Tony M.
Innovation Leader • Top 1% Patents Issued • Software, Hardware, Acoustics, Hearing • x-iPhone, x-AirPods • MIT, Harvard Medical School • Academic Lineage to 8 Nobel Laureates
- Role
- Advisor at Curvilinear
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tony M.
Distinguished innovation leader with 25+ years of experience in acoustic research and development for consumer audio and hearing technology.Issued 89 patents in the span of a decade with nearly forward citations. Group lead of teams of up to 14 direct reports and over 50 indirect reports. Managed R&D budgets up to $35M/year. Played a key role in developing technologies that have shipped in over 1 billion devices, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Systems thinker with broad expertise in human hearing, acoustic design, embedded signal processing, adaptive noise cancellation, transducer design, and machine learning applications.Prior to going into industry, I learned to code in C/C++/Fortran/Mathematica while completing a BS in Mathematical and Computer Sciences. I then spent 8 years learning physics and neuroscience through research and coursework while pursuing two multidisciplinary PhDs. My focus was primarily in MATLAB on the clever use of non-invasive acoustic signal processing to make inferences about system performance (gearboxes, giant arrays, middle-ears, cochleas and the auditory brainstem). More recently, I have learned to code in pedantic English.
Experience
Advisor
Mar 2026 — Present
Steering infrastructure for Al agent teams.
Education
Penn State University
PhD (ABD), MS, Acoustics
1997 — 1999
Colorado School of Mines
BS, Mathematical and Computer Sciences • Minors in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
1992 — 1997
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD (ABD), MS, Health Sciences and Technology
2001 — 2006
Skills
- Signal Processing
- Audio Technology
- Acoustics
- Speech
- Auditory Perception
- Analysis
- Matlab
- Digital Signal Processors
- Engineering
- Simulations
- Electrical Engineering
- Digital Signal Processing
- Software Development
- Sound
- Systems Engineering
- Audio Processing
- Recording
- Algorithms
- Electronics
- Testing
- Analog
- Sensors
- Embedded Systems
- Product Development
- Semiconductors
- Mixed Signal
- Consumer Electronics
- Engineering Management
- R&D
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