EDUCATION

Boston University, Boston, MA

Master of Science in Systems Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical / Electrical Engineering

Academy for the Fine Arts, “The Etage”, Berlin, Germany
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting/ Visual Arts
Master of Fine Arts, Theater Design / Set Design/Art Administration

Studied with Andrej Woron, Pauline Disson, Klaus Denhardt, Milan Knizak, Jan Hendrikse, Peter Erskine, Timothy Harney, George Nick, Jill Pottle, Ati Gropius Johansen

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

ART Without Borders, www.artwb.org, preserving and promoting artists' rights in the world, Cambridge, MA
Founder, Director (ARTWB.org)

Consult & Design, www.swalzer.com , Lexington, MA
Principal

Computer IT consulting and support for small businesses, galleries, art institutions, artists, musicians, medical practices, financial institutions, legal practices, CEO's and CFO's. Technical and administrative consulting and support for local area businesses. Application development and personal training.

• Web Design, Hosting and Maintenance
• Graphic Design
• Computer Consulting and Support
• Internet Research
• Desktop publishing
• Application Development and Training
• Network Support
• Internet Solutions
• Database development
• Administrative support
• Provides customized services and design at affordable rates

Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA
Member of a Cooperative Fine Art Gallery, Artist member, member of the board of directors, chair of the visioning committtee, director of musical performances, poetry reading and other events at the gallery, membership and technical consulting and support.

Lexington Arts Council, Lexington, MA

Member of Lexington Arts Council

Stuart N. Brotman Communications, Lexington, MA
SNB Communications, a management consulting firm, serving communications, Internet, and entertainment clients. Technical consulting and support in computer IT, network design and installation, Internet solutions, application and web maintenance and design.

Bob Katz Enterprises, Lexington, MA
Consulting in computer Information Technology, MAC environment, networking, graphic design, data base management, internet solutions.

Praxis Dr. Walzer, Berlin, Germany
Administrator, technical consulting and support of a medical office. Art and music consultant, coordinator, administrator of exhibitions and concerts.

Systec GmbH, Digital-Analog Technik /ISDN, Berlin, Germany
Wide Band ISDN, Fiber Optics, ISDN Protokol Development, Telecommunication Systems. Hardware/Software development in laser applications for industrial and medical areas. Specification of the system requirements for a portable lightweight presentation terminal, Computer.

Biotronik GmbH, Medical Instrumentation, Berlin, Germany
Design and development of the state of the art pacemakers, specifying and developing test circuits and procedures for testing pacemakers.

Inframetrics, IR Imaging and Radiometers, Bedford, MA
Senior Electrical Engineer / Project Engineer
Design and development of handheld thermal sensor. Integration of digital image processing system with a thermal sensor. Provide specification and acceptance test procedures, field support and technical assistance to the customer. Supervision of engineers, technical and drafting personnel..

Honeywell Inc., Electro-Optics Division, Lexington, MA
Senior Electrical/Systems Engineer
Responsible for the conceptual design, system modeling and performance specification of an IR night vision system. Other duties included analog/Digital design, system simulation, error budgeting, project costing, scheduling and writing proposals.

Lead Electrical/Development Engineer
Responsibilities included design, evaluation, test, integration and qualification of an EO system, from initial concept to a production unit. Designs included data acquisition, video processing, servomechanisms, phase-lock loops, displays and power supplies. Other duties included supervising design, fabrication and testing, field support and technical support for marketing.

Boston University Medical School, research Assistant, Publication: “Eye position measurement from the surface recorded ERG”. IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology.

Harvard University, Widener Library, Technical Translator, Cambridge, MA

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), System Simulations, Boston, MA

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

German, Armenian, Arabic, Turkish and French