Hugh is an entrepreneur and technologist devoted to audio signal processing, specializing in technologies that improve voice communication, hearing and speech recognition. He has worked in a variety of signal processing specialties including control systems, signal reconnaissance, audio and video. He has over 30 years experience designing and managing the development of leading edge signal processing systems and teams. For the past 20 years, Hugh has focused his technical interests on improving the quality of speech communication. Prior to Acoustic Gadgets, he was a director of engineering at Cisco Systems, managing and leading projects related to IP phones, Wi-Fi handsets, and Cisco’s Telepresence system. He architected the audio portion of the Cisco Telepresence system and wrote much of the critical audio software. He joined Cisco when Cisco bought his company SignalWorks in 2003. Prior to SignalWorks he was a consultant involved in defense systems. He learned much of his signal processing working on secret defense projects at Lockheed and ArgoSystems. Hugh holds 8 issued patents in the area of audio signal processing and acoustics and has a MSEE from the University of Santa Clara, and BSEE from the University of Idaho.