Alfred N. Brower - President and CEO

Alfred Brower, whose senior level experience within the digital signal processing industry spans over twenty years, serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DSPCon. One of the original founders of the Company, Mr. Brower is responsible for overseeing all aspects of DSPCon’s operations and offers a combination of technical and managerial expertise that fosters an atmosphere of creative growth. Prior to DSPCon, Mr. Brower served in a number of senior-level design engineering positions with Bell Laboratories and ITT Corporation. He is a published author and widely acknowledged expert in the fields of speech coding and digital recording.

Robert F. Franz - Hardware Subject Matter Expert

A co-founder of DSPCon, Robert Franz currently serves as the Company’s Hardware Subject Matter Expert. In this role, he is responsible for managing product and system development activities as well as overseeing board-level design engineering initiatives. A recognized industry expert in modem design, RF system development and active noise cancellation systems, Mr. Franz possesses over twenty years of hands-on engineering application experience in advanced, real-time digital signal processing, software development and data acquisition systems.

Scott Snyder - Software Subject Matter Expert

Scott Snyder directs and oversees all real-time and post-processing analytical software development at DSPCon. In this role, he is responsible for managing software requirements in support of applications and projects that require data streaming, algorithm development, post-test data analysis and demodulation. An accomplished hardware and software engineer, Mr. Snyder’s expertise and experience includes over twenty years of diversified digital signal processing development leadership in support of a wide range of data acquisition hardware and applications.

John Pecina - Lead Systems Engineer/Project Manager

John Pecina is responsible for the specification, design and project management of digital signal processing and recording systems and software. A published author and prominent industry speaker, Mr. Pecina has over twenty years of experience in engineering and commercially deploying large- and small-scale digital signal processing systems. His extensive technical expertise encompasses a wide range of DSP domains and applications including acoustic signal processing, optical metrology, image formation, target recognition, control systems, interferometry, and automatic test and measurement equipment.