Douglas Boynton Quine, Ph.D.
[webmaster]
web sites: www.quine.org, www.triskelion-ltd.com, and www.wvquine.org

My Objective: utilize my creativity, energy, scientific background, & management experience to build shareholder value through a high performance team

Our Company: values creativity, quality, innovation, and principles; it empowers employees to build customer satisfaction and shareholder value

Professional Experience

2006–now PITNEY BOWES ADVANCED CONCEPTS and TECHNOLOGY, Shelton CT
Fellow, Technology Laboratory
Basic and applied research, design and development of new mailstream systems including Secure Mail solutions.
2002–2006 PITNEY BOWES ADVANCED CONCEPTS and TECHNOLOGY, Shelton CT
Principal Engineer, System Laboratory
Design and development of new systems in the broad areas of hard copy and digital messaging utilizing internal and external technologies in coordination with customer needs. Invent, design, and implement innovative solutions leading to new products and business opportunities.
2000–2002 PITNEY BOWES docSENSE, Danbury CT
Product Guru, Digital Document Delivery
Invented, designed, and filed patents for innovative solutions in email communications, multiple channel (paper and electronic) message delivery, and Business to Employee communications leading to new products and business opportunities. Product manager for electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) and electronic statement presentment products. Managed development and test of new product prototype. Presented company capabilities to customers, industry analysts, stock analysts, and employees.
1993–2000 PITNEY BOWES PRODUCTION MAIL, Danbury CT
Program Manager, Barcoding and Sorting Systems
Identified sources of leading technology, negotiated contracts, managed development of new mail sorting technologies with OEM vendors. Coordinated marketing and engineering of mail sorting equipment with sales and technical support organizations. Managed development of two generations of sorter product line. Initiated incoming international sorter system project for Madrid, Spain.
1988–1993 MARTIN MARIETTA POSTAL SYSTEMS, Orlando FL, Chantilly VA, and Albuquerque NM
Staff Engineer (1988-1990) Senior Staff Engineer (1990-1993) with multiple roles
Postal automation systems engineer: managed software and documentation of prototype Delivery Barcode Sorter (DBCS); lead OCR R&D project, analyzed USPS automation requirements, helped design postal automation systems, analyzed BCR technology, prototyped parallel processing system for postal applications, debugged optics & mechanical design of USPS facer canceller prototype. Postal automation test manager: managed USPS field tests, analyzed, verified, and negotiated (saving over $280 million in the cost model) DBCS and Wide Area Bar Code Reader test results. Proposal manager/ author: wrote and managed postal automation technical proposals to USPS. New business technologist: coordinated USPS NPF sorter presence, edited video scripts; tracked postal news for senior staff.
1984–1988 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign-Urbana IL
Associate Professional Scientist
Designed and developed Fortran-77 software to read Doppler radar data from multiple weather radar systems in multiple formats, display and analyze data, and convert to common format for storage. Developed tools to analyze patterns observed on weather radar scans to distinguish between weather and bird / insect targets. Managed MicroVAX system for the laboratory. Presented results to scientific and technical colleagues.
1982–1984 TULANE MEDICAL SCHOOL, New Orleans LA
Assistant Research Professor, Pharmacology
Improved system and conducted auditory pharmacology tests to determine the effects of candidate drugs on the responses of auditory nerve fibers in animals for treatment of tinnitus. Invented and deployed microcomputer based single cell data capture, display, & recording system. Invented and deployed high speed low cost microcomputer upgrade for scintillation counter plotter.
1979–1982 DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Post Doctoral Fellow / Research Associate
Developed computer programs, protocols, and computer controlled hardware interfaces for the generation and data recording of auditory tests for research into the physiology of hearing changes in Multiple Sclerosis. Tested multiple patients and published scientific findings.
1973–1974 ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY, Field Research Center, Millbrook, New York
Acoustical Consultant
Studies of environmental acoustics in fields and forests in temperate and tropical environments. Analysis of the acoustical implications for the evolution of animal communication.

