Staff Biographies

Steve Bookman (Sales Engineer - N. OH) has over 11 years of experience in technical sales. His most recent position involved sales and support of machine visions systems in industrial applications. He holds a B.S. in Optical Sciences from Ohio State University. Steve is a native of the Cincinnati area. sbookman@sagetechnologies.com 513.321.4353	Marilyn Cooper (Sales Engineer - S. CA) has over 11 years of experience in the sound and vibration field. She was a Customer Support Engineer and a Field Applications Engineer for Bruel & Kjaer where she taught acoustics and vibration courses. Marilyn has also held various positions at the General Motors Technical Center. She has a B.S. in Industrial Administration from General Motors Institute and has completed post baccalaureate courses in Mechanical Engineering. Her specialties are acoustical measurements and package testing. mcooper@sagetechnologies.com 310.338.7200
Dave Formenti (Sales Engineer - N. CA) has over 26 years of experience in the sound and vibration field. His knowledge of signal analyzers and vibration controllers comes from his previous engineering positions at Data Physics, GenRad's Structural Test Division, and Hewlett Packard. He was one of the main Development Engineers for the HP5423, HP's first Modal Analysis Analyzer. Dave also has a deep understanding of modal analysis software since he co-founded Structural Measurement Systems (SMS), a maker of noise and vibration analysis software. Dave has applications experience from being a Project Engineer at the GM Noise and Vibration Laboratory. He has his B.S. and M.S. from Michigan Technological University. dformenti@sagetechnologies.com 831.460.1106	Renard Klubnik (Sales Engineer - N. OH) has over 20 years of experience in the noise and vibration field with special focus on signature analysis, data acquisition techniques and machine diagnostics. Renard has previous experience with Bruel & Kjaer as both an Applications Engineer and a Sales Engineer. He has also worked at MB Dynamics and CSI. He has taught numerous courses in vibration, acoustics, machine balancing and digital signal analysis. He holds a B.S. in Electronics from Cleveland State University. rklubnik@sagetechnologies.com 216.288.7550
Keith Norsworthy (Research Scientist) has more than 40 years of signal processing experience mostly as a Research Scientist with The Boeing Company. He has earned 14 patents and has licensed several of his designs. Keith has been a Principal Investigator for more than 20 government research contracts. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Bristol University, England. knorsworthy@sagetechnologies.com 425.455.0665	Trevor Norsworthy (Sales Engineer - WA) was a Sales Engineer and course instructor at Bruel & Kjaer for more than 9 years. He has also been a Noise & Vibration Test Engineer at Kenworth Truck Company and an Automotive Mechanic. Trevor has authored papers for SAE and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineer from the University of Washington. His specialty is acoustical and vibration transducers. tnorsworthy@sagetechnologies.com 425.454.9680
Colin O'Connor (Sales Engineer - AZ, CO) has a unique combination of "hands-on" experience and formal engineering training. He started as a Automotive Mechanic then was a Telecommunications Technician installing voice/data networks. He later became a Test Engineer for Case Corp., a maker of agricultural and construction equipment, at the Arizona Proving Ground where he operated and maintained the dynamometer facility. His main focus was data acquisition and analysis using various transducers, signal conditioners, telemetry, and data acquisition systems. Colin holds a B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from University of Washington. coconnor@sagetechnologies.com 480.732.9848	Dennis Sulisz (Sales Engineer - MI) has about 20 years of NVH testing experience. He has held various engineering and management positions at General Motors, SDRC, Ricardo, and Simulation Techniques. He also has sales experience culminating in his position as VP of Sales and Marketing at Ricardo, an engineering consulting company. His specialties are Automotive NVH and Structural Dynamics. Dennis earned his BSME at General Motors Institute and MSME at University of Cincinnati. dsulisz@sagetechnologies.com 734.525.8100
Renee Walter (Customer Support Engineer) prior to joining Sage Technologies, Renee was a Customer Support Engineer for Bruel & Kjaer. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University. rwalter@sagetechnologies.com 206.913.7649	Evro T. Wee Sit (Technical Specialist) has more than 17 years of experience in the testing field. He was a Field Applications Engineer for Bruel & Kjaer, a Test Engineer at the General Motors Technical Center, and an independent Noise & Vibration Consultant. Evro has taught courses in acoustics, vibration measurements, modal analysis, accelerometers, and signal processing. He has a B.S. in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering from General Motors Institute. eweesit@sagetechnologies.com 310.374.4374