José Fornari

Email: fornari@garoa.com or [email protected]

Engineering Experience:
1999 - 2000: Founder of "GAROA LLC", www.garoa.com, a Limited Liability Company in California, specialized in technology trading and services. 

1997 - 1999, as engineer at ESS Technology Fremont, CA
Development of the algorithm for:
* Stereo spreader (3D sound) (driver, VXD)
* Software Synthesizer WaveTable (driver, VXD)
* Virtual Speaker positioning (driver, VXD)
* Sampling reconvertion (firmware, TMS320C5x)
* Digital Equalizer w/ hardware acceleration (driver, VXD)
* Sound positioning (4, 5 and 6 speakers) (firmware, TMS320C5x)
* Sound Effects (Reverb, Chorus, Bass Booster) (Matlab and C simulation)

1996 QualiTau San Jose, CA
Hardware Testing Engineer
* Participation in the development of the IC thermal testing board.
* Programming and tuning for the testing board.

1996 Octel Communications Milpitas, CA
Audio Engineer
* Test of the voice-mail sound patterns.

Software, and Computer Skills: Matlab, Microsoft Visual C 1.5 and 5.0. Front Page2000, TMS320cx assembly code.

Musical Experience:
* 1999 Performance, Arrangement, Composing and Lyrics 
of albums of Brazilian music and Jazz (in progress)
* 1997-1998. Performance as jazz pianist along the Bay Area 
* 1996-1997. Pianist at the Stanford Jazz Ensemble
* 1996. Sound Engineer. Sound Track recording and edition.
Michael Brooks' Recording Studio. Mountain View, CA
* 1991-1994 TA in Harmony, MIDI Studio, Piano I and II. 
Campinas University

Education:
* 1995-1998. Visiting Scholar Researcher of the CCRMA - Center for 
Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University.
* 1995 - EE Ph.D. in Campinas University. (homologation in progress).
Development of real time system for timbre modeling.
* 1991 - 1994. EE MS in Campinas University. Project of system for 
sound transformation using the Short-Time FFT algorithm.
* 1991 - 1994. BS in Music and Composition. Campinas University.
* 1986 - 1991. BS in Electronic Engineering. Campinas University.

Publications:
2001: Paper: Manzolli, Maia, Fornari. "Evolutionary computation applied to waveform pattern". Simposio Brasileiro de Computacao Musical, SBC&M. 
1995: Paper: Fornari, Jose and Damiani Furio. "Timbre Modeling Based on 
Algorithm Structuring of Spectral Operators". published in the ICM journal, presented at the SBC&M.
1994: Paper: Fornari, Jose and Jara, Marcelo. "Timbre recognition using self-organized Kohonen neural networks",presented at the SBC&M.
1994: dissertacao de tese de mestrado "Transformacoes sonoras atraves de operacoes timbrais" biblioteca da FEEC Unicamp.

Languages: 
English, Spanish, and Portuguese.