•    Born and raised in Long Island, New York.

•    Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University’s School of Languages and Linguistics in 1979 with a BS Degree in the Russian Language, and minors in Spanish and Mathematics.  Elected into Phi Beta Kappa and Dobro Slovo National Honor Societies, and was a Rhodes Scholarship Candidate.

•    Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, US Army Military Intelligence Branch, from Georgetown University ROTC in 1979.

•    Served five years active duty (1979-1984) in US Army, with assignments at the Intelligence Centers & Schools at Fort Huachuca, AZ and Fort Devens, MA; Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA; and US Army V Corps/3rd Armored Division, Frankfurt, Germany.  Awarded the Army Achievement Medal and Overseas Service Ribbon.  Continued assignments as a Captain in the US Army Reserves with various US Intelligence Agencies from 1984 through 1992.

•    Accepted a position as a Business Development Representative with RCA Government Communications Systems, Camden, NJ in 1984.  Developed new business with various US Department of Defense and National Intelligence Agencies from 1984 through 1991.

•    Became a GE employee upon the merger of GE and RCA in 1986.

•    Accepted a special assignment in 1991 to research, write, edit, publish and sell a 90-year, illustrated history of RCA and Victor Talking Machine Company.  The product, a 400-page, hard-bound book entitled “His Master’s Voice” in America, was published in December 1991 and all 5,200 copies sold out within six months.  Received the GE General Manager’s Award for Excellence.

•    From 1991 to 1995, served as Program Manager for continuing production of a shipboard communications system for the US Navy Aegis CG-47 Ticonderoga class cruisers and DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers.

•    Became a Martin Marietta employee upon the sale of GE Aerospace to Martin Marietta Corporation in April 1993.  Became a Lockheed Martin employee upon the merger of Martin Marietta and Lockheed Corporation in March 1995.

•    Transferred from Lockheed Martin’s Communication Systems division in Camden, NJ to Lockheed Martin Technical Services, Cherry Hill, NJ in April 1995 as a Business Development Manager for US Army Training & Simulation Programs.

•    Returned to Camden, NJ in February 2001 as a Program Manager for L-3 Communication Systems-East.

•    Transitioned back to Business Development Manager for L-3 Camden’s Information Assurance and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance businesses in February 2003, the position still currently held.

•    Married (Marian) with three children (twin daughters: Kimberly and April, age 20; son: Ricky, age 18).  Reside in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Before joining Dolby in 1999, he was with the ABC Television Network in a variety of engineering positions for 25 years.  Most of that time was spent “on the road” for ABC Sports, and in ABC’s Engineering Laboratory.  He has worked on many major television events and received an Emmy Award as a video engineer for his work on the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary.  From 1992 to 1999 he was a writer for Broadcast Engineering Magazine and an NAB “Pick Hits” judge.

He is a member of SMPTE, AES, and SBE.  He is a former SMPTE Governor for the New York Region and a former New York Section Chair.  He has been a member of ATSC Study and Working Groups and has contributed to NABA and WBU-ISOG processes.  He is also a member of the AES New York Section Steering Committee, and certified by the SBE as a Senior Engineer for both Radio and Television.

Steve has been involved in the development of audio and video standards within the IEEE, the ITU, ATSC, Audio Engineering Society, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers throughout his career. He is a Fellow of both the AES and SMPTE.

David’s duties within NAB are varied and broad.  He provides technical expertise to NAB’s Government Relations and Legal departments on regulatory and legislative matters which pertain to the broadcasting industry.  Currently, one of his most important regulatory-related activities is in the area of next-generation Emergency Alert System development currently being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

David is also actively involved in NAB’s technical conference planning and technical publication activities, and has been an author and contributing author for numerous technical publications, including IEEE Spectrum magazine (a leading journal of the Electrical Engineering profession), the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, and both the 9th and 10th editions of the NAB Engineering Handbook.  David is the principal author of NAB’s weekly Radio TechCheck newsletter which is a member publication covering timely radio broadcasting-related technical topics, and a frequent author of the companion TV TechCheck newsletter for NAB’s TV members.

He provides consulting services and strategic advice to many of the world’s largest media and music companies.  Ted conducts and oversees tens of thousands of listener, viewer, and consumer interviews every year, focusing on preferences and tastes in media usage.  These surveys include head-to-head comparisons of audio processing methodologies for broadcasters to increase TSL (time spent listening), and comparisons of lossy compression methodologies for recorded music and video.

In his younger days, Ted headed the corporate engineering departments for large media companies, and is still active in studio and live recording with his collection of vintage audio gear and microphones.  He holds an Airline Transport Pilot license with jet ratings, has flown aircraft ranging from Gulfstreams to blimps, and is active in volunteer flying for disaster relief and children with medical needs.  As a child, Ted was a classically trained pianist and still plays several musical instruments, but none well.

Robert Duncan currently handles remote operations for National Public Radio News. He previously served as Editor for Europe & Russia for NPR News. He has also spent 25 years in television news, working for NBC, Satellite News Channel, New Jersey Public Television and WXYZ, Detroit. He began his broadcasting career at KOVE 1330 AM, Lander, Wyoming.