Objective

Help make stuff to make life in the recording studio less annoying and more creative and productive...

Professional Experience

Consultant, Eventide, Inc., 2003-present

Engineering for Logger division

Designing desktop logger. Responsibilities include Software architecture and programming (application, UI, and DSP), some circuit design.

Parnter, Manifold Labs LLC, 2002-present

Various tasks

Co-founded Manifold Labs, with the goal of releasing Plugzilla. Tasks include typical things for an audio startup: strategy, business, washing cups, analog and digital design, software coding. Additionally, set up web servers including email, ftp, dns, and extensive websites for Manifold and Plugzilla.

VP Marketing & Strategy, Eventide, Inc., 2002-2003

Marketing

Helped Eventide update their image, formulated new strategies for the audio group including entering the plugin and surround sound markets.

Consultant, Event Electronics, 2001-2002

Computer Architecture and Hardware Design

Architected, designed, cost-reduced a simple PCI audio interface for major audio manufacturer (Event EZ-8). Emphasis on turnaround time (concept to prototype took 2 months), cost reduction (list price $199, and compatibility (with all flavors of Windows, MacOS, Linux). Managed driver development.

Consultant, TC Works 2000-2001

Computer Architecture and Hardware Design

Architected a system for realtime audio processing using multiple DSPs and an embedded RISC processor for TC Works (PowerCore). Purpose of which is to interface hardware DSPs with a standardized software plugin interface (VST-2). Helped manage the project, spec’d the hardware and self-test code, designed and debugged the hardware (emphasis on high speed busses, parallel processing, Altera FPGA design).

President, Sonorus, Inc. 1996-2000
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

• Came up with the idea for STUDI/O, designed hardware & DSP code and supported Mac ASIO-2 driver
  
• Designed FPGA-based ADAT interface, became Altera AMPP member, and licensed interface to Korg for the OASYS.
  
• Designed AES/8 (AES-TDIF-ADAT + sync translator box) and MEDI/O (kitchen-sink audio board) - neither shipped, at least not yet.
  
• Whatever else was necessary, marketing, distribution, pizza runs, arse-kicking...