REMOTE POSSIBILITIES TECHNICAL CONSULTING Richard Rudman Remote Possibilities 11054 Ventura Boulevard, Ste. 700 Studio City, CA 91604 Office: 818-804-5242 remotepossibilities@earthlink.net UPDATED 10/7/2006 Richard retired from KFWB Radio in Los Angeles (Infinity/CBS) as that station's Director of Engineering on July 1, 2002. He held that position since 1975. He now owns and operates his own firm, Remote Possibilities, that performs turn-key installation, contruction, maintenance repair and operations services related to broadcast studios, transmitter sites, and remote broadcasts. Richard also consults on emergency public information, emergency preparedness for communications facilities, construction of 802.11 wireless nodes, and specialized broadcast spectrum issues. In 2002 he was retained by the California Broadcasters Association (CBA) as their consultant on Advanced Warning Systems. He helped CBA coordinate the Emergency Alert System (EAS) portion of Californias Amber legislation passed by the State Assembly. His assistance involved working on the creation of AMBER training and information materials, as well as liaison with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children, California Highway Patrol, the 22 California local EAS committees, and local law enforcement and emergency management agencies. Ten Amber seminars throughout the State were conducted as part of CBAs comprehensive California Amber education and training effort for law enforcement and broadcasters. In early 2003, he was hired by American HONDA Research and Development to write a report on in-car emergency information delivery based on research he did at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and the Los Angeles Auto Show. Richard has written and delivered numerous presentations and technical papers on EAS, AMBER, emergency public information, emergency preparedness for communications facilities and broadcast auxiliary spectrum issues for the National Weather Service Western Region, National Association of Broadcasters, Society of Broadcast Engineers, National Public Radio, Radio and Television News Association, Los Angeles Press Club, Rotary International, and various local and national Amateur Radio meetings. In 1995 he received an award from the Society of Broadcast Engineers for his paper on "User-Friendly EBS." His paper "Disaster Recovery for Broadcast Facilities" was presented at the 1996 Spring NAB Convention and was published in the Convention Proceedings. He is also the author of book chapters on broadcast auxiliary frequency coordination and disaster preparedness for communications facilities in the NAB Engineering Handbook and in two electronics text books published by CRC Press. He has received recognition from the FCC, FEMA, Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles City Council, the California Emergency Services Association, and the Emergency Preparedness Commission for the County and Cities of Los Angeles. He was elected National President of the SBE in 1985 and elected as a Fellow of the SBE in 1987. He still serves on several national SBE committees. In November, 2002, he received a lifetime achievement award from the SBE for his contributions to emergency public information, EBS and EAS, and for his contributions to broadcast auxiliary spectrum coordination. He was appointed to the President's National Industry Advisory Council (NIAC) for the Emergency Broadcast System in 1992 during the Bush administration that became EBSAC, the EBS Advisory Committee. He served as the First vice Chair for the FCC's National Advisory Committee for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) from 1998 to 2000 and as Chair from 2000 to 2002. He still serves as Vice Chair of the EAS committee for the State of California (SECC) and as an advisor to the Los Angeles County EAS Local Emergency Communications Committee (LECC) and the High Desert LECC. He was one of the 17 founding Trustees for the Partnership for Public Warning (www.PartnershipForPublicWarning.org) in November, 2001. The Partnerships goal was to identify and work with stakeholders to create a national warning strategy. He served PPW, and still serves the Society of Broadcast Engineers as an EAS subject expert. Visit my other links: