Delphi Electronics & Safety, CTC-4 Conference Room. General and videoconferencing lighting design & specification and lighting control system design & specification. This project involved redesigning and reengineering the Conference Room H system for use in this room.

Marvin & Palmer Associates, Conference Room. Lighting design & specifiation. The systems for this room are the functional equivalent of the systems installed in the boardroom, except that lighting control is manual. Equipment is concealed in a special modified and cooled credenza.

LaSalle University, project completion.

2008

SNEC, Pavilion. The pavilion is literally a 150' by 100' 3-bay pole barn converted for use as a House of Worship and a live performance venue. The dirt floor was replaced by concrete, 30 double wood barn doors were replaced by aluminum overhead doors, and aluminum pews were installed. The resultant space was so acoustically live it was unusable. We specified an acoustic treatment package and multiple line array delayed speaker systems that tamed this wildly reverberant space and provided superb speech intelligibility at every pew without resorting to electronic "tricks". A sophisticated audio DSP processing package provides automated gain adjustment for the microphones, matrix mixing and preset scenarios for different applications. These eight preprogrammed scenarios are selected via a wall plate. For larger performances, a computer system in the sound loft allows full control of all audio parameters plus live mixing using the DaVinci control software.

Stage monitors and 12 microphones accommodate the on-stage live performance requirements. Wired microphone systems for Pulpit, piano, choir and orchestra are provided. Multiple wireless mic systems provide mobile performance and audience response capability. Instrument inputs are provided for the electronic organ, guitars and keyboards. Auxiliary inputs are provided for use by traveling praise bands.

Church & Dwight, Conference Room. A medium sized conference system designed for full duplex audio conferencing by 30 local participants to 20+ remote locations.

UBC, Video Studio. Consulting on acoustics, color, lighting and equipment during the construction of this studio.

Delphi Electronics Systems, Conference Room H. Acoustics, lighting design & specification, lighting control system design and specification. A fully integrated, mission critical AV, audio and video conferencing solution. Visual display of all media is via a 72" LCD display screen with backup projection system. Audio is via a DSP controlled system with ceiling microphones and program and ceiling speaker systems. Pop-ups in the conference table top (3 locations) provide input capability for computers and the document camera, plus Ethernet and USB thumb connections, and AC power. User accessible media equipment is located in an in-wall rack. The remaining electronics are housed in the rear projection room.

NEC, Cupertino, CA Large Conference Room. Facility design, general and videoconferencing lighting design & specification and lighting control system design & specification. This multi-purpose room is the functional duplicate of the Princeton Multi-purpose room described earlier, except that is has an additional display wall with computers and switching for customer show & tell presentations.

Marvin & Palmer Associates, Boardroom. General and videoconferencing lighting design & specification and lighting control system design & specification. Another fully integrated AV Presentation and videoconferencing system with hi-definition codec. All equipment except the 72" LCD, video camera and program speakers are concealed in custom millwork with a special cooling system. Twin pop-ups in the conference table provide connectivity for laptop computers, power, USB thumb drives, Ethernet and telephone. Remote control is via a wireless control panel with wired docking station. Videoconferencing is via IP and ISDN. Mitchell Associates, Architects, Wilmington, DE.

LaSalle University, Science Building. Infrastructure planning & specification plus AV system designs and specifications for the lobby, student areas, four auditoria and a large conference room (all with videoconferencing), 11 basic conference rooms, 19 classrooms in 4 different configurations, 7 science lab systems and 2 special lab systems. All systems were designed for minimum maintenance and footprint, all carry signals via UTP, all are remotely controlled, and all include computer, VHS, DVD BluRay, document camera, and annotation presentation capability. Science labs have provision for microscope and other inputs. All systems are remotely monitored from a remote location, and may be operated from the remote location if necessary.

2007

Upper Main line YMCA, New Exercise Area. Ambient noise adaptive sound system.

Elmhurst Dairy, Acoustic Consulting for Main Conference Room and acoustic panel design. Acoustic Consulting for Executive Offices audio conferencing.

