Education
- BSEE, University of California at Berkeley.
- Graduate work at California State University at San Jose.
Forensic Tape Engineer And Expert Witness
- Engineer, tape media and tape recorder design and development, Ampex Corporation (Ampex perfected professional tape recording).
- Expert witness for the US Department of Justice Nixon White House (Watergate) tape case.
- Many expert witness consultations involving testimony in court and depositions.
- Advisor to FBI, Library of Congress, US National Archives, National Transportation Safety Board, and other organizations.
- Consultant for NASA to determine problem with Jupiter Galileo probe tape recorder.
- Chaired two international conferences on tape problems and solutions.
- Presented papers at numerous international conferences.
- Presented seminars at UCLA, UC San Diego, the Selznick Film School, and in Canada and Southeast Asia.
- Invented the original instant replay. Co-recipient of an EmmyTM for subsequent instant replay development.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Special Library of Congress Task Force on Video and TV Heritage.
- Member, Ford Foundation Advisory Committee for preserving historical material in tropical countries.
- Preservation Committee & Speaker, International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT).
- Speaker and Writer, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE).
- Speaker and Writer, Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
- Tape Standards Committee & Speaker, Audio Engineering Society (AES).
- Tape Standards Commission, American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
- Tape Standards Commission, International Standards Organization (ISO).
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