems (HF through microwave) and satellite systems. Testing and tuning of C-band satellite communication system modules, designing electronic instruments and de-bugging various analogue and digital circuits and modules.

June Wu

Position: ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Qualifications:  Diploma of Engineering at Guangdong TV and Radio University, 1982; Advanced Certificate in Electronics (Radio Communications), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1996

Key Skills:  Fault-finding, diagnosis, repair and assembly of specialised electronic systems, with emphasis on RF communications, and test services.

Experience:  Electronics technician, designing electronic instruments and de-bugging devices for testing a wide range of ship borne equipment (Wenquong Ship Building and Repair Company), testing of fibre optical instruments in a production environment.

Graham Robertson

Position: SENIOR RF AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN (ASSOCIATE)

Qualifications: Diploma Entrance Intermediate Certificate, Footscray Institute of Technology, 1955

Key Skills: Repair, installation and setting-to-work of ship's radar systems, UHF communications and microwave system equipment

Experience:  Manager Technical Support Group, Systems Engineering (Tripal Systems Pty Ltd); Senior Technical Officer Grade 2, Navy Systems, Electronic warfare, communications and calibration, Supervising Technician, Senior Technical Officer, Electronic Test Equipment Calibration Centre, Senior Technician, Communications and Microwave System equipment (Royal Australian Navy, Williamstown Naval Dockyard)

For a time Graham was manager in charge overseeing the implementation of installation working towards Factory Acceptance for the upgrade of the Noi Bai International Airport, Vietnam. Later became Site Manager in the running of the project at the above airport.

Koji Payne

Position: TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

Qualifications:  Undergraduate (4th year) Science and Engineering Degrees

Key Skills:  Mathematical simulation, modelling & analysis, support to phased array antenna repairs and measurements

Experience:  Satellite antenna refurbishment, L-Band RF Microstrip repairs, RF testing (return loss, insertion loss, gain and phase), phased array antenna radiating patch performance modelling, measurements and analysis.

Alex Coca

Position: SENIOR RF AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN (ASSOCIATE)

Qualifications:  Radio Electronics Technicians Certificate, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1968

Key Skills:  Electronic systems, with emphasis on communications, support to network systems and test/calibration services

Experience:  Senior Systems Technical Officer, technical support for communications and electronic surveillance projects (Tripal Systems Pty Ltd); Naval Systems Technical Officer Grade 2, technical support for communications networks on Naval ships (Royal Australian Navy, Williamstown Dockyard);

Alex gained further installation experience as technical officer in charge of communications at Mason Base, Antarctica and has worked extensively offshore in support of several air traffic control installation - Nepal (integration, installation, testing of communications, re-designer of may interfaces and commissioning, and, at the Noi Bai International Airport, Vietnam.

Commodore Adrian Cummins was the Chairman of the Board of Niksar Australia.

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