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New Brunswick, New Jersey, Us

Sensor team lead for innovating, developing, and delivering instrument navigation capability into endoscopic instruments for robotic surgery. Flexible Robotics produces the Monarch platform, currently diagnosing lung cancer through a bronchoscopy procedure. Many other endoscopic applications are in the pipeline.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Us

Technical team lead for navigational sensing across business unit. Reporting through Sensor Team of Flexible Robotics, which produces the Monarch platform for endoscopic procedures.

• Designed and built automated robotic solutions for unique advanced audio technology problems, including real-time room acoustics tuning; psycho-acoustics localization; and high-volume, precision acoustical measurement.• Assembled a complementary team of world-class partners to bring knowledge and expertise to the problems and facilitate bridging parallel operations to the solutions.• Developed AuSIM’s HeadZap-M automated head-related transfer function measurement system capable of measuring over 800 positions per hour.• Developed numerically driven mechanized aural measurement and localization system that silently positions a loudspeaker to any position on a four-meter sphere in less than three seconds. • Integrated audio signal processing technology, large mechanisms, high-torque servo motors, dozens of sensors, human factors, ergonomics, safety certification, performance tuning, monitoring, control, user interface, wear/reliability prediction, training and maintenance.• Led design effort for all disciplines: electronic, mechanical, control, sensor planning and software, ensuring inter-operability and performance.• Contributed to partnered mechanical, electronic and control implementation.• Implemented firmware, middleware, API and user-interface software.• Hosted weekly video reports with customer representatives.

• Invented and developed AuSIM3D® Vectsonic™ loudspeaker array 3D sound display system technology.• Led teams (contracted partners) in the design and implementation of multimillion-dollar auditory facilities (Army Research Lab, NASA Langley Research Center and Missouri Science & Technology).• Led technology architects (acoustics, signal processing, control, mechanical) and architectural integration engineers (architects and construction engineers). • Designed signal routing and control system. • Specified and purchased all digital equipment.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

• Develop integrated, innovative solutions for perceptual research laboratories.• Founder and President, served in a variety of capacities in the life-cycle of AuSIM, including program manager for a staff of 15 engineers, technology visionary, engineering project manager, product engineer, sales and business development leader, market strategist and finance manager.• Productized 3D audio technology for mission-critical application markets, including air-traffic controllers, fire fighters, pilots and vehicle operators....o Developed AuSIM3D® Fixed-Filtering algorithm, dynamically mixing the outputs of a finite set of efficient, constant filters to significantly increase the computational performance compared to the traditional dynamic filter approach for large environments....o Developed AuSIM3D® 3D audio simulation technology, encapsulated into the Gold Series and 3DVx hardware and various software products, and delivered advanced aural display systems to the U. S. Navy, U. S. Army, U. S. Air Force, NASA and industrial customers.• Managed and developed engineering staff from interns to advanced principle engineers.• Sold AuSIM’s core technology, AuSIM3D, to Sennheiser GmbH & Co. for mass-market development.

Troy, Michigan, Us

• Working within NASA Ames Research Center, designed an experiment with psycho-perception scientists from then separate aural and visual laboratories, now “Advanced Displays and Spatial Perception Lab”.• Integrated immersive display systems for the respective sensory modes.• Time-synchronized the respective stimuli to be a verifiable virtual replication of the physical propagation.• Implemented the 3D interaction experiment code for both VR (occluded) and AR (non-occluded) immersive displays.

• Led a small team of scientists in the development of signal processing tools and advanced algorithms for 3D audio simulation.• Drove the patent design and implementation of algorithms for efficient computation of wave propagation through reflective and occlusive acoustic environments.• Principally developed 3D audio by reducing 3D models to signal processing parameters.• Synchronized audio and visual display modalities for immersive perceptual research.• Developed the core acoustic simulation reflection technology deployed in Aureal Semiconductor's A3D 3.0, called Wave Tracing.• Developed a 3D immersive teleconferencing system for NYNEX Science & Technology.• As cofounder of TeleSense Partners, merged with Aureal Semiconductor Inc.

• Commercialized part of Stanford PhD thesis project “DesignSpace” into an immersive, virtual audio teleconferencing system.• Delivered first system to NYNEX Science & Technology in Westchester, NY• Merged with MediaVision along with Crystal River Engineering to become Aureal Semiconductor.

• Provided product design, manufacturing analysis, computer-based engineering tool specification, software engineering, customization and installation and 3D modeling.• Delivered virtual simulation development engineering to a variety of clients, including:...o Crystal River Engineering, synthetic 3D audio technology developers, Groveland, CA...o Virtual Technologies, human body instrumentation manufacturers, Palo Alto, CA...o Fakespace Labs, interactive simulation display manufacturers, Menlo Park, CA...o Telepresence Research, W-2 Engineer, software and algorithm development coupled with hardware integration to develop virtual reality experiences, Palo Alto, CA...o Division Ltd, interactive simulation system developers, Bristol, England...o LEEP Systems, head-coupled display lens manufacturers, Boston, MA

• Served as director of design and general contractor specializing in high quality/ultra-low-energy custom residential and light commercial design and construction.• Designed a revolutionary construction technique for super-insulating existing residential and light-commercial structures. Published in 1985 in Progressive Builder magazine.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, General Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Math, Computer Science

Certificate, Swiss German Culture

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