Jon Boley

Current

Audio DSP Consultant at LSB Audio

Past

Senior DSP Engineer at Shure
Audio DSP Intern at Shure
Audio DSP Intern at Shure

Audio DSP Intern at Motorola
Engineering Intern at Motorola
Engineering Intern at Motorola
Electronics Technician at Drivecon Corporation

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Education

Purdue University
The George Washington University - School of Business
University of Miami

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lake County Area Vocational Center

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Jon Boley’s Summary

I am a Digital Signal Processing engineer with a passion for psychoacoustics.
I enjoy using my understanding of auditory perception (and the underlying neurophysiology) to create new audio algorithms. Through a process I like to call "perception based optimization," these algorithms can often be designed to reduce computational requirements and maintain audio quality across many adverse conditions.

Jon Boley’s Specialties:

Psychoacoustics research (models & listening tests)
. • Loudness, Masking, Localization, Segregation, etc.
. • Signal Detection Theory, Information Transfer, etc.
Algorithm research and development
. • Equalization, compression, etc.
. • Audio coding & error concealment
. • 3D audio & spatialization
. • Source segregation/separation
Real-Time Implementation
. • Matlab/Simulink, C, C++, Assembly
. • ADI (Sharc, Blackfin)
. • Freescale (56k family)
. • TI (c54x, c55x, c64x)

Jon Boley’s Experience

Audio DSP Consultant

LSB Audio

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Various part-time projects involving audio algorithm development, embedded firmware coding, optimization, and quality assessment (i.e. listening tests).
Senior DSP Engineer

Shure

(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 4 months)

Conducted research and development of real-time DSP algorithms for use in future technologies. Experience includes algorithm optimization and invention of a novel technique for improving wireless audio quality. Algorithm was developed in Simulink and implemented on a TI c55x processor.
Audio DSP Intern

Shure

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

Developed and implemented real-time DSP algorithms for live sound reinforcement. Experience involved algorithm simulation in Matlab and development on ADI Sharc and Blackfin processors.
Audio DSP Intern

Shure

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)

Developed and implemented real-time DSP algorithms for live sound reinforcement. Experience involved algorithm simulation in Matlab and development on ADI Sharc and Blackfin processors.
Audio DSP Intern

Motorola

(Public Company; MOT; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2002 — December 2002 (8 months)

Responsible for development of embedded software for improving sound quality of hands-free phones.
• Developed embedded (PowerPC Processor) and PC software for real-time tuning of echo cancellation and
noise suppression algorithms in automotive hands-free systems.
• Researched and implemented (in Matlab) various DSP algorithms for an improved double-talk
detector to be used in hands-free software.
Engineering Intern

Motorola

(Public Company; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

Responsible for researching and testing MEMS inertial sensors, including gyroscopes and accelerometers.
• Developed and utilized an automated testing system for testing parametric responses. Used LabView
software as well as basic lab equipment.
• Conducted various validation tests (noise, vibration response, drift, etc.) with an oscilloscope to
determine the signal processing needed for product realization.
Engineering Intern

Motorola

(Public Company; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

Responsible for characterizing competitors’ cellular phones for benchmarking purposes.
• Trained a team of engineers to conduct current drain tests for benchmarking purposes. Utilized
cellular communication equipment as well as LabView software.
• Helped provide group with RF block diagrams of competitors' cellular phones by conducting
measurements with a spectrum analyzer to identify signal flow in RX and TX circuits.
Electronics Technician

Drivecon Corporation

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)

Responsible for assembly and troubleshooting of drive control units for industrial cranes.
• Assembled and modified PCB’s (soldering, potting, etc.)
• Troubleshot circuits (using a schematic and oscilloscope) and made appropriate repairs.

Jon Boley’s Education

Purdue University

PhD , Biomedical Engineering , 2007 — 2011 (expected)

Researching the impact of modern hearing aid algorithms on neural coding in the auditory system. I am using this information to evaluate the performance of existing algorithms and make appropriate improvements.
The George Washington University - School of Business

Masters Certificate , Project Management , 2006 — 2009

Learned principles of project management including budgeting, scheduling, requirements definition, resource planning, risk management, contract management, quality assurance, and leadership.
University of Miami

MS , Music Engineering , 2003 — 2005

Courses in Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Filterbanks and Wavelets, Adaptive Filtering, Neural Networks, Psychoacoustics, etc.
Thesis entitled "Auditory Component Analysis: Using Perceptual Pattern Recognition to Identify and Extract Independent Components From An Auditory Scene"

Activities and Societies:

AES, IEEE
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BS , Electrical Engineering , 2000 — 2003

Senior Design Project: Implemented Dolby Digital, Pro Logic II, and Dolby Headphone on a Motorola 56k DSP (along with an audio codec, a microcontroller, and circuitry) to create a virtual 3-D audio environment with the use of regular stereo headphones.

Activities and Societies:

AES, IEEE
Lake County Area Vocational Center

Certificate , Electronic Equipment Repair , 1997 — 1998

Repaired various devices ranging from VCRs to hi-fi audio equipment.

Activities and Societies:

US First Robotics Team

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