About Us


Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc. was established in 1986. It serves customers in the USA and Europe from its base in Lexington, Massachusetts and its subsidiary company in England (www.ptceurope.com). In addition to full-time employees, there is an extended team of electronic engineers, circuit layout designers and regular consultants, the latter based at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Pyramid provides instrument control systems for the medical, semiconductor equipment, physics research and biological research markets. The systems typically involve electronics hardware, embedded real-time software, and host system software drivers and applications. The Company’s specialization is in low-current measurement and detector system readout.

In addition to its range of products, Pyramid also offers engineering services in these market areas, typically producing hardware and software solutions tailored to a customers’ exact requirements.

Company Principals

Paul

Dr Paul Boisseau, President
Paul Boisseau carried out research on synchrotron-based PIXE spectroscopy and three-dimensional tomographic reconstruction methods at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He then joined Eaton Semiconductor, where he was senior physicist on the successful ion linac high energy implanter.  Since founding Pyramid he has been involved in all the company’s projects, responsible for physics concepts and electronics development.


Bill

William Nett, Vice-President
Bill Nett has a BS in Chemistry and Masters in Business Administration.  After holding senior software and finance positions at Thermo Electron Corporation, he founded Pyramid Technical Consultants with Paul Boisseau and concentrated on software design.  He created the successful PTC Interpreter system for instrument control.  He leads all software development projects at Pyramid.


John

Dr John Gordon, Product Development Director
John Gordon performed research on multiwire proportional chambers at University of Leicester, England.  His subsequent experience includes X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry, UHV ion beam systems, superconducting cyclotrons for PET, accelerator beamline equipment and ion implantation.  At Pyramid he directs product development and systems engineering.


Andrew

Andrew Dart, Chief Mechanical Engineer
Andrew Dart received a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Auckland.  He has designed key components of many of the ion implanter systems used worldwide, and has particular expertise in electromagnet and vacuum component design.  He has overall responsibility for all Pyramid’s mechanical design and development.

 

 

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  November 2008
Linux drivers available for Pyramid products.
  October 2008
Diamond detector readout with the I400.
  August 2008
Pyramid collaborates with MIT BEAMS Lab on accelerator controls upgrade.
  June 2008
LabVIEW drivers available for Pyramid products.
Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc.
1050 Waltham Street, Suite 200
Lexington, MA 02421