Technical Experience:
2002-present: Manager, Computer Engineering Laboratory, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
1993-2002:
Co-founder and digital designer, dB Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA.
Manufacturer of high-end professional analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog
audio converters for the recording and film industries.
1986-1993:
Independent Consultant in digital audio hardware and software design.
Some major projects:
° Digital Signal Processing software for the Pro Spatializer from Spatializer
Audio Laboratories, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA.
This device allows the spatial placement, movement, and scaling of
individual tracks in space from two loudspeakers. The device works in real-time
and processes up to 24 simultaneous sounds, each individually placed in a stereo
sound field. http://spatializer.com/
° Designed prototype of DPR-100 Digital Audio Workstation, a Disk-based
Recorder-Editor, for Symetrix, Inc., Lynnwood, Washington. These devices (there
were several envisioned models in the product line) were high-end products
intended for recording studios, film studios, and video post-production. http://www.symetrixaudio.com/
° In 1988, for start-up Auris, Inc., Evanston, Ill., a prototype multiprocessor
Spatial Processor, based on and implementing the patented algorithms of Gary
Kendall of Northwestern University. This
was a Digital Signal Processor- based design that allowed the real-time
three-dimensional manipulation of sounds from stereo speakers using 34 Motorola
56000-series digital signal processors. Two
prototype systems were built for Auris. http://www.nwu.edu/musicschool/personal/kendall/kendall.html
1982-1986:
Director of Research and Development for Digital Systems International, Redmond,
Washington (later Mosaix) Designed Voice-recognition-based call-management systems
for telemarketing and credit-collection management.
1977-1982:
Design Engineer- Consulting Electronic Engineering Firm: Environmental
Technology, Inc., South Bend, Indiana http://www.networketi.com/
Numerous embedded system
design projects
1973-1977:
Vice President and General Manager- I.E. Inc., South Bend, Indiana,
Multimedia Production Company producing industrial educational training films
and videos
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