Nathaniel Polish, Ph.D.

Nathaniel Polish, Ph.D.

business
experience
1980-present

President
NPS ASSOCIATES

NEW YORK, NY

Co-founded computer consulting firm. Employ up to ten people as needed.

clients
include:
Instant Video Technologies, Inc. San Francisco, CA

Burstware -- Designed and developed a series of products to deliver digital video and audio over wide-area internets using consumer grade computers. Products were designed to fit within the client's existing patent portfolio. 1995-present.

Technical evaluation -- Provided technology strategy and evaluation services and acted as Technology Director. 1995-present.

AssureNet. Bethesda, MD

Internet Insurance System -- Designed and developed a system for utilization of the Internet for the distribution and control of insurance agent support software. System can handle tens of thousands of simultaneous users. 1995-present.

New Zealand Antarctic Project (NZAP) And US Antarctic Program (USAP). Antarctica

Penguin Weighbridge -- Designed, developed and deployed system for tracking the comings, goings, weights, and IDs of Adelie penguins in their natural environment in three colonies on Ross Island, Antarctica. Systems run continuously for months under adverse conditions. 1994-1997.

American Veterinary Identification Devices, Inc. Norco, CA

AVID reader -- Designed and developed digital computer components of radio frequency identification system. Work involved imbedded microcontrollers and real-time digital signal processing in very noisy environment. Designed communications protocols including encryption and error checking schemes. Product in high volume (50,000 unit) production. 1988-present.

Bannon & Co. Beverly Hills, CA

Financial models -- Developed detailed financial model of business with 49 separate operating entities in six separate operating companies under two holding companies. Models included projections and actuals on a quarterly basis over ten years. 1993.
Technology valuation -- Provided technology evaluation and valuation services for private placement memoranda for technology companies. 1993.

Amprobe Instrument, Inc. Long Island, NY

REMCON tester -- Designed and implemented product life-cycle test fixture for a new and innovative solid state switch. Test fixture used by Underwriters Labs for approval. 1988.

Personal Computer Card Corporation New York, NY

Smart Cards -- Designed smart card reader/writer system. Performed general design and component selection and wrote software for smart card communications. System design implemented in commercial product. 1987.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation New York, NY

Voice editing systems -- Designed and built all parts of four generations of interactive voice editing systems. Editing systems produce output used in extensive, high quality speech synthesis system that is part of larger information delivery system. The systems are built on networks of computers in a variety of programming languages and systems. The system involved interactive user interfaces, screen windows, signal processing, and voice file systems. 1982-1991.

1991-1992 President & Principal Product Designer
SIMPLICITY COMPUTING, INC. NEW YORK, NY

Co-founded in 1991 a computer peripherals manufacturing company concentrating on portable products with international mass-market appeal. Main product: Simplicity Portable Drive, an IBMPC parallel port connected, portable disk storage system. Marketed domestically and in 25+ countries. Products marketed direct via telemarketers, trade shows, sales reps, and national advertising. Products distributed through dealers, distributors and national catalog houses. Company employed 10 people.

Wrote business plan and raised $350,000 startup funding
Established marketing plans
Directed marketing of products in trade shows, national advertisements and focus groups
Managed employees
Designed hardware and software for products
Supervised hardware & software implementation teams. First units shipped less than six months from start of project.
Supervised all aspects of manufacturing and testing process. Contracted with four manufacturing facilities and many suppliers for production.
Supervised and established call-in customer support services

1989-present President & CEO
MEASUREMENT & CONTROL PRODUCTS, INC.
NEW YORK, NY

Founded in August 1989 an electronic products development company. M&CP designs, develops, markets and sells its own products through retail, wholesale and catalog channels domestically and abroad. All manufacturing is contracted. Company was profitable in its first year of operation.
Flagship product:
BitView -- Hand held RS-232 data communications diagnostic monitor. Invented, developed and produced hardware and software. Developed and oversaw implementation of marketing strategies, budgets, and business plans. Product currently in third production run.

education
1980-1993
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, NY

Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 1993,
Thesis: Mixed Distance Measures for the Optimization of Concatenative Vocabularies in Speech Synthesis.
MPhil in Computer Science, December 1989.
MS in Computer Science, December 1987.
BA in Physics, Columbia College, May 1984.

teaching
positions
1997

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK, NY

Adjunct Professor, Computer Science.
Advanced Undergraduate Course: Artificial Intelligence.

