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Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

QSC is a globally-recognized designer and manufacturer of audio and video products for the Cinema, Professional Audio, and Commercial A/V markets. Seven-time award winner for being a "Best Place to work in Orange County," QSC applies 21st-century technology and innovation to solve large, complicated audio and A/V problems for Fortune 500 customers worldwide. We offer a vast catalog of products ranging from networked A/V processors and video equipment for theme parks, stadiums, airports, and conference/board/huddle rooms, to professional-grade loudspeakers and mixing consoles for top musical artists, to cinema 4k DCI-compliant media blocks, amplifiers, speakers and DSP processors for premium movie theaters.• Accountable for all global Engineering and R&D activities.• Oversee HW Eng, SW Eng, SQA, Mechanical Eng, Acoustic Eng, and all Technical Directors.• Responsible for 160+ engineering staff and contractors at 7+ development sites worldwide.• Established multiple product development sites in Europe and Asia.• Member of CEO's Staff, M&A Team, Product Strategy Executive Committee, etc.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Filmmaker George Lucas founded THX Ltd to ensure audiences experienced his films with the highest possible quality. Today, THX is actively engaged in research, design, implementation, testing, and certification of new audio and video technologies, both THX branded and OEM, for professional & consumer markets.• Accountable for Engineering and Product Development.• Restructured SW team to reduce costs, expand capabilities and increase capacity.• Implemented offshore development program to refactor and improve performance of CineSpace SW application used for Hollywood post-production color correction.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Digidesign (renamed Avid in 2010) is a leading creator of audio production tools for professional music recording, broadcast, film, and live sound markets. They are known best for their “Pro Tools” product line.Director of Engineering, Live Consoles (2009 - 2011)Director of Software Engineering, Plug-Ins, and Live Consoles (2006 - 2009)• Accountable for four different engineering departments in US and Europe.• Architected and implemented Digidesign’s first successful offshore SW development program with initial 25-person remote team. Established processes and methods for future offshore work by other departments (Avid now has over 300 developers offshore).• Responsible for all hardware and software for the VENUE digital mixing console product line, Avid’s fastest growing market segment from 2008-2011.• Oversaw porting of 100+ Pro Tools plug-ins from legacy Motorola fixed-point architecture to new Texas Instruments floating-point architecture. Work done by offshore development partner in Eastern Europe.• Interim Manager of the Advanced Instrument Research group in Bremen, Germany.• Administered 3rd-party engineering support for 200+ development partners.• Team of 20 US staff, 12 German staff, and 25 offshore contractors. Accountable for $5M+ budget.

San Francisco, California, Us

Dolby is a worldwide leader in signal processing technology for professional and consumer electronics markets.Director, Technology Development (2002 - 2005)Group Leader, Technology Development (2001 - 2002)Senior Project Engineer, Business Development (2000)• Co-Founder & Director of Dolby’s Advanced Technology Group, a new department spun out of R&D to design and build new IP and licensable SW technologies.• Formed and led the team that created Dolby Digital Plus, the successor to Dolby Digital. Dolby Digital Plus is is incorporated in multiple streaming, broadcast, and mobile products (Netflix, BluRay, etc.)• Drove innovation. The department filed 6 US patent applications in < 2 years.• Managed rapid growth. Grew department from 3 to 18 engineers in 18 months, established processes, built automated test infrastructure, etc.• Accountable for $3M+ budget.• Personally served as Project Manager and Lead SW Engineer for the Dolby Digital Live encoder, the first real-time 5.1 surround encoder ever incorporated into a game console. The encoder was a subsystem in the original Microsoft Xbox (estimated to have sold ~ 24M units worldwide)

Glendale, California, Us

Walt Disney Imagineering is the master planning, creative development, and design arm of The Walt Disney Company. The R&D department’s charter was to investigate and implement emerging and disruptive technologies for use in the "theme park of the future."Senior Member of the Technical Staff (1997 - 2000)Member of the Technical Staff (1995 - 1997)• Served multiple roles including Computer Systems Architect, SW Architect, Embedded and Windows programmer, Project Manager, and Technical Lead.• Conceptualized, designed, and implemented bleeding-edge prototypes that incorporated audio, video, speech recognition, robotics, and computer graphics.• Created and personally presented technology prototypes and demos annually to 100+ Disney executives, including Michael Eisner (CEO), Michael Ovitz (President), and Roy Disney (Board Member).• Architect, Lead SW Engineer, and Project Manager on a 2-year program that created a suite of show programming tools that enabled creative designers to script and operate large-scale theme park shows (animatronics, lighting, audio, video, special effects) using techniques similar to those used in non-linear video editing.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

• Traveled internationally with famous musical artists as a member of the sound crew.• Toured with Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Yes, Luther Vandross, Roger Waters, and Paul Simon.• Project Manager for Stevie Wonder and Pink Floyd accounts.• Toured in the US, Australia, Japan, South America, and Africa.

Lititz, Pennsylvania, Us

• Repaired a wide assortment of audio electronics.• Toured each summer as an audio technician for famous musical artists.• Toured with Simon and Garfunkel, Yes, and the Clash in the US and Europe.

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

M.S., Electrical Engineering

Mini Mba

B.S. W/ Distinction, Electrical Engineering