UNDER CONSTRUCTION

POSITION DETAILS
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

EMPLOYMENT PREAMBLE (1974-78):

Prior to my contracts with IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (1978) I was involved in emerging computing technologies and the application of that technology to the composition of music.  These technologies included: early microprocessor HEX programming (MC6800 chip set), building S-100 bus systems, music spectroscopy, analog oscillators for sound synthesis and early D/A converters.  In 1977, while a student at Juilliard, I was introduced to Dale Teaney, PhD. from the TJ Watson Research Center at IBM.   We began to investigate applications of real-time audio spectroscopy to music.  This work required the invention of an FFT based spectrum analyzer with external TTL circuits to process the signal and generate graphical output.  This research and prtotype spectrum analyzer led to an agreement between Juilliard and IBM to install the system in the Electronic Music Lab at Juilliard.  

CONSULTANT, COMPUTER SCIENCE
IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center
1978 – 1981

Responsible for the development of  FFT real-time spectrum analyzer, graphical output design and training guidelines.  The system used a 512 line , 33ms FFT instrument with the output sampled every 65ms at a logarithmically uniform density of 96 points/octave and stored in 512x10 bit buffers.  A 5 - 8 octave RMS display allows the teacher to input and store a sound spectrum which the student then attempts  to match spectrographically in real-time.   In addition, I served as advisor in the development of a digital simulation of a “well tempered” approach to real-time  spectral analysis.

Publications:

Potter CE,Teaney DT. 1979 The real-time power spectrum in instrument and voice teaching.
Journal of the  Acoustical Society of America; Suppl 1, Fall

Cogan R, Potter CE, Teaney DT.  1979 The soundscore in composition and analysis.
Journal of the  Acoustical Society of America; Suppl 1, Fall

CONSULTANT, BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY
IