Expert No. 218

Education

NJIT - BSEE (1960), MSEE (1964)
Seminars and Continuing Education Courses: Product Evaluation & Planning, Strategic Planning, Digital and Cellular Communications, Digital Television Theory, Fiber optics, Microprocessors, LANs, ATE, DSP, Accounting, etc.

Experience

A Corp, Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

Reported as full time consultant to the CEO of this CATV industry electronics manufacturing company with responsibility for new product development, QC and production engineering support.

•Had responsibility for reviewing patents and prior art for possible infringement
•Wrote provisional patents for new products
•Provided machine shop services to produce mechanical fixtures and components

ITT Technical Institute, 2009

Adjunct Instructor for Digital Communications Systems Engineering Courses; Fiber Optics, Digital Modulation and Transmission, Microwave and Satellite Communications, Spread Spectrum, etc.

Viewsonics Inc., May 1999 to May 2003

Dir. Of Engineering, Reporting to the CEO of this CATV industry electronics manufacturing company with responsibility for the R&D engineering lab, QC and production engineering.
•Developed state of the art microwave transmitters and receivers including both addressable and encrypted signals.
•Wide band amplifiers, signal splitters and directional couplers (5MHz to 1 GHz)
•Developed test signal generator equipment using frequency synthesizers and low noise PLL
•Developed micro controller based Signal Level Meter with graphics display
•Developed H.E. signal management system with patent granted on state of the art combiner/splitters

Union County College, October 1996 to 1999

Adjunct instructor for A+ Microcomputer Certification Training Program; PC trouble-shooting (hardware and software), operating systems, DOS, Win3.x, Win9x, NT), LANs, Data Communications, uP architecture and assembler, number systems, codes. Also taught MS Office Professional applications (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, etc.)

Communications, January 1980 to Present

Founded this consulting firm to provide business and technical services to the electronics and telecommunications industry. C specializes in analog, video, data and television communications systems including microwave broadcasting, CATV, MATV, WIRELESS, MMDS, LMDS and DBS.
Expert witness/consultant in over 30 cases, including: patent litigation, theft of service, personal injury, product liability, civil jury trials, arbitration hearings, etc.

Selected assignments include:

Communications System Design

•Multilink Corp. - Consultant on a digital TV signal system.
•Blonder Tongue Labs - Developed and patented an FCC approved STV system.
•Oak Communications - System consultant for anti piracy jamming system countermeasures.
•Stern Telecommunications Inc. - System consultant for TV scrambling system.
•Frontier Communications - Developed 28Ghz cellular Tele-communications system.
•Liberty Cable Television - Redesigned a 72 channel 18 GHz AML microwave transmission network.
•Satcom International - Developed coverage analysis models and Earth stations locations for LEO satellite system.
•Swedcom Corporation - Antenna test range radiation analysis and opinion report to city zoning board proving that ANSI radiation standards are met by a large margin.
•Anidea Engineering - Consultant on a 915 MHz telemetry system hardware and link analysis.

Expert Witness

•National Subscription Television
•Gill Cable
•KECH 22 TV
•Microband Corporation of America
•Pearlman
•Pay TV of NY
•Scorcia & Diana Inc.
•Mandelbaum, Salsburg, Gold
•Banner, Birch
•CATV
•Harmon, Claytor, Corrigan  & Wellman
•Sughrue
•Patrylak & Panarella
•Garrubbo & Romankow
•Easton & Echtman 
•Edelman & Edelman
•Fulbright & Jaworski
•Finnegan, Henderson
•Jones, Day
•Gibson, Dunn
•Reynolds, Caronia & Gianelli
•Brobeck, Phieger
•Morgan Lewis
•Sughrue
•Emerson Electric Corp
•Allen, Dyer
•Chung & Press
•Rader, Fishman & Grauer
   
FCC Regulatory

•MCA - Launched license applications program to acquire OFS/ITFS/MMDS/STL TV channels in 50 markets.
•WXON TV20 - Conducted FCC proof of performance tests on this encrypted UHF TV station.
•Frontier Comm. -over 150 FCC applications and new rule making for cellular 28GHz band.
•Anidea Engineering - Consultant, reviewing a 915 MHz telemetry system for FCC part 15 ISM rule compliance.

Market Research

•ABCD...Vision - Developed market research computer programs.
•Cadmus Group - Expert review of EPA energy saving study by use of standby switching power supplies.
•Chartwell - Developed marketing plan for Kansas PAY-TV market.
•Intercept Corp. - Developed product marketing strategy and design.
•Chartwell - Developed market forecast computer models to predict subscriber base potential.

