Lou Vitale Email & Phone Number

Fredericksburg, Va

Director of C3I Systems for Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Military Command Center (NMCC), Pentagon (classified 1988 to 1991).Kuwait Ministry of Information (MOI) invited Vitatech after Dessert Storm in 1991 to submit tenders valued over $35,000,000 USD to replace broadcast systems removed by Iraqi forces (i.e., concert hall, television station with broadcast vans, HF transmitters). MOI delayed, then canceled the award due to Iraqi reparations default.Designed / installed $1.5 million Decision Support Center (DSC) for Assistant Secretary of Defense-Reserve Affairs 1991 - 1992. DSC was the reserve forces' Mobilization Control Center.1993 to PresentIn April 1993 Mr. Vitale established a full-spectrum EMI/RFI & EMF survey, exposure/risk assessment and low frequency magnetic / RF shielding design / installation business..Vitatech offers expert engineering services for nanotech, science, research, engineering, medical and hospital projects that include: EMI/RFI assessment, placement and mitigation of high-resolution Imaging tools (i.e., SEMs, TEMs, FIBs, etc.), electrophysiology and diagnostic medical imaging tools (i.e., EEG, EKG, MRIs, MEGs, CTs, etc.). Vitatech simulates magnetic / electric fields (DC, quasi-static DC, 50/60 Hz and RF emissions profiles), evaluates potential human health / EMI/RFI equipment impact and verifies our shielding designs with Finite Element Modeling (FEM) software.Mr. Vitale delivers EMF presentations to communities, schools, and corporations regarding perceived threat and public health issues, presents professional EMF training seminars, performs EMF surveys, designs shielding / cancellation systems and directs company research activities. Mr. Vitale presented technical seminars at Buildings for Advance Technology (BAT), Tradeline, SPIE, and various Nanotechnology groups on EMI mitigation and assessment techniques. Mr. Vitale has over 20 publications, articles and papers. Visit our webpage: www.vitatech.net

Bethesda, Md & Northern Va

As a former Director in the C3I Center of Booz•Allen & Hamilton's Telecommunications Group-Network Practices, Mr. Vitale managed classified Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) projects for the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) (now DISA) Center for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4S). As Director he managed a professional staff that evaluated, designed, and implemented the following major projects and tasks: 1) Upgraded (designed/implemented) the audio, video, computer graphic, video teleconferencing, and communication systems in the National Military Command Center (NMCC) at the Pentagon; 2)Supported the DCA Command Center Improvement Program recommending C3 improvements to the Military Airlift Command (MAC), U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), and United States Forces-Japan (USFJ) command centers; and, 3) Managed the task to investigate the impact of the Survivable Communications Integration System (SCIS) on the National Military Command System (NMCS). Furthermore, while Director of the Booz•Allen Command Center Laboratory, Mr. Vitale presented to corporate management a business plan which proposed the funding of a C3 Image Processing and Display Research & Development program. The company allocated funds for the first phase construction of a C3 research laboratory that included a five thousand square foot computer room and laboratory with a state-of-the-art multi-format video production and multimedia center.

Boca Raton, Florida

Mr. Vitale was President and Technical Director at VitaTech Engineering, a biomedical research and development company in Boca Raton, Florida. He invented, designed, developed, financed, and marketed the VitaScope, a battery powered, portable, CMOS microprocessor controlled electrocardiograph (ECG) monitor capable of displaying, recording, and transmitting various real time and processed ECG signals for clinical, ambulatory, and remote medical applications. The VitaScope had a the high resolution Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for instructions, ECG signals, and special medical alert messages. The VitaScope was powered by four "AA" alkaline batteries. Control commands were entered on the front panel keyboard and displayed for easy reference on the LCD display. Engineering the prototype VitaScope required eleven months to complete. Mr. Vitale designed, assembled and tested all analog and digital circuits. An 8-bit CMOS microprocessor (MC146805E3) controlled all functions and LCD. Software development began with defining the functional objectives of the intended design and operation. This required writing software specifications, formulating algorithms, generating flowcharts, and Mr. Vitale writing over three thousand lines of code in assembly language. In October 1985 Mr. Vitale wrote a comprehensive three-year Business Plan proposing a $5.9 million dollar venture including FDA testing and approval. In August 1986 Dr. Denton Cooley invited Vitatech to Texas Heart in Houston to demonstrate the Prototype. The cardiologists clinically compared the VitaScope to their $50,000 HP 4760 PageWriter 12-lead EEG. Dr. Cooley and his team were impressed with the VitaScope 12-lead ECG signal integrity (identical traces), low-noise 60 Hz filtering, and hard-copy printed ECG traces considering the small size and 20 times estimated price difference compared to the HP 4760. In 1986, the VitaScope Prototype was the smallest battery powered 12-lead ECG in the world.

