I have 16 years of experience and specialize in the fields of engineering and technology design and development with specific knowledge in the areas of pattern recognition, signal processing and image processing. I have published on such topics as biometrics, information security and wireless communication network security. I am a nationally/internationally recognized researcher who has frequently been invited to serve on scientific and engineering research proposal review panels for the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security. I was invited to review scientific and engineering research proposes by Canada and Israel, and I have chaired or co-chaired several international conferences, panel discussions and conference sessions.