1989 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY

Graduate Lecturer, Computer Science.
Advanced undergraduate course: Software Design. Taught 68 advanced undergraduates. Supervised two teaching assistants. Students implemented full spreadsheet application under UNIX. application under UNIX.

1984-1985 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NEW YORK, NY

Adjunct Professor, Experimental Psychology.
Graduate-level course: Computer Methods in Experimental Psychology.

publications

1993 Michael L. Beigel, Nathaniel Polish and Robert E. Malm. Multi-Mode Identification System. United States Patent 5,235,326. August 10, 1993.

1991 Nathaniel Polish. Mixed Distance Measures for Synthetic Speech Evaluation. In Proceedings of ICASSP-91, Toronto, Canada, 1991.

1988 Nathaniel Polish. A Distributed Signal Processing Facility for Speech Research. In Proceedings of AVIOS88, San Francisco, CA. October 4-6 1988.

1987 Nathaniel Polish. Mixed Distance Measures for Optimizing Concatenative Vocabularies for Speech Synthesis: A Thesis Proposal. Columbia University Department of Computer Science technical report number CUCS-310-87, 1987.

1983 M. Morris, N. Polish, B. Zuckerman, and N. Kaifu. The Temperature of Molecular Gas in the Galactic Center Region. The Astronomical Journal, 88(8):1228-1235, August 1983.

research
interests
Computer Speech, Distributed Systems, Interactive Environments.
Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Technology Policy.
Knowledge-Based Approaches to Signal Processing. Computational Physics, Non-Linear Dynamics.

professional
societies
International Society for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM),
Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL),
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

other
interests
Foreign Policy, Political Science, Long Distance Bicycling, United States Space Program.

grants AT&T Special Projects Grant of $25,000 for synthetic speech, 1986.
Financial support for Ph.D. work was provided by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation Center for Advanced Technology in Computers and Information Systems at Columbia University.

1982-present Technology development projects
Some technology development projects have included:
Netscape Inline Plug-in
Burst Video Transmission
Client/Server Internet server System
Wildlife Tracking Systems -- Implemented a remote monitoring system to track and weigh Adelie penguins on Ross Island, Antarctica. System was debugged on-site and made to function in adverse environmental circumstances. 1994-1995.
Internet Systems -- Implemented a LINUX Internet server with FTP and gopher services. Installed and Internet client for IBM/PC platform. 1994-1995.
Image Compression Technology -- Developed proof-of-concept system for a system to compress images of checks to very small file size. 1994.
Biomedical Systems -- Implemented a large biomedical system used in patient diagnostics. Provided all necessary materials for Food and Drug Administration compliance. 1992-1993.
Synthetic Speech Systems -- Implemented and supported several generations of synthetic speech systems for commercial as well as research purposes. 1985-1993.
Graphics -- Developed high-speed drivers for several graphical devices and evaluated their applicability for interactive uses. Devices included: Vectrix, RAMTEK, Apple Lisa, and IBM Enhanced Graphic Adapter. 1983-1987.
Voice Boards -- Specified function requirements for several generations of high quality voice boards for Q-bus (PDP-11), Apple, MultiBus, and IBMPC bus. Developed high-speed drivers for each of the boards. 1982-1986.
Video Disk and Touch Screens -- Developed experimental interactive system utilizing computer controlled video disks and touch screens. 1982.

1994-present Intellectual property projects
Unisys -- Performed a detailed investigation of the inner-functioning of the data compression portion of a modem chipset. Provided detailed report on in the device and algorithms used. Report is in support of ongoing intellectual property litigation. 1994-1995.

tools

Languages commonly used:
Pascal 1980-1988
C 1985-present.
Other languages used: C++, Lisp, Forth, and FORTRAN.
Assembler:
Intel 8048, 8051, 8088-80386
Motorola 680xx (on Sun workstations)
TI 320xx signal processors
Zilog Z8, Z80
Protocols include:
OmniNet point-to-point
TCP/IP, UDP, RPC and NFS
Networks include: OmniNet, Ethernet, and IBM Token Ring
Operating systems commonly used: UNIX, MSDOS, Windows and p-system.
In circuit emulators.
Database tools.

contact
information
Fax: (212) 662-6012
Internet: daedalus@dtgroup.com
Academic and business references available upon request.

