| David is a leading expert in the field of XML. He is the architect and
developer of web-based applications and web-based infrastructure technologies.
He invented the XMLZip format
and managed the first application of it. He has also designed systems using language
analysis and compiler technologies for a wide variety of applications, including EDA and
Year 2000.
Prior to LisleTech, David was Director of Engineering for Peritus Software Services. In 1997, Peritus went public and created a $500 million market capitalization. At
Peritus he combined his knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and compiler technology
and developed systems for identification and correction of Year 2000 date problems in
legacy software.
These systems identified
suspect date variables with neural net technology and then used control-flow and data-flow
analysis techniques to find out how date information propagated through the software.
These systems analyzed millions of lines of legacy software at a time. Before Peritus,
David was a founder of Vista Technologies, Inc. At Vista he was responsible for the
development of VHDL and Verilog based Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products. These
products allowed electrical engineers to specify the behavior of circuitry graphically or
through tables and would generate the required VHDL or Verilog text. David also oversaw
the marketing and sales efforts of these products; thousands of licenses were sold
worldwide.
Gould Research Center was where David started his career. There he was
project manager of the Factory Automation and Artificial Intelligence group. This group
developed innovative algorithms for the generation of robot programs; created AI
algorithms for deduction of allowable motions of
assemblies from a description of their geometry; developed robot hardware, control systems
and programming languages; and, built an advanced robot control lab using a network
of superminicomputers, Lisp machines, high-end 3D graphics displays, programmable logic
controllers and robot control systems. With the support of three mechanical engineers,
David's team designed and implemented robotic workcells for towed-array sonar and medical
transducer assembly at Gould factories.
David holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from
Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida.
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