Directing GD's day-to-day business operations and strategy and vision. "Responsive Innovation" defines GD's culture - who we are and what we do. GD believes in challenging the status quo. We do this by responding to changing needs with innovative solutions that are well-designed and simple to use for the benefit of patients, communities and care providers alike. Our innovative spirit continues to push the envelope with nextgen solutions and an eye to the future of connected care.For more than a quarter century, GD continues to be the leader in EMS-hospital communications and mobile telemedicine systems, connecting care providers nationwide and handling thousands of calls daily. GD innovations combine speed, simplicity and reliability to improve preparedness and provide better patient care through sharing and documenting critical information among medical and public safety teams. Product innovations include the CAREpoint™ Workstation used by hospital emergency departments to manage all EMS-hospital communications on a single interoperable, easy-to-use device; and e-Bridge™ Mobile Telemedicine apps, which enable the sharing of real-time, HIPAA-secure voice, texts, photos, videos and streaming video from smartphones, tablets and PCs between EMS, mobile integrated health-community paramedicine, hospitals and public safety entities. GD is based in Ridgefield, NJ. Visit general-devices.com to learn more.

Senior Partner, involved in all aspects of running a successful company specializing in the design, development and manufacture of specialized, voice, data and telemetry communications products for Hospitals, Emergency Medical Services and public safety.

Involved in all aspects of company product line of Emergency Medical Service communications equipment, including design, manufacture, sales and customer support. Principle designer of the GEMS 2000 EMS Communications Console and the GEMSCOM Series of Paramedic Field Radios.

Responsible for initial setup and management of manufacturing operations including assembly, test and troubleshooting for a wide variety of sophisticated medical devices.

Responsible for assembly and test of pre-production and prototype medical devices.

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC), a federation of 16 public-safety communications organizations, formed a not-for-profit foundation to potentially fund the federation's work. The NPSTC Foundation was incorporated in November and approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(3) organization and qualified to receive tax-deductible donations that would be exempt from federal income tax.