Sound & Communications - Editorial Team

	David A. Silverman A publishing veteran, David has been editing magazines and books about the AV, photographic and printing fields since 1970. He has also written articles for more than a dozen magazines. Silverman is a former Associate Publisher of Audio Visual Communications magazine, PEI and other publications, and edited the first InfoComm (then NAVA) Trade Show Daily in 1977. He can be reached at dsilverman@testa.com.
	Dan Ferrisi has been involved in the audiovisual industry from the beginning of his career. An editor and writer, he has covered numerous technical installations, including in the house of worship and entertainment segments, and analyzed emerging trends. His involvement with industry associations has encompassed detailed trade show reports. For IT/AV Report, the sister publication to Sound & Communications, he has hosted roundtable discussions about pressing technological issues, such as digital signage. He can be reached at dferrisi@testa.com.
	Gary Kayye, CTS Involved with the AV industry for about 20 years, Gary Kayye has worked for several major AV companies in sales and marketing, and is principal of Kayye Consulting, Inc., which specializes in marketing consulting and training development services. Gary has been chairman of InfoComm's Professional Education & Training Committee (PETC), InfoComm's Design School Committee and InfoComm's Installation School Committee. He also served on the InfoComm Board of Governors and has taught at industry shows such as CEDIA, NSCA, InfoComm and NAB. Gary was named Educator of Year by InfoComm in 2003 and NSCA's 2007 Instructor of the Year. He writes the monthly “Sight Lines” in Sound & Communications, as well as his twice-yearly “Kayye’s Krystal Ball” technology forecast. He can be reached at gkayye@testa.com.
	Peter Mapp, FAES, FASA, is a UK-based acoustics and sound systems design consultant. Most of Peter’s work relates to the design, measurement and troubleshooting of sound systems for almost all types of buildings, ranging from performing arts spaces and churches (modern and reverberant traditional), to stadiums, transportation facilities, and sports and leisure facilities, to shopping malls and long tunnels (don’t ask). He also has strong research interests in psychoacoustics and speech intelligibility, and is chairman of the international standards group rewriting IEC 268-16, the standard for the objective rating and measurement of speech intelligibility by STI (Sound Transmission Index). Peter has presented more than 80 papers at AES, ASA and other technical conferences, and regularly teaches classes on sound system design and optimization and other related acoustics issues in the US and Europe. He is a contributing author to several international audio reference books. He can be reached at pmapp@testa.com.
	David E. Marsh, FASA, a principle with Kinsella-Marsh Group, Inc., is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and president of the National Council of Acoustical Consultants. He has more than 20 years of experience in architectural and environmental acoustics as well as design of sound and audio-video systems. Dave has consulted on performing arts facilities, houses of worship, sports facilities, conference and convention centers, major resorts, theme parks, corporate headquarters buildings and educational facilities. He teaches seminars and presents technical papers at professional society conferences. He can be reached at dmarsh@testa.com.
	David McNutt has more than 35 years of marketing, sales, management, research and technical experience in the audio and video industry. David’s career has included radio broadcasting, advertising, marketing and business. He has extensive experience with live sound engineering, marketing for well-known manufacturers, audio system design and consultation, and fixed installation contracting. He holds a Masters in Telecommunications from Indiana University and an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the University of Chicago. He writes Sound & Communications’ monthly “Down to Business” column. He can be reached at dmcnutt@testa.com.
	David Lee, PhD, is CEO of Lee Communication Inc., Orlando FL. A licensed minister, David has an extensive academic background in the field of communications, and more than 25 years of experience as a systems integrator, specializing in houses of worship. Concentrating on international projects, he has covered more than 50 countries, including projects in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and the United States. David writes the monthly “House of Worship: Business,” and is a member of Sound & Communications’ Technical Council. He can be reached at dlee@testa.com.
	Tony Warner, CTS-D, is director of the Audio-Visual Design group for RTKL, a 60-year-old worldwide planning, architecture, design and creative services organization. Based in Baltimore MD, he has worked on projects for such clients as the US State Department, the US House of Representatives, the National Institutes of Health and the US Naval Academy. Author of “Architectural Perspectives,” he is a member of Sound & Communications’ Technical Council. He can be reached at twarner@testa.com.
	Thomas C. Rauscher President of Archi-Technology, LLC, Rochester NY, which provides consulting, project management and documentation services for communications, life safety and automation projects, Tom drafted the original CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) Division 17--Telecommunications document. Along with others, Tom’s efforts have resulted in the establishment of three new divisions in the 2004 Edition of the MasterFormat. He is active in CSI, BICSI, TIA and NSCA. He can be reached at trauscher@testa.com.
	Joel Lewitz, PE Founding principal of Lewitz and Associates, Inc., Joel has more than 30 years of experience in acoustics and sound-system design, having provided acoustical consulting services on 1000+ projects. His consulting services include sound-system design and specification, installation supervision, acceptance testing and instruction. His environmental noise work includes design, measurement and control for a variety of acoustical environments. Joel has lectured and published widely on all types of electro-acoustical design. He holds M.S.E. (Electrical Engineering) and B.S.E. (Electrical Engineering) degrees from the University of Michigan. He can be reached at jlewitz@testa.com.
	Wes Alderson, CPW involved with the AV and commercial sound industry for 40 years, was a member of the NSCA Expo committee for eight years and a member of the InfoComm Board of Governors. He now devotes much of his time as a professional writer to essays on the subjects of economics, ethics, and science, and their impact on our industry. He can be reached at walderson@testa.com.

	CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
	R. David Read David started his career in communications as a messenger boy for Western Union and advanced to the position of telegrapher in 1949. He became a telegrapher/wire-chief for Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railways, and then a microwave and automation technician. He has worked for Rauland-Borg, Dukane Corp. and the pre-Telex Altec Lansing, as well as helping NSCA organize its educational programs. A member of the AES and ASA, an associate of USITT and a frequent participant in BICSI proceedings, Dave is also a participating member of the Morse Club of America. He can be reached at dread@testa.com.
	Shonan Noronha, EdD, an independent producer and training consultant, works in collaboration with corporate communications, HR, IT and AV departments of large enterprises to deliver multimedia content across disparate networks. Shonan is credited for the information mapping and GUI design of interactive content distributed via the internet and on a variety of media. She is also the author of books and articles about television, AV, instructional technology, multimedia and music. She can be reached at snoronha@testa.com
	Jim Stokes of Jim Stokes Communications, has worked in all aspects of AV media since 1960, on both the business and production sides. He has designed and built recording studios as well as a heart/lung electronic diagnostic amplifier for listening to heartbeats and respiration, used for patient education in hospitals. In addition to being an AV technician for two Minnesota community colleges, Jim was recognized by the American Lung Association with two first-place national public relations awards for radio spots he produced about respiratory health. He can be reached at jstokes@testa.com.