Dan has been a consultant in architectural and environmental acoustics and sound reinforcement system design since 1986, and president of BRC since 1995. Dan's technical specialties are acoustical and sound system design of auditoriums, industrial facilities, recording studios, schools, and performing arts facilities. His expertise also includes noise/vibration control and sound isolation for industrial facilities, multi-family dwellings, recording stu-dios, and performing arts centers. His research includes concert hall acoustics from the performer’s perspective, and studies of loudness perception.

From 1992 – 1999 Dan was an instructor at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, where he taught under-graduate courses in Physics of Sound and Space, and Physics of Color and Light. Topics included sound produc-tion, wave propagation, concert hall acoustics, sound intensity and measurement, and psychoacoustics. His lecture on architectural acoustics is a regular feature of the Interior Design curriculum at Bellevue Community College.

Ph.D. (Acoustics), University of Washington
Master of Arts, Music Acoustics, University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Music Performance, Berklee College of Music, Boston