Great Neck, Li, Ny

Mr. Vitale supervised projects/staff as Deputy Program Manager on the Tactical Advanced Combat Direction Electronic Warfare Environmental Generation and Control System (TACDEW/EGCS) contract administered by Sperry Systems Management for the Naval Training Equipment Center (NTEC) in Orlando, Florida. TACDEW/EGCS was a six-year cost plus $12,000,000 simulated tactical naval training development system to be installed at the Fleet Command Training Center-Pacific (FCTCPAC) in San Diego, California. The objective of the project was to develop and deploy a highly sophisticated tactical naval simulation training system using land-based Combat Information Center (CIC) mockups.The system architecture was focused around a cluster VAX 11/780 computer system with shared memory and array processors. An Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) provided a high speed data communication link between the cluster VAX 11/780 computer system, simulation support equipment, and high speed digital switch that interfaced directly to the CIC mockups. The simulation support equipment consisted of generic radar display simulators, problem control consoles, radar set control simulators, and tactical control consoles. Mr. Vitale managed the following projects valued over $4 million: 1) Design/procurement - problem control consoles and radar set control simulators; 2) Graphics software subcontractor, Technical Services Division of UNIVAC; and, 3) Integration of the software development VAX 11/780 to the problem control console, generic radar display system, Ethernet LAN, and second VAX 11/780 computer to form a cluster configuration with shared memory.

New York City, Ny

Mr. Vitale was a Senior Project Manager at the NBC television network. He presented to network executives broadcast engineering projects for their review and approval. Upon approval, his technical team was responsible for the system engineering and architectural design, demolition and construction, equipment installation, cabling, integration, final test, and training. He coordinated each project with contractors, trade unions, and network production organizations (i.e., news, sports, and entertainment). Mr. Vitale was responsible for over $10 million dollars of Network Television projects (i.e., studios & lighting systems, master control rooms, EJ rooms, sports and network news editing suites, news studios & control rooms, video tape playback areas, commercial cassette facilities, master control room, and, satellite / remote microwave communications) all of which were completed on schedule and within budget.

Westbury, Wiltshire United Kindgom

As Chief Engineer and Engineering Manager of Mercury Middle East, an international broadcast systems company, Mr. Vitale was responsible for all company engineering projects, technical equipment and material purchases, project schedules and engineering staff of twenty (two engineers and eighteen technicians). He had the direct authority to negotiate contracts, prepare and submit tenders, sign engineering agreements and hire personnel. The headquarters and his personal residence were located in Westbury, United Kingdom. Mercury Middle East had broadcast engineering projects in both Kuwait and Qatar. The largest single Kuwait project ($400,000 U.S. dollars) was the design and delivery of a remote broadcast TV van for a local television company. In Qatar the company had two major engineering contracts valued at $5,000,000 (U.S. dollars) with the Qatar Broadcasting System (QBS). The first project was a studio lighting refurbishment project that replaced the lighting control board and all the fixtures, cables and supports. The second project was the installation and integration of a production switcher and digital effects system in the main studio control room. The third project was the final engineering and delivery of a remote broadcast TV van. On the second contract they teamed with Schlumberger of France who engineered the new Qatar FM radio station in Doha. Schlumberger purchased and delivered all the equipment for the studios, recording and editing suites, master control console, audio distribution system, duplication rooms, intercom system, and synchronous clock system with detailed system engineering and wiring drawings. Mercury Middle East was subcontracted by Schlumberger to install, cable and test their equipment. Mercury Middle East was also under contract to the Qatar Broadcasting System (QBS) to purchase, install and test the microwave links, mobile radio telephone system, HF antenna, and FSK teletype news system.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Mr. Vitale began his video engineering career as a project engineer managing the design and assembly of a new video production mixer for Vital Industries. The product, 250 PAL/NTSC Video Production Mixer, was a microprocessor based system capable of special effects mixing, multi-pattern generation, luminance and chrominance keying, and event sequence programming. His immediate responsibilities included the redesign of the prototype to meet industry specifications and coordinating all aspects of the project from circuit and system design to PCB layout, generating schematics and test procedures, purchasing materials, technical writing and future production planning. Managerial duties began with creating a new department of two engineers and five technicians within the company, purchasing test equipment, defining project objectives and assigning technical and administrative goals. The company allocated $750,000 for the first year of research, development, and engineering.

Bsee, Bio Medical/Electrical Engineering

Biochemistry & Medievel History

Regents Honor Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Student Council President, Football & La Cross Teams