Broadband & Multimedia Consulting & Expert Witness Services

Specializing in broadband, multimedia and associated technologies, infrastructures and commercial environments, EMS brings twenty-eight years experience in high tech communications systems and networks, including twenty years in leadership and executive positions (engineering, operations, sales & marketing, product management). Successful track records in engineering, product development, strategy and business development for domestic and international markets.

TECHNOLOGY

Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Digital and Electronic Cinema
Conditional Access Systems & Standards
Cryptography, Key Distribution
Satellite, Cable, Wireless, Broadcast Networks
Broadband Network Architectures
Consumer Appliances, Set Top Boxes
Interactive Television & Applications

BUSINESS & MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Competitive & Product Analysis
Industry Networking, Representation
Technical Marketing, Product Marketing
Account & Contracts Management
Partnerships & Joint Ventures
Mission Definition & Measurement
Product Management, Product Life Cycle
Negotiations, Compliance & Delivery

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Risk Management
Organization & Infrastructure
Developing Core Technologies
OEM & 3rd Party Relationships
Intellectual Property Management, Leveraging
Technology Make vs. Buy
Engineering & Project Management
Systems & Architectural Engineering


Broadband & multimedia technology, product & network solutions for content protection & distribution.

Entropy Management Solutions-President
Consulting services to the legal & industrial communities.
1999 - Present

TV/COM International, Inc.
Digital television distribution systems for satellite, cable, wireless networks.
1997-1998 - Vice President, Product Management
1995-1997 - General Manager, Conditional Access Business Unit
1990-1995 - Vice President and Chief Technical Officer

OAK Communications, Inc.
Television security systems for cable, broadcast & satellite markets.
1988-1990 - Vice President, Domestic Operations
1985-1988 - Vice President, Technical Operations
1982-1985 - Manager/Director of Engineering

OAK Industries, Inc.
Corporate research in advanced television distribution.
1980-1982 - Staff Scientist, Corporate Advanced Technology Group

General Dynamics Electronics Division
1974-1980 - Design Engineer, Project Engineer


EDUCATION
Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers University of California, San Diego 1984
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering San Diego State University 1979
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering University of Arizona 1974


KEY WORDS

Digital Television, DTV, HDTV, ATV
Radio & Data Communications
Pay Television, Pay TV, Subscription TV
Telecommunications, Telephony
Encryption, Cipher, Cryptosystem
MPEG, MP3, JPEG, Compression
Copy Protection, Watermark, Piracy
Impulse Pay Per View, PPV, IPPV
Public Key Infrastructure, PKI
Video On Demand, VOD, NVOD, SVOD
Personal Video Recorder, PVR, DVR
Encode, Decode, Scramble
Transmit, Transmission, Broadcast
Electronic and Electrical Design
Teletext, Videotext
Digital Audio, Digital Video
Direct Broadcast Satellite, DBS
Software, Firmware, Middleware
Direct to Home, DTH
Smart Card, Memory Card
Satellite TV, CATV, MMDS
Computers and Storage Media
Cable Modem, DOCSIS, DSL
Rights Management, Rights Owner