John Skilton

John is a Chartered Professional Engineer with thirty years of experience in railway engineering specialising in signalling, telecommunications and control systems. Initially focused on signalling design and maintenance John has progressed through various roles within KiwiRail and its predecessor organisations providing exposure to train control systems, telecommunications systems, asset management, project management and general management.
John was instrumental in the specification of automatic train protection for the Auckland Metropolitan Rail Network and was subsequently closely involved with the installation of ETCS Level 1 automatic train protection. John is currently the Programme Director Future Rail Systems at KiwiRail and as part of this role is developing strategies to identify and deploy Operational Technology which will provide a step change improvement to the safety and efficiency of rail operations throughout the New Zealand rail network.