Delphi Electronics & Safety: CTC-1:-a large, divisible multi-use conference room that can be configured as a boardroom, a classroom or a theater with tables and seating to match. System includes custom lectern and millwork for document camera, acoustic treatments, digital rear screen projection of computer, document camera and multi-media inputs and a DSP controlled audio system including a complete ceiling mounted microphone voice lift system, with local speech reinforcement and full duplex audio conferencing. An additional 8-channel wireless mic system provides lapel and boundary mic options for lectures and panel discussions. Multiple signal input locations all connect via Cat5 cabling. A master remote control system with wired and wireless interfaces controls all system functions.

Administrative Conference Room, a large conference/videoconference room with boardroom table and side seating area for support staff. A 72" LCD screen displays images from all computer, document camera and multi-media sources from multiple locations, plus videoconferencing images. The DSP controlled audio system provides program audio and full duplex audio and video conferencing with local reinforcement via ceiling mounted and wireless microphones. Master remote control system with wired and wireless interfaces.

Executive Parking Garage: design requirements were to provide all systems necessary to convert the space into a trade show exhibit area, a classroom or a lecture hall for 750 people. Special soil resistant acoustic panels and banners control reverberation. A program audio and multi-zoned, time delayed reinforcement speaker systems and DSP controlled audio provide highly intelligible sound throughout the space, with no overlap or "echo". Wired and wireless microphones are used in the various configurations. Four large electric screens with video projectors provide unimpeded images for all viewers, up to 750. A master remote control system allows control of all functions at the lectern or assistant's station. The plug and play multi-media lectern, assistant's station and equipment rack were designed to be rapidly deployed. Once the last car is removed, the space can be converted for full audio visual presentation in under five minutes.

NEC: Boardroom-Princeton, NJ. Full local AV presentation, videoconferencing and audio conferencing were provided in this design. A hi-definition codec allows videoconferencing over IP or ISDN with other locations in the states. A second ISDN system allows videoconferencing with headquarters in Japan using legacy standards.

Multi-Purpose Room, Princeton, NJ. This space is used for video and audio conferencing, formal presentations, classroom style instruction and informal social gatherings and required full multi-media, AV presentation, plus audio and video conferencing capabilities. Multiple LCD screens for audience and presenter and a large front projection screen with ceiling mounted video projector handle all of the visual requirements. A combination or ceiling mounted, wired and wireless microphones handles the audio pickup A DSP processor with program and zoned speech reinforcement speaker systems completes the audio system. Remote control of all system functions is via lectern and wall mounted interfaces and a wireless panel.

Southern New England Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (SNEC): Bailey Hall Conference Room. A small conference room with boardroom style seating designed for local AV presentation of computer and video images and videoconferencing.

Bailey Hall Meeting Room: A large multi-purpose room with many doors and windows. A special high gain electric projection screen and ceiling mounted video projector provide visual images. A zoned wide dispersion ceiling speaker system provides even coverage of the audience area. A custom designed mobile lectern houses the computer and tape decks, plus the remote control, switching and audio systems. It is removed from storage and connected to a wall box when needed.

2006

CHOP, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Van Alen Board Room. A divisible executive board room used combined for full 50 member board meetings, and divided for sub-board meetings and by the CEO and executive staff. Complete upgrade of the exiting audio and control systems to allow good intelligibility in a large acoustically challenging environment. Each cell phone and Blackberry shielded microphone is individually echo cancelled and processed by a DSP controlled matrix mixer.

Upgrades include twin 61" displays in each section, full videoconferencing capability in each section, and content and presentations pushed to LCD screens in front of each board member. Assistive listening systems in each room. New, easy to use Human Interfaces.

Display capability in each room includes multiple tape formats, DVD, Video CD, document camera, slide-to-video, television, dedicated presentation computer, guest laptop and auxiliary video, S-video and computer inputs. Codecs are equipped for simultaneous transmission of people and content images (dual-stream).

Systems are designed for remote management, configuration, diagnostics and operation by the AV and IT staff, via the Internet, from anywhere in the world.

