Curriculum Vitae - Joel L. Bernstein (1940-    )

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Formal Education:

M.S. New York University (Physics)

B.S. City College of New York (Physics)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Indian River State College-Fort Pierce, FL: January 2005-Present

Adjunct Professor of Science

Independent Telecommunications Consultant: July 2003-Present

Various voice and data projects

Member of PA State Legislative task force for expanding wireless service in the Poconos

DeVry University- North Brunswick, NJ: September 2000- June 2003

Professor of Telecommunications

Lucent Technologies- Nurnberg, Germany : July 1999-August 2000

Independent Telecommunications Consultant: January 1990 –To June 1999

Consulting Projects Included:

Project Management

• Managed NTTs Frame Relay & ATM trials between Tokyo and New York Responsible for all phases of projects

Systems Engineering/Systems Integration

• Performed Systems Integration for Web based services for AT&T
• Involved in Systems Engineering of Multimedia Products for Lucent Bell Labs
• Wrote specifications for new Telecommunications services for NTT
• Designed and implemented Local and Wide Area Networks for Japanese Corporations in New York City
• Set-up Demo area for NTT, to show customers how to integrate new technologies

Research Studies

• Performed SONET study focusing on several vendors' products as well as how carriers configure their SONET/SDH Networks Emphasis was placed on Network Management.
• Authored a 300+ page market study "Bandwidth on Demand"

Wireless

• Performed several studies for Nextel Corporation on PCS (Technical & Marketing)

Testing

• Tested ISDN and SS7 features of new software releases of Nortel DMS 100 for BELLCORE
• Wrote test plans and used NSTS (BELLCORE'S TEST SYSTEM)
• Tested Network Management System for KPN's ATM services (in The Netherlands)

Teaching/Course Development

• Instructor for American Research Group (ARG) - "Telecommunications Fundamentals"
• Instructor for Learning Tree International - "Network Management", "ISDN"
• Instructed NTT Employees: Principles of US Telecommunications (Both in US and Japan)
• Developed a course in New Broadband Services for TRA, Inc.

1986-1990

AT&T Network Systems, Holmdel, New Jersey

Cross Product Systems Engineering Manager- Network Management

• Responsible for systems integration of multi vendor central office equipment

1985-1986

AT&T Network Consulting Service Organization, Morristown, New Jersey Senior Consultant-Network Architecture

• Provided Telecommunications Consulting Services for Fortune 500 Companies Examples: Network design for Hughes Aircraft, Mead Data Central & Ford Motor Company

1983-1985

Western Electric Company, Morristown, New Jersey

Department Chief-Marketing Development, Operations Support Systems

• Acted as liaison between developers and sales persons for Network Management Systems Gave presentations to Telco personnel on OSSs for Billing, Loop maintenance, OAM&P, etc.

1980-1983

Western Electric Company, Morristown, New Jersey

Senior Engineer- Network Systems Planning & Management/Corporate Product Planning

• Product Manager for newly developed high tech products & services such as Speech Recognition & Low Bit Rate Voice Wrote Business Case for creation of “AT&T Conversant Systems”

1962-1980

Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey Member of Technical Staff, Materials Research

• Performed Basic research on materials which were ultimately used in providing optical communications

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INTERESTS:

• Recipient of Award for outstanding Presentation- Eastern Communications Forum
• Recipient of AT&T Professional Excellence Award
• Author of 85 Technical Publications
• Officer in American Crystallographic Association
• Former County Committeeman and president of political club