Education

1974–1979 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca NY,
Ph.D. Neurobiology and Behavior
Outstanding Instructor award for excellence in teaching; research on homing pigeon navigation systems
Gage Fellowship; designed and built all test apparatus including electronics, acoustic systems, pigeon loft
1969–1973 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton NJ
A.B. Biology,
Cannon Thesis Prize in Biology; Board of Directors Ivy Radio Network, DJ on WPRB-FM (#1 in Trenton NJ market)
initiated student membership in local rescue squad, taught over 300 students emergency first aid
Red Cross certified First Aid instructor (basic & advanced); Water Safety Instructor; Bonded locksmith

United States Patents

  1. US Patent #6,717,957 Method for Delivering Information in a Closed Loop MultiMedia System. (to Douglas B. Quine, April 6, 2004)
  2. US Patent #6,782,415 Business-To-Employee Messaging System. (to Douglas B. Quine, August 24, 2004)
  3. US Patent #6,795,376 Method For Displaying An Environmentally Modulated Expiration Date. (to Douglas B. Quine, September 21, 2004)
  4. US Patent #6,832,246 Dynamic electronic forwarding system. (to Douglas B. Quine, December 14, 2004)
  5. US Patent #6,839,738 System and method for cleansing addresses for electronic messages. (to Douglas B. Quine, Karl H. Schumacher, January 4, 2005)
  6. US Patent #6,865,561 Closed system meter having address correction capabilities. (to Robert W. Allport, Stephen Kelly, Timothy J. Nicholls, Christopher J. Capelli, Douglas B. Quine, March 8, 2005)
  7. US Patent #6,895,427 System and method for cleansing addresses for electronic messages. (to Douglas B. Quine, Karl H. Schumacher, May 17, 2005)
  8. US Patent #6,957,248 System and method for forwarding electronic messages. (to Douglas B. Quine, Alexander B. Quine, October 18, 2005)
  9. US Patent #6,985,408 Method For Displaying An Environmentally Modulated Expiration Date. (to Douglas Quine on Jan. 10, 2006)
  10. US Patent #6,988,129 Method For Providing Address Change Notification in an Electronic Message Forwarding System. (to Douglas Quine on Jan. 17, 2006)
  11. US Patent #7,004,396 System and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter. (to Douglas Quine and Christopher Baker on Feb. 28, 2006)
  12. US Patent #7,016,938 E-Mail Forwarding System Having Archival Database. (to Douglas Quine on March 21, 2006)
  13. US Patent #7,060,927 Method and system for isolating and testing biological contaminants in mail packages. (to Douglas Quine and Denis Stemmle on June 13, 2006)
  14. US Patent #7,149,780 Method for determining e-mail address format rules (to Douglas Quine and Karl Schumacher on Dec. 12, 2006)
  15. US Patent #7,156,290 System and method for determining and reporting whether a mail piece has been opened by a recipient (to Denis Stemmle, Jacques Hasbani, Judith Auslander, Douglas Quine, David Wittenberg, and Pushpavadan Nagarsheth on Jan. 2, 2007)
  16. US Patent #7,191,222 Method for providing address change notification in an electronic message forwarding system (to Douglas Quine on March 13, 2007)
  17. US Patent #7,229,025 Barcode with enhanced additional stored data (to John Sussmeier, Judith Auslander, Donald MacKay, Andrei Obrea, and Douglas Quine on June 12, 2007)
  18. US Patent #7,258,277 Method for enhancing mail piece processing system (to Christopher Baker and Douglas Quine on August 21, 2007)

International Patents

  1. German #DE69935493D "Closed system meter having address correction capabilities (to Robert W. Allport, Stephen Kelly, Timothy J. Nicholls, Christopher J. Capelli, and Douglas B. Quine on April 26, 2007)

Patent References: 35 citations

White Papers

Quine (2001) "Improving the Effectiveness of Email Messaging."
Gardner & Quine (2000) "Improving the Speed & Accuracy of EBPP, ESP, and Employee Communications

Publications

24 Postal Automation papers & notes (1987-present) in U.S. Stamps and Postal History, American Philatelist, US Specialist, Modern Postal History Journal, Linn's Stamp News, Auxiliary Markings, IDENT (Postal Mechanisation Study Circle)

17 Scientific Papers (1973-1988) in: J. Comparative Physiology, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, Archives of Neurology, Hearing Research, Brain, J. Neuroscience Method, Archives of. Otolaryngology, Canadian. J. Neurological Sciences

Internet Technology

Webmaster: Auxiliary Markings Club; Creator / Webmaster: Triskelion Ltd (postal terms glossary used by USPS & vendors; POSTNET / PLANET code online decoder); over 1,800,000 visits to date across all my web sites; TCP/IP Networking

Previous Technology Development

Doppler weather radar data converter & display program; Invented & deployed microcomputer single cell data capture, display, & recorder; also, high speed low cost microcomputer upgrade for scintillation counter plotter

Programming languages

HTML, JavaScript, Fortran, 6502 Assembler, Basic

Teaching

Taught or assisted in 7 university biology courses including "Sensory Systems of Animals" which I developed

Seminars & Lectures

Over 60 scientific / business / technical lectures at universities, corporations, and conferences in the USA., Canada, UK, and Italy

Awards & Honors

Offices Currently Held

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