Operations Management

•Chartwell - Managed NYC Subscription TV launch program.
•Chartwell - Developed operations plan to launch a Kansas City MDS market.
•Dranitz Eng. Labs - Launched a computer terminal division.
•Liberty Cable Television - Technical operations audit and systems upgrade.
•NST Detroit - Successfully launched a Subscription TV market.
•ON TV Los Angeles - Improved field operations productivity by 25%.
•ON TV Los Angeles - Executed favorable subcontractor contracts negotiations.
•ON TV Portland - Technical operations consultant for MDS TV.
•ON TV Portland - Operations audit and organizational upgrade.
•Willamette Subscription TV - Crisis management turn around effecting a 25% annual cash flow improvement.
•Satcom International - Technical operations consultant for Orbcomm LEO satellite data messaging system

Product R&D

•Avionic Instruments Inc. - develop product line of static inverter power supplies.
•BT Labs - Developed a line of TV signal processing hardware and systems associated with CATV/STV.
•BT Labs - Invented and patented the BT addressable scrambling system.
•Gemini Industries - Developed and patented a commercial Antenna Rotator.
•HSN Marketing - Developed and patented a digital video stabilizer for processing VCR signals.
•Intercept Corp. - Developed UHF antenna product line.
•Microband Corp. - Microwave transmitter, down converter, antenna and descrambler specs for vender bids.
•Microlab/FXR Corp. - Redesigned cost reduced microwave detection system for electronic surveillance.
•Oak Communications - Conducted Sigma encryption system upgrade.
•Private Network Cable System Co. - Developed/manufactured custom CATV head end block converter.
•Parental Guide Corp. - Developed V-chip parental control system for CATV set top converters.

Microband Corporation of America, July 1983 to November 1990
Sr. Vice President: Reporting to the CEO of this multi-market Microwave common carrier; directed the corporate market research and engineering departments; responsible for the market launch of the NYC, Detroit and Washington DC:

•Directed technical operations in the NYC, Detroit and Washington DC markets.
•Developed microwave transmitter, down converter, antenna and descrambler bid specifications for industry venders.
•Developed and applied sophisticated market research, forecast and technical computer models to guide the business.
•Designed and constructed 31 channel microwave transmission facilities.
•Responsible for 100+ FCC applications to acquire new TV channels for OFS, ITFS, MMDS and STL services.
•Developed CAE software to design 800 MHz TV distribution systems.
•Directed cost accounting procedures.
•Represented Pay TV of NY as expert in piracy trial.

Willamette Subscription TV, 1982 to 1983
Technical and operations consultant: Reported to the CEO with complete responsibility as turn-around specialist.

Chartwell Communications Inc., 1979 to 1982
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer: Reported to the CEO in a highly competitive national, multi-market, PAY-TV broadcast operation.  I had complete responsibility for corporate technical and operational matters regarding Subscription TV, Satellite TV and CATV/MATV.  I directed internal technical operating departments and subcontracting companies with combined personnel count of about 300 people:

•Produced over $2,000,000/yr. in net savings.
•Successfully launched the NST Detroit Subscription TV market and upgraded UHF station, WXON, to FCC specs.
•Developed marketing plan for Kansas PAY-TV market.
•Managed Chartwell’s NYC Subscription TV launch program.
•Improved field operations productivity by 25%.
•Developed labor cost computer models that resulted in favorably negotiated contracts with subcontractors.
•System consultant for Oak Communications' anti-piracy countermeasures.

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, 1970 to 1979
Director of Engineering: Reported to the president of this high tech manufacturer. Complete responsibility for corporate new product planning, administration and technical direction of R&D laboratory and manufacturing engineering:

•Developed a complete line of TV hardware and systems associated with CATV, STV and Satellite communications.
•Invented the B-T addressable scrambling system.

Squires Sanders Inc., 1965 1970 (Engineering Manager): Responsible for new product development and marketing in the digital data, video and communications fields:

•Patented Video Motion Detector system for security applications.
•State-of-the-art voice response interactive data terminals.
•Specialized 2-30 MHz communications receiver for the National Security Agency.
•Custom HF. spectrum analyzer for government applications.

Vitro Labs, 1964 1965 (Project Manager):

•Developed a servo system controlled framing rate camera for exploding wire plasma studies.
•Designed high-speed digital timing circuits for missile count down systems.

Westrex Corp., 1962 (Project Engineer):

•Designed a servomechanism auto-tuned 2-30 MHz SSB kW linear Amp.
ITT Labs, 1959 1964 (Engineer in the Communications and Air Navigation’s Labs)
•Project responsibility for development of a 70 MHz quad diversity pre-detection phase combiner. (GRC66 Tropo sys)
•465-L Digital Communications network power distribution system and status logic display project.
•Design of Tacan antenna rotation rate monitor.

Papers and Publications

Available Upon Request

Patents

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Patent Disclosures

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Radio Licenses

FCC First Class Commercial
FCC Amateur Advanced Class

Memberships

•ARRL, Advanced amateur radio license WA2DCO
•IEEE, Life member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Broadcast Technology and Consumer Electronics Societies
•SBCE, Life member, Society of Broadcast and Communications Engineers
•SCTE, Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (past member of 5 engineering working groups establishing industry standard test procedures and specifications)

Speaking Engagements

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