William Paterson University, Patient Simulation Lab. A two-bed patient room with adjoining control room designed for teaching and testing nursing students. Students interact with true-to-life METI iStan and Laerdal SimMan & SimBaby medical manikins operated by an Instructor in the control room. Design includes an independent robotic, four video camera system controlled via the master remote control system integrated into the meTiVision and Laerdal AVS recording systems. System allows video and audio recording of the procedure with individual windows for each camera plus medical data. A separate, independent MPEG-2 recording system provides backup recording and editing for inclusion in student's record and resume. A microphone and audio system allows instructor interaction with the students via the manikins. Multiple scenarios are taught and tested. The camera control system includes multiple individual and salvo presets to allow recording of impromptu events initiated by the instructor. Manual aiming (remotely controlled) is available to record unanticipated student movements. Super salvos are available for scripted exercises. Berkowsky and Associates, Architects.

2005

Church & Dwight Company, Inc. Executive conference room with full AV capability including multiple tape formats, DVD, Satellite receivers, document camera, and computer display on a large rear screen projection system. Videoconferencing ready. Lighting modifications.

Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Skirball Center for Cardiovascular Research New research facility with capacity to broadcast procedures around the world, distance learning and telemedicine.

Conference Room serving as the Board Room and origination site for broadcasts. Capabilities include presentations to local and remote audiences of video tape, DVD, computer generated images, document camera, and high resolution fluoroscope images. Videoconferencing codec to support telemedicine and distance learning requirements, as well as communication between headquarters and research centers. MultiPurpose Room equipped to make presentations to guests. Also used as an overflow room.

Two high resolution fluoroscopy rooms and two operating rooms equipped to allow transmission of instrument data, video, audio and intercom between the doctors, film crew and BCC

Broadcast Control Center equipped to handle the routing, patching and distribution required to feed signals to and from any conference room, the fluoroscopy labs and the operating rooms, and to the satellite transmission van and fiber optic lines used to transmit to London, Tokyo and Sydney.

WAN: provisioned high bandwidth WAN link to allow internet access, email communcication and access to medical images by associate researchers across the country. Provisioned the dedicated videoconference network. Provisioned the WAN link between the research center and headquarters.

Facility design included lighting design, layout and specification for the videoconference room, acoustics and lighting control. Hillier Architects. Berkowsy and Associates Construction Managers.

Church & Dwight Company, Inc. Large conference with video tape and computer display capability and sophisticated audio conferencing system for 30 participants.

Comag Marketing Group, a division of Hearst Inc. Boardroom equipped for visual display of computer generated images, video tape and DVD, satellite, and audio conferencing. Lighting design. Mitchell Fontana Associates, Architects.

MWW Group, board room upgrade to allow high impact presentations to clients via multiple tape formats, DVD and computers. Audio conferencing. Mitchell Fontana Associates, Architects.

2004

Helen Hayes Hospital completed

Consulting & Design for an Agency of the US Government. Project scope was to determine the feasibility of establishing a 30 site, 20 state videoconferencing network. This required interviewing each State CIO and the Departmental CIO for rules, regulations and procedures, and the Agency Director in each State for system functional requirements. After needs and feasibility assessments, we designed and specified the VTC IP WAN network and videoconference systems for each Conference Room or Command and Control center. Project was increased to 41 sites in 25 States. First 11 sites implemented in 2004.

2003

Management Consulting for a Government Agency. (must remain unidentified)

Management Consulting for a Corporate Client. (must remain unidentified)

Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY, facility, lighting and system design for the Noyes Conference Center. A 50'x50' Multi-Purpose room designed for large group presentations, conferences, theater, social gatherings, audio & videoconferencing and C3 applications. Electronic presentation of all media including live handwriting. ADA compliant.

CHOP, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, tele-medicine suite for the remote programming and adjustment of cochlear implants.

2002

Formed Visual System Design, LLC.

Berkowsky and Associates, Architects. Facility and system design of a videoconference room and a 48 seat presentation/videoconference room for Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ.

Baxter Planning Systems, Inc. Sales Presentation/Conference room with all digital local and remote presentation capability. Austin, TX.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Preliminary system and facility design for new Boardroom at the Princeton, NJ headquarters. Project will be implemented in 2003. Berkowski & Assoc. Architects.

