My practice focus deals with topics in Communications, Information, Technology, Electronics, E-Business, and Media.

I provide clients with management consulting and technology based consulting across a wide variety of industries drawing on base of communications industry and technology expertise. Areas of focus include--public and private network voice and data communications, cable television, cellular mobile radio, broadcasting, security systems, image processing, broadband access technology, internet applications, and consumer electronics.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:

BS Electrical Engineering- Lehigh University, 1968

BS Engineering Physics- Lehigh University, 1969

MS Electrical Engineering- Northeastern University, 1974

MBA, Suffolk University, 1983

Registered professional engineer- State of Nevada and Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Certificate in Data Processing- Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP)

FCC general radio telephone license

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

• Member of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Board of Govenors and past president of The Society

• VP of Publications for IEEE Consumer Electronics Society

• Senior Editor IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine

• Past Chairman Boston Section of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

• Past Chairman Boston IEEE Boston Fall 2000 Vehicular Technology Society Conference

• Member of program committee and past conference chairman of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics

• Past Chairman of IEEE Consumer Electronics Standards Committee

• Past Awards chairman of IEEE Ibuka Award for Consumer Electronics

• Elected Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)

• Elected Member Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE)

• Elected Member Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Past member of USA advisory board to National Science Museum of Israel

• Elected member of Cable TV Pioneers

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

Arthur D. Little, Inc (25 Years)- VP Communications, Info Technology, & Electronics

Motorola Communications Division (3 years)- project engineer in portable radio products

Bell & Howell Communications Company (5 years)- engineering manager for paging products

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:

Seven U.S. patents

Co-author of book on information systems technology: "The Arthur D. Little, Inc Forecast on Information Technology and Productivity", (1991: Wiley)

Co-author of book on developing mobile radio technology: "New Opportunities at 220 MHz", (1991: National Association of Business and Educational Radio)

IEEE Centennial Metal in 1984 and Millennium Metal in 2002

A best paper award at 1989 International Conference on Consumer Electronics

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