PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1996 to Present: Consulting services director and co-owner GeoComm Corp.

Provide overall management and expertise as well as sales and project coordination work, along with serving as the Managing Consultant on numerous large wired and wireless Enhanced 911 and public safety communications projects with a company with 80+ employees and $6,000,000+ in annual sales. (See below)

1996 to present: Consultant, Emergency Communications and E911 Issues
Provide services to a wide variety of clients on the design and implementation of Enhanced 911 and public safety radio networks and systems. Clients have included Geo-Comm Corp. of St. Cloud, MN (a 911 and GIS mapping and communications network consulting firm of which I am also part-owner); Douglas County NE (Omaha); St. Clair Co. IL (East St. Louis); State of Virginia Wireless 911 Board, for whom I am managing an 18 county wireless 911 implementation project; MCImetro (MCIs local competitive dial tone arm) and Winstar Telecommunications for whom I did E911 network design engineering and political-operational interface for integration of their local loop service to existing E911 networks. Recent involvement in significant litigation: Lugo v. New York City involving improper response by the New York City EMS service to a 911 call for a medical emergency. Served as expert witness for plaintiff. Porche v City of Chicago involving improper 911 call processing by the Chicago 911 center resulting in a delayed response and the death (by homicide) of a 4 year old girl.

1994-96: Telident, Minneapolis, MN: Director, Industry Relations
Manage industry relations for a $2 million emerging technologies company specializing in telecommunications and data services for the Enhanced 911 and public safety communications marketplace, including CAD, Law Enforcement and Fire Records, Jail Management, Digital Video Imaging and a broad range of Private Safety Telecommunications products and services directed at the PBX and Centrex user market. Solely responsible for development, market research, advertising and vertical marketing of a new subscription service for simultaneous broadcast voice & pager notification.

'85-'94: City of Minneapolis, MN: Director, Emergency Communications (911); Department head status in city government, providing overall management and direction to the $4.3 million annual budget Department of Emergency Communications providing 911 call answering, police and fire dispatching for the entire city of 400,000, handling 800,000 calls for service per year and dispatching 450,000 police, fire and EMS events annually. Supervised 100+ staff and 13 subordinate managers. Designed and implemented major CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system, 800 mhz. trunked radio, 220 device Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) System. Elected and re-elected as Chair of Metro 911 Telephone Board's Operations Committee. Primary initiator of Twin Cities Regional 800 mhz. trunked radio system task force, whose work will result in the implementation by 1998 of the largest integrated local governmental trunked radio system in the USA.

'75-'85: Richfield, MN, Public Safety Dep¡¯t. Director, Administrative Services; Division head status in 100 member full service public safety organization with police, fire, emergency preparedness and inspections divisions. Overall responsibility for budget, physical plant, purchasing, city-wide communications, data processing, 911 system design and acquisition, dispatching and records. Designed and implemented a rudimentary CAD and records system as early 1978. Major involvement in design and implementation of total Twin Cities Metro E911 system in 1982.

'73-'75: State of MN Governor's Crime Commission. Team Leader, Police Planning; Leader of a 4 person Police Planning Team which solicited and then reviewed and monitored grant applications and funded projects for $4 million in annual federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) grants.

'70-'73: Burnsville, MN, Public Safety Dep't. Police & Fire Supervisor I; Police patrol officer and firefighter in fully consolidated suburban public safety department until 1972 when promoted to Police Sergeant and Fire Captain. General police and fire response and supervisory duties. Implemented Minnesota's first full time Crime Prevention Officer position.

EDUCATION: Graduated University of Minnesota, B.A. (Journalism & Communications), 1970 Licensed and certified (State of MN) as a Police Officer and fire fighter since 1970.

PROFESSIONAL ACTVITIES: 35 year member and former officer of Minnesota and International A.P.C.O. (public safety communications professional association). Active member of APCO's National 911 Committee elected President of the Minnesota Chapter of NENA (National 911 group). Member of a variety of other public safety organizations. Awarded NENA¡¯s Emergency Number Professional (ENP) certification in 1997 (renewed in 2002) with highest qualifying test score ever.

SKILLS AND STRENGTHS:

Experienced and successful sales experience to local government.

Experienced and successful consulting management of large land-mobile communications system projects for local and regional governments:

-Lead Consultant: Omaha/Douglas Co. NE $19 million 20 channel digital, P25 trunked system
-Lead Consultant: St. Clair County, IL 10 site, $5 million P25 digital trunked system
-Managing Consultant: Anoka Co. MN 9 site, 10 channel add-on to MN Metro P25 system
-Managing Consultant: St. Cloud/Stearns Co. MN 5 channel 3 site add on to MN Metro system
-Lead Consultant: Mid Amerca Regional Council (Kansas City regional plan body) for Assessment of Public safety Communications Interoperability and Recommendations.
-Managing Consultant: St. Joseph/Buchanan Co. MO. multi site P25 800 trunked system
-Managing Consultant: Sioux City/Woodbury IA: Multi site, multi agency P25 trunked system
-Lead Consultant: St. Louis County, MO implementation of a planned $85 million county-wide 700 MHz trunked radio system.
-Lead Consultant, City of Long Beach, CA on the merging of their separate police and fire 911 dispatch centers and operations.

Well developed ¡°public process¡± facilitation skills geared at enabling non technical public entity user groups to understand the technologies and public policy aspects of such technologies as shared, regional voice and/or data radio systems, and to be effective participants in their planning and implementation.

Experienced in research into and testimony on complex legal matters relating to the electronic and procedural processing of emergency communications dispatch events.

Well received public speaker, presenter and instructor, considerable court testimony experience.

Widely published author of numerous published articles in professional journals. (APCO Bulletin, NENA News, 911 Magazine, Dispatch Monthly, etc.) Also author of widely sold (in public safety) book "ICK! I Hate Technical Stuff" which is renowned for explaining highly technical public safety communications issues and technologies to "lay" audiences.

Well developed PC skills including all MS Office products and systems. Complete and full function electronic home office suite already established.

Financial Remuneration:

On an hourly retainer basis, $175 per hour. Extensive reimbursable travel acceptable from the major hub airport located 4 miles from my home office. I can generally get anywhere in the USA before noon on a given day.