2001 - 1996

Employed by VTEL Corp (later Forgent Corp) to provide consulting, facility and system design services to the Corporation and their clients. During this period Stephen was responsible for: Facility, interior, lighting and system design and implementation for:

• Main Auditorium, Austin, TX
• Executive Conference room, Austin, TX
• CEO's office, Austin, TX
• Chairman's office, Austin, TX
• 5 Demonstration rooms and 3 Conference rooms, King of Prussia, PA
• Facility and/or system design for many of VTEL's Fortune 500, Education, Corporate and Government clients.
• Developed world-standard presentation/videoconferencing systems for sale to VTEL clients.
• Designed and developed the new wireless control system and user interface for VTEL codecs.
• Designed and developed the master control system human interface for VTEL's presentation/videoconferencing systems.
• Designed and developed standard presentation, conference and training systems that could incorporate any codec available from VTEL, Polycom, PictureTel and V-Brick.

1996

Ameritech, Chicago, IL. Demo facility, Training room, and Customer presentation room. Audio and video conferencing, video/data projection.

American Cyanamid, NJ. Presentation room. Integrated audio, visual, lighting and control systems allow presentation of all media.

1995

Banco Popular, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Distance Learning rooms, Auditorium and 5 "typical" videoconferencing rooms for implementation throughout their offices.

Merrion Merrill Dow, Kansas City, Kansas. Presentation/Videoconferencing room using twin projection screens.

Lowes Corporation, VA. Boardroom. Full audio/video/data presentation capability, videoconferencing and remote control systems. Special data/signal distribution/recording network tied satellite receivers, press feeds, recording studio and other conference rooms together for "broadcast" conferences.

Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL. Huge conference/presentation room(s) seating 180. Visual presentation systems for all media except motion picture, program audio, speech reinforcement, voice lift and audio conferencing systems, videoconferencing and control systems. Room was design to be divisible into two stand-alone sections when smaller capacities were desired.

USACOM, JTASC (United States Atlantic Command Joint Training, Analysis and Simulation Center. VIP Briefing Center. Massive display, monitoring and presentation capability. Able to hold several simultaneous videoconferences and incorporate into the live presentation/briefing.

1994

Prudential Securities, NY. NY. 47th Floor Training rooms. Two large training rooms used to train brokers/traders. Completely integrated display, presentation, lighting, control and videoconferencing systems allowed these rooms to be used stand-alone, or as distance learning facilities used to teach classes on both coasts simultaneously.

Prudential Securities, NY. NY. President's Boardroom. Upgrades to video/data projections systems, audio and control systems.

Prudential Securities, 1 New York Plaza, NY. NY. Complete consulting, facility and system design for 68 training, conference and meeting rooms, Auditorium, and Client Presentation room. All but the largest systems used modular building blocks to provide capability required by each venue, while still retaining the cost and standardization benefits of standardized systems.

US Dept of Transportation, Baltimore, MD. Crisis Management Center. Network Operation Center, videoconferencing, full communications, recording, and press feed systems.

1993

Martin Marietta, Bethesda, MD. President's Boardroom. Significant audio and video presentation capability, master and satellite control systems, remote monitoring/operation capability, full recording and press feed capability.

Rosenbluth International, Phila., PA. 7 Conference rooms, Cafeteria, Fitness Center, Seminar room and Network Operation Center. Various audio/video/data systems suitable for each venue. The NOC was a showpiece for prospective clients featuring a 9-projector video wall used for multi-media presentations.

The Lancaster Group, NY, NY. Creation room, Client Presentation Room and Conference room. The creation room was the "what if" room where ideas for new ad and media campaigns were fleshed out. Audio, video and computer presentation systems. The Presentation room was a no-holds-barred system to wow clients with a media barrage.

Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ. Corporate Boardroom. Upgrades to computer, projection, audio and control systems.

Alliance Capital Management, NY, NY. Executive Presentation room. Nine projector multi-image slide presentation, video/data projection, audio reproduction, reinforcement and conferencing systems, remote control.

AT&T, Breinigsville, PA. Technology center Conference room.

Betz Laboratories, Trevose, PA. Training Center. Multi-screen slide, video and data projection, program audio, speech reinforcement and control systems.

Day & Zimmerman, Radnor, PA. Sales Conference room. Video and data presentation systems.

1992

Day & Zimmerman, Phila., PA. Executive Conference room. Full audio, visual and control systems for presentation and audio conferencing.

Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ. Executive Training Rooms. Two combinable rooms used to give presentations and training to J&J senior staff. Video and computer projection, audio voice lift/reinforcement and program audio systems, remote control, lighting, communications, and conferencing. Jim Chichocki, Berkowski & Associates, Architect.

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. McCormick Hall Lecture room. Upgraded audio, video, projection and control systems.

Ortho Pharmaceutical, NJ. Conference room and Training rooms. Audio/Video/Data presentation, control, recording systems.

1991

Continuation of several projects started in 1990.

E.I. Dupont, Wilmington, DE. Auditorium and Engineering Conference room. Full visual presentation capability, audio voice lift/reinforcement and program audio systems, remote control systems.

Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ. Conference room with remotely controlled audio-visual presentation systems.

Merck Sharpe & Dohme, West Point, PA. Training room and Presentation room. Both rooms included a full complement of visual presentation and conferencing systems.

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. McCosh Auditorium. New audio, video and projection systems, control system.

Sun Refining & Marketing Center, Phila., PA. Auditorium/Conference room. Projection systems for all media, audio reproduction, reinforcement, recording and press feed systems, remote control.

1990

E.I. Dupont, Wilmington, DE. Provided conceptual and initial system design for 77 training, meeting, presentation and conference rooms in the new Executive/Training complex. Complex was modeled as a cross between GE's Croton-on-Hudson facility, and Scanticon Princeton.

PMA (Pennsylvania Manufacturing Association), Phila., PA. Auditorium with full video and slide presentation, program and speech audio systems, remote control.

DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), Crystal City, VA. Auditorium with audio and video/computer presentation systems, conferencing, and video and audio recording. Command and Control Center- HQ C3 facility featured significant communication, presentation, monitoring and control content.

GE, Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Renovations and systems replacement for the "Pit" and the "Den". The Pit is an amphitheater surrounded on three sides by seating; the fourth side contains three presentation walls. It was used as the forum for Jack Welsh's presentations to, and meetings with GE's executive staff. Large screen presentation of all visually presentable media. Individual microphones for all participants, full-duplex conferencing system with local speech reinforcement, lighting and remote control systems.

1989

E.I. DuPont- Chestnut Run Campus. Video/data projection, electronic whiteboard, audio and control system design for 28 conference rooms across three buildings. Pioneered the use of modular system design with consistent operational logic and user interfaces. Successfully met DuPont's design challenge to enable users capable of operating one system to use any system located in any division or department across the campus. Jack Austin, H2L2, Architects.

AT&T, Holmdel, NJ. Executive Conference Room

Price Waterhouse, Phila., PA. Training room and Partner's Conference room. The Partner's conference room featured three full-duplex audio conferencing systems that could be combined into a single system serving the 50' long conference table located across three barrel-vaulted rooms. The system provides full local speech reinforcement; a first for so large a table in so live an acoustic environment. Lorraine Fisher, KPA Design Group, Architects.

ARCO, Newtown Square, PA. Training room. Slide(9), overhead transparency(3), video and computer projection systems, sound reproduction and speech reinforcement, and control systems.

Alliance Capital Management, NY, NY. A/V conference room with audio conferencing.

1988

AT&T, Breinigsville, PA. Solid State Technology Center Boardroom. Fully integrated multi-image slide, video and data rear projection systems, document imaging, audio, lighting, and control systems.

E.I. Dupont- Experimental Station. Conference and Meeting rooms

E.I. DuPont- Chestnut Run Campus. Facility redesign for three proposed new buildings. Jack Austin, H2L2, Architects.

1987

Bell of PA. Customer Presentation facility located in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Multi-image slide and video projection. Audio and control systems.

Bell of DE. Customer Presentation facility similar to the Bala Cynwyd location.

K-Tron Corp., NJ. Facility and system design for the new Boardroom, Training room and Conference room. Fully integrated electronic systems for lighting, conferencing, video and computer presentation, audio and speech reproduction, recording, and electronic white boards.

1986

Bell of PA. New Technology Presentation Center located on the campus of Temple University, PA. Custom multi-image presentation, control, and lighting systems. Jay Hellier, Hellier/Schneider, Architects.