Martin Wolters' Resume

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Dipl.-Ing. Martin Wolters	Phone: +1 (831) 685-3981
167 Searidge Ct. #5	martinwolters@yahoo.com
Aptos, CA 95003 (USA)	http://geocities.datacellar.net/martinwolters

Objective

Skills and Qualifications

Employment History

Education

Publications

Activities and Affiliations

Miscellaneous

OBJECTIVE

To apply my research, engineering and management skills in a position related to digital speech and audio signal processing.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Programming: Matlab, C/C++ (embedded and host), Assembler (Motorola 56k, proprietary DSPs), Java
Technologies: Audio compression (lossy and lossless; research, development and implementation), audio modification (time- and frequency domain), DSP and SoC (System-on-Chip) design, relational databases, collaboration software
Management: Team leading/building, strong communication skills, project management, hard- and software development, prototype development

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Creative Advanced Technology Center, Scotts Valley, CA (USA)

June 2000 -

Senior DSP Software Engineer

Develop new lossless and lossy compression technology as well as audio signal enhancement algorithms.
Assess and recommend new compression technology for Creative products.
Technical assistance on compression related topics and liaison to FhG, Erlangen.
Assist VLSI teams during the design phase of custom DSPs and SoCs.

Management support

Project management in the Audio Research Department.
Mentor and coach fellow engineers.
Represent the Audio Research Department in various interdepartmental planning teams.

Telos Systems/Cutting Edge, Cleveland, OH (USA)

April 1998 - Mai 2000

Research & Development Engineer Responsibilities include defining, managing, and implementing various projects in both hardware and software. Act as liaison to outside companies responsible for circuit board layout and manufacturing.

Development of a microphone processor for broadcasting (ToolVox)

Design of a real-time multi-DSP algorithm development system

ptolemy design software

Ongoing assistance with various implementations of MPEG hardware encoders.

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS-A, Erlangen (Germany)

January 1998 - March 1998

DSP software engineer AAC real-time implementation on Motorola DSP56303. Optimizing and modifying the standard reference encoder to run efficiently on a fixed point processor. Basic research utilizing Matlab, simulation using reference C code, and implementation in assembly language.

Part time employment during studying

1990 - 1997

Institute of computer science V at Aachen University of Technology (Germany)
Programmer Design, implementation, maintenance and documentation of database software.

Self employed
Operated a recording studio, designed custom devices for recording studios. Designed and programmed database software, trained users and programmers.

Thum + Mahr Audio GmbH, Mohnheim/Langenfeld (Germany)
Service technician and assistant in designing analog and digital equipment for broadcast studios.

EDUCATION

Recently

August 2001 - : In-house managament training and coaching sessions with Marty Brounstein (author of several management books)
August 2000 - June 2001: Certificate Program in Project and Program Management at UCSC extension.

Electrical engineering at Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) (Germany)

November 1997: "Diplom Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.)" (German equivalent to MS), major in telecommunications.
May 1997 - November 1997: Final thesis "Development of algorithms for detecting and reducing sibilants" at the Institute of Communication Engineering.
October 1996: Research project with Prof. Dr. habil. Udo Zoelzer at the Dept. Of Telecommunications at TU Hamburg-Harburg.
December 1994 - March 1995: Internship program at Telos Systems/Cutting Edge, Cleveland, OH (USA)

1992 - 1997

PUBLICATIONS

Post-processing and Computation in Parametric and Transform Audio Coders (ps , pdf , ps-zip )

On Speech Processing for Broadcasting

Tuning Your Talent's Voice - Tutorial On Speech Processing For Broadcasting

NAB Convention

pdf

ps-zip

State of the Art Speech Processing for Broadcasting

NAB Convention

pdf

ps-zip

Proc. 105^th AES Convention

pdf

ps-zip

On Sibilants and De-Essing

The Acoustical Properties of Sibilance and New Basic Approaches for De-essing Recorded Speech

Tonmeistertagung

pdf

ps-zip

Adaptive Algorithm for Detecting and Reducing Sibilants in Recorded Speech,

^th

AES Convention

pdf

ps-zip

Reducing Sibilants in Recorded Speech using Psychoacoustic Models

pdf

ps-zip

On Feedback Delay Networks

Untersuchungen zur Simulation von diffusem Raumhall mit Hilfe zirkulanter Matrizen (Circulant Feedback Delay Networks)

Dept. Of Telecommunications at TU Hamburg-Harburg .

pdf

ps-zip

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Since Nov. 2000: Linux desktop user, programmer, and advocate.
Volunteer work for WorldComputerExchange.org (Example: Report on support for local languages)
Member of the AES and the IEEE. Participated in local activities for the National Engineers Week (February 20-26, 2000) and as judge at the Santa Cruz County Science Fair (March 31^st 2001 and March 23^rd 2002).
Studying classical piano (20+ years), jazz piano, and trombone with several performance experiences.
Long distance runner (Marathon) and triathlete.

MISCELLANEOUS

Born:	September 15^th 1971
Place of Birth:	Schwalmtal, Waldniel (Germany)
Parents:	Willi Wolters and Dorothee Wolters (van Aaken)
Schools:	1978 - 1982 Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Waldniel (preschool)
	1982 - 1991 St. Wolfhelm Gymnasium Waldniel (high school)
	1991 Abschluß mit allgemeiner Hochschulreife (high school diploma)
Military Service:	1991-92