This expert has over 40 years of experience in analog and digital audio, signal processing, test and measurement, real time systems, psychoacoustics.  He is a successful independent consultant in IP evaluation and product development, a registered Professional Engineer inboth Electrical Engineering and Acoustics. He is also under contract to manage technical standards development forthe Audio Engineering Society.  He holdsa Bachelors, two Masters and a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and anMBA from Pepperdine University.  He is a prolific author and seasoned speaker on technical subjects in audio and instrumentation.  He is an experienced manager with extensive product planning, research, design and development experience.  He is a past President and Fellow ofthe Audio Engineering Society (AES) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE).

Analog & Digital audio

Analog to digital conversion (A/Ds, ADCs)

Audio coding, MP3, AAC, AC3, Dolby, DTS, Atmos

Broadcast, consumer & professional audio

Broadcast, consumer & professional audio

Design for EMI & EMC compliance

Digital Signal processing (DSP)

Digital to analog conversion (D/As, DACs)

Frequency response, distortion, noise

Frequency synthesis DDS

Instrumentation, Data Acquisition

Loudness measurement, CALM Act, ATSC, EBU R128, BS1770

Loudspeakers, microphones, transducers

Multichannel audio, surround sound

Phase locked loops, PLLs

Psychoacoustics, perception

Recording, mixing consoles

Signal analysis. statistics, correlation

Smart amplifiers, Class D

Sound Localization, perception

Test and Measurement (T&M)

Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA                    MBA

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY        PhD, Electrical Engineering

SUNY Albany, Albany, NY                                Undergraduate coursework in Audiology

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute                       MS, Mechanics

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute                       M Eng, Electrical Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute                       BS, Electrical Engineering