Clifford A. Henricksen, Principal

Background, Experience and Code of Work

I am a life-long lover of sound and music and of its benefits to the human race. As an experienced player and composer, I know this art from an artist’s perspective. I am an MIT-educated (MSME) engineer and have worked long and hard to become America’s most prolific inventor and innovator in the professional audio and musical sound businesses.

I have held key senior technical positions at Altec-Lansing, Community, Electro-Voice and Bose Corporation, where I had a direct influence on invention and development of key technologies and products, leading to enhanced market presence and, most important, increased business.

I was co-owner of US Sound, a “supercontractor” with a patented and proprietary sound system and system concept of my creation that was installed in Madison Square Garden and used by The Judds and Bruce Springsteen. This company was sold at its prime to Bose Corporation where its product line still is the mainstay of Bose’s large-venue engineered sound business.

My US patents include 3,991,286, 4,050,541, 4,187,926, 4,130,023, 4,811,403, 7,260,235 7,319,767, D 249,509 and UK 1,514,007.

I am widely published in well-known and respected technical papers, magazine articles and books.

I am honored as a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and appointed a Kentucky Colonel (by the Governor of Kentucky) for my contributions to the amplified musical arts.

I am expert in a wide variety of working skills, including engineering and scientific analysis and mathematical modeling, writing and communication, typical computer skills, prototype building and fabrication of all kinds and I am an accomplished concert and recording musician and composer.

I love working with others, I appreciate and encourage their unique skills and I strongly believe in the power of collaboration. My colleagues all enjoy my company and the fun we have working together.

My expertise is innovation, which I have been increasingly successful at since 1968. This is what I do. This is my love, passion and my life’s work. Innovation services is the sole basis for my company, Cliff Innovations.

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My Professional Intentions and Expectations

I intend to work and continue to grow as an innovator and to offer my services to those interested in them. The future is always unseen. And so, I cannot guarantee success but I can guarantee that I will put the full creative power of all my skills and experience to bear on any work I undertake. That stated, good and surprising results are highly probable. This is evident in a history of my steady creative output, shown in some examples as follows:

Some Examples of My Work (approximately chronological)

1. Bose Corporation future technologies: Many in development/patents-pending (confidential).
   
2. Bose Corporation L1™ family: Inventor of core technology and methodology. Creator of and naming of “Tone Match” instrument/delivery system integration, creator of ToneMatch filters by ear and in collaboration with major instrument makers. Creator of a large volume of support copy, used in advertising of all kinds. Responsible for engineering development and personal use of the first prototype systems. (This overall concept is changing the entire culture of live amplified music.)
   
3. Bose Corporation MA12 and MB4: Spin-offs of the L1 and mainstays of the engineered sound product line.
   
4. Bose Corporation Panaray LT family: Design of core arraying loudspeaker family for high-end large-venue sound including invention and engineering of “V4” manifolded midrange driver.
   
5. Bose Corporation sound system for the Holy Mosque, Mecca: Designed a unique horn-waveguide system for this acoustically-challenging, aesthetically-demanding all-marble facility.
   
6. Bose Corporation arena sound systems (GM Place/Vancouver BC, Staples Arena/LA, Air Canada Center/Toronto): Internal consultant and final system voicing/commissioning by ear.
   
7. Universal Islands of Adventure, Orlando (for Bose : Inspired dock-piling-themed line array systems and voiced all sound zones by ear.
   
8. Fender Musical Instruments Passport PD150 and PD250 systems: Basic electroacoustic concept invention, development of first working prototypes (Part of a Bose/Fender collaboration)
   
9. Audio Analysts/Bruce Springsteen Stage Monitor: Collaboration with co-owner Albert Leccesse on a very high acoustic output, exceptionally clear monitor speaker for the artist.
   
10. US Sound Coherent Zone Loudspeaker family: Invention, component and system design, production engineering, tech support.
    
11. US Sound Arena Sound Systems (The OMNI/Atlanta, Madison Square Garden/NYC): System concept, design (first split-cluster arena systems in America), installation engineering and supervision, final system voicing by ear. Systems sold directly to the arenas.
    
12. US Sound Touring Sound System/The Judds/Wynonna Judd: First “Coherent Zone” sound system design including first high-directivity mid/high, 18” bass system and very low-profile stage monitor for improved visual qualities.
    
13. Electro Voice MT™ Manifold Technology sound reinforcement system: Basic research and invention leading to this breakthrough, multiple manifolded-driver product design.
    
14. Electro Voice HP horns, DL woofer family, DH1 compression driver: Engineering management of the team to produce these component series, contributed many innovations also.
    
15. Community M4™ midrange driver: Developed basic equations of operation including the phaseplug and motor design, co-developed the product, authored several technical and tech/marketing papers and articles.
    
16. Altec Lansing Manta Ray Horn family: Invention, patenting, development and design of large- and small-format horns for various coverage patterns and uses, including consumer hifi.
    
17. Altec Lansing Tangerine Phase plug family: Invention, patenting, design, prototype building and production engineering of 3 phaseplugs for 2.83”, 1.75” and 1.75” piezo-driven diaphragms (“LZT” driver for consumer systems). Developed original equations of operation and co-authored patent and technical articles. Also gave it the name, earning a distinct market awareness and “buzz”.
    
18. Altec Lansing Auto-Q automatic directivity measurement technology: Inventor, patented.
    
19. Altec Lansing Voice of the Highway system for automotive sound systems: Gave it the name, base on the iconic “Voice of the Theater”.
    

Skill Set
General Working skills

1. Brainstorming and general collaboration
   
2. Generator of team harmony and spirit
   
3. Teaching and presentation ability (seminars, training, etc)
   
4. Direct, honest and ethical code of living and working. Strict confidential relationship with all clients.
   
5. Diagnostic listening skills including system voicing and commissioning
   
6. Professional writing and idea-organization in reports and descriptions
   
7. Comfortable and effective in any working culture including large-corporation executive-level, engineering, manufacturing, union labor, machine shop, academic, professional music, pro sports facilities, journalists, production staff of all kinds, etc.
   
8. Proven ability to create new ideas and to invent technological innovations to solve important problems. A steady list of accomplishments over a solid career supports this.
   
9. Master prototype creator - The ability to construct early-idea prototypes that are technically and functionally complete but judiciously “rough” so that any idea can be evaluated quickly, when creative juices are at their strongest. Interestingly, such early working objects invite and inspire team designers and engineers to polish a proven concept and take the emotional ownership needed to make a real product.
   
10. Engineering skills - Proven analytic and mathematical facility, including transducer design and creation of original equations for new ideas.
11. Computer skills - The usual Microsoft Office software, 3D CADD drawing and rendering, various digital audio recording and processing software
12. Complete shop skills - including steel fabrication, welding, aluminum sheet metal fabrication, fiberglass fabrication and molding, HVLP spray painting, woodworking, etc.
13. Music Skills - Professional-level musical performance ability (keyboards, vocalist), Prolific composer and musical arranger
    Band leader, Extensive musical recording and production experience.
    

Additional Information

Professional references available on request
Musical recordings (audio and video) available on request
Photographs of most creations available on request
Musical resume available on request

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