STV strengthens vehicles leadership in Boston and Texas region

STV announced the promotions of Scott Grogan and Paul Picciano to vice president strengthening the firm’s ability to deliver complex rail and transit vehicle programs nationwide. With federal transit funding poised to reach $14.6 billion in fiscal year 2026, the appointments position STV to lead the modernization of major transit systems nationwide.

“Paul and Scott strengthen our ability to guide agencies through the most significant fleet reinvestment cycle in a generation,” said James Martin, PE, PMP, senior vice president and head of the national vehicles practice at STV. “Their leadership and technical insight help our clients navigate complex procurements, integrate new technologies and bring safer, more reliable vehicles into service faster.”

Grogan has more than 35 years of experience in engineering operations and has led multimillion-dollar public rail transit projects in major metropolitan areas across Texas. Based in Pearland, his expertise spans rail operations, light rail vehicle operations and maintenance, major procurement initiatives, capital project delivery and the design and oversight of critical track, signals, communication and electrification. He holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Kilgore College.

Picciano brings more than 20 years of experience delivering complex rail vehicle programs across their full lifecycle. Based in STV’s Boston office, he has advanced the firm’s vehicle practice through his work with state transportation agencies, airports and multimodal transit systems. In his expanded role, Picciano will lead vehicle procurements for major modernization programs. He earned a Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.

For decades, STV vehicle experts have supported some of our nation’s largest transit agencies with procurement and vehicle engineering, including rapid transit trains for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Market-Frankford Line in Philadelphia, the procurement of 35 dual-powered locomotives for NJ TRANSIT in New Jersey and Montreal’s Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (now Exo). The firm also coordinated the procurement of new bi-level commuter cars for Metra in the Chicago metropolitan region and the first dual-mode locomotive fleet for the Metro-North Railroad.