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business experience 1980-present	President NPS ASSOCIATES	NEW YORK, NY
	Co-founded computer consulting firm. Employ up to ten people as needed.
clients include:	Instant Video Technologies, Inc.	San Francisco, CA
	Burstware -- Designed and developed a series of products to deliver digital video and audio over wide-area internets using consumer grade computers. Products were designed to fit within the client's existing patent portfolio. 1995-present.
	Technical evaluation -- Provided technology strategy and evaluation services and acted as Technology Director. 1995-present.
	AssureNet.	Bethesda, MD
	Internet Insurance System -- Designed and developed a system for utilization of the Internet for the distribution and control of insurance agent support software. System can handle tens of thousands of simultaneous users. 1995-present.
	New Zealand Antarctic Project (NZAP) And US Antarctic Program (USAP).	Antarctica
	Penguin Weighbridge -- Designed, developed and deployed system for tracking the comings, goings, weights, and IDs of Adelie penguins in their natural environment in three colonies on Ross Island, Antarctica. Systems run continuously for months under adverse conditions. 1994-1997.
	American Veterinary Identification Devices, Inc.	Norco, CA
	AVID reader -- Designed and developed digital computer components of radio frequency identification system. Work involved imbedded microcontrollers and real-time digital signal processing in very noisy environment. Designed communications protocols including encryption and error checking schemes. Product in high volume (50,000 unit) production. 1988-present.
	Bannon & Co.	Beverly Hills, CA
	Financial models -- Developed detailed financial model of business with 49 separate operating entities in six separate operating companies under two holding companies. Models included projections and actuals on a quarterly basis over ten years. 1993. Technology valuation -- Provided technology evaluation and valuation services for private placement memoranda for technology companies. 1993.
	Amprobe Instrument, Inc.	Long Island, NY
	REMCON tester -- Designed and implemented product life-cycle test fixture for a new and innovative solid state switch. Test fixture used by Underwriters Labs for approval. 1988.
	Personal Computer Card Corporation	New York, NY
	Smart Cards -- Designed smart card reader/writer system. Performed general design and component selection and wrote software for smart card communications. System design implemented in commercial product. 1987.
	The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation	New York, NY
	Voice editing systems -- Designed and built all parts of four generations of interactive voice editing systems. Editing systems produce output used in extensive, high quality speech synthesis system that is part of larger information delivery system. The systems are built on networks of computers in a variety of programming languages and systems. The system involved interactive user interfaces, screen windows, signal processing, and voice file systems. 1982-1991.
1991-1992	President & Principal Product Designer SIMPLICITY COMPUTING, INC.	NEW YORK, NY
	Co-founded in 1991 a computer peripherals manufacturing company concentrating on portable products with international mass-market appeal. Main product: Simplicity Portable Drive, an IBMPC parallel port connected, portable disk storage system. Marketed domestically and in 25+ countries. Products marketed direct via telemarketers, trade shows, sales reps, and national advertising. Products distributed through dealers, distributors and national catalog houses. Company employed 10 people. Wrote business plan and raised $350,000 startup funding Established marketing plans Directed marketing of products in trade shows, national advertisements and focus groups Managed employees Designed hardware and software for products Supervised hardware & software implementation teams. First units shipped less than six months from start of project. Supervised all aspects of manufacturing and testing process. Contracted with four manufacturing facilities and many suppliers for production. Supervised and established call-in customer support services
1989-present	President & CEO MEASUREMENT & CONTROL PRODUCTS, INC.	NEW YORK, NY
	Founded in August 1989 an electronic products development company. M&CP designs, develops, markets and sells its own products through retail, wholesale and catalog channels domestically and abroad. All manufacturing is contracted. Company was profitable in its first year of operation. Flagship product: BitView -- Hand held RS-232 data communications diagnostic monitor. Invented, developed and produced hardware and software. Developed and oversaw implementation of marketing strategies, budgets, and business plans. Product currently in third production run.
education 1980-1993	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	NEW YORK, NY
	Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 1993, Thesis: Mixed Distance Measures for the Optimization of Concatenative Vocabularies in Speech Synthesis. MPhil in Computer Science, December 1989. MS in Computer Science, December 1987. BA in Physics, Columbia College, May 1984.
teaching positions 1997	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	NEW YORK, NY
	Adjunct Professor, Computer Science. Advanced Undergraduate Course: Artificial Intelligence.
1989	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	NEW YORK, NY
	Graduate Lecturer, Computer Science. Advanced undergraduate course: Software Design. Taught 68 advanced undergraduates. Supervised two teaching assistants. Students implemented full spreadsheet application under UNIX. application under UNIX.
1984-1985	CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	NEW YORK, NY
	Adjunct Professor, Experimental Psychology. Graduate-level course: Computer Methods in Experimental Psychology.
publications
1993	Michael L. Beigel, Nathaniel Polish and Robert E. Malm. Multi-Mode Identification System. United States Patent 5,235,326. August 10, 1993.
1991	Nathaniel Polish. Mixed Distance Measures for Synthetic Speech Evaluation. In Proceedings of ICASSP-91, Toronto, Canada, 1991.
1988	Nathaniel Polish. A Distributed Signal Processing Facility for Speech Research. In Proceedings of AVIOS88, San Francisco, CA. October 4-6 1988.
1987	Nathaniel Polish. Mixed Distance Measures for Optimizing Concatenative Vocabularies for Speech Synthesis: A Thesis Proposal. Columbia University Department of Computer Science technical report number CUCS-310-87, 1987.
1983	M. Morris, N. Polish, B. Zuckerman, and N. Kaifu. The Temperature of Molecular Gas in the Galactic Center Region. The Astronomical Journal, 88(8):1228-1235, August 1983.
research interests	Computer Speech, Distributed Systems, Interactive Environments. Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Technology Policy. Knowledge-Based Approaches to Signal Processing. Computational Physics, Non-Linear Dynamics.
professional societies	International Society for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Acoustical Society of America (ASA).
other interests	Foreign Policy, Political Science, Long Distance Bicycling, United States Space Program.
grants	AT&T Special Projects Grant of $25,000 for synthetic speech, 1986. Financial support for Ph.D. work was provided by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation Center for Advanced Technology in Computers and Information Systems at Columbia University.
1982-present	Technology development projects Some technology development projects have included: Netscape Inline Plug-in Burst Video Transmission Client/Server Internet server System Wildlife Tracking Systems -- Implemented a remote monitoring system to track and weigh Adelie penguins on Ross Island, Antarctica. System was debugged on-site and made to function in adverse environmental circumstances. 1994-1995. Internet Systems -- Implemented a LINUX Internet server with FTP and gopher services. Installed and Internet client for IBM/PC platform. 1994-1995. Image Compression Technology -- Developed proof-of-concept system for a system to compress images of checks to very small file size. 1994. Biomedical Systems -- Implemented a large biomedical system used in patient diagnostics. Provided all necessary materials for Food and Drug Administration compliance. 1992-1993. Synthetic Speech Systems -- Implemented and supported several generations of synthetic speech systems for commercial as well as research purposes. 1985-1993. Graphics -- Developed high-speed drivers for several graphical devices and evaluated their applicability for interactive uses. Devices included: Vectrix, RAMTEK, Apple Lisa, and IBM Enhanced Graphic Adapter. 1983-1987. Voice Boards -- Specified function requirements for several generations of high quality voice boards for Q-bus (PDP-11), Apple, MultiBus, and IBMPC bus. Developed high-speed drivers for each of the boards. 1982-1986. Video Disk and Touch Screens -- Developed experimental interactive system utilizing computer controlled video disks and touch screens. 1982.
1994-present	Intellectual property projects Unisys -- Performed a detailed investigation of the inner-functioning of the data compression portion of a modem chipset. Provided detailed report on in the device and algorithms used. Report is in support of ongoing intellectual property litigation. 1994-1995.
tools	Languages commonly used: Pascal 1980-1988 C 1985-present. Other languages used: C++, Lisp, Forth, and FORTRAN. Assembler: Intel 8048, 8051, 8088-80386 Motorola 680xx (on Sun workstations) TI 320xx signal processors Zilog Z8, Z80 Protocols include: OmniNet point-to-point TCP/IP, UDP, RPC and NFS Networks include: OmniNet, Ethernet, and IBM Token Ring Operating systems commonly used: UNIX, MSDOS, Windows and p-system. In circuit emulators. Database tools.
contact information	Fax: (212) 662-6012 Internet: daedalus@dtgroup.com Academic and business references available upon request.