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James A. St. Pierre is Deputy Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory. Along with the ITL Director he oversees a research program designed to support U.S. industry, government, and academia with measurements and standards, underpinning IT innovations. Through its efforts, ITL seeks to enhance productivity and public safety, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life. Prior to this assignment St. Pierre was Chief of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory's Materials and Construction Research Division (MCRD). MCRD's work spans a wide range - from structural research, to materials and construction automation research. Mr. St. Pierre was the also the Program Manager for the Construction Automation Technology (CONSIAT) Program. St. Pierre was the Acting Chief for the Materials Reliability Division (MRD) of the Material Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST's Boulder Colorado facility. As Chief of MRD, Mr. St. Pierre managed four groups involved in: material characterization, process sensing and modeling, structural materials, and materials evaluation. Prior to this, St. Pierre served two years as the Founding Director of the NIST Industrial Liaison Office (ILO), working to enhance the industrial impact of the NIST laboratories. Mr. St. Pierre has also served on assignment to the NIST Director's Office (Program Office) and as Special Advisor to the Commerce Department's Under Secretary for Technology. Prior to the ILO Mr. St. Pierre served as Deputy Division Chief of the Electricity Division within the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL). In EEEL, he also served as a NIST technical staff member, Project Leader, and Group Leader. As part of his technical work in EEEL, he has been involved in the development of design automation standards for the electronics industry. He chaired the International Electrotechnical Committee's TC93 "Design Automation," Working Group 5, "Test, validation, conformance and qualification for standards," and helped to create and co-chair IEC TC93, Working Group 6, "Library of Reusable Parts for Electrotechnical Products." His work has been published in the NIST Journal of Research and in external publications. He has given dozens of presentations on both technical and management topics, to both national and international audiences. Before joining NIST, in 1994, he worked as a technical project leader within Loral Space Systems semiconductor design group and worked for IBM on the development of hardware and software for Los Angeles-class submarines. In addition, he worked with several universities to develop their semiconductor design curricula. He earned a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in College Park, and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University in Piscataway N.J. Created: September 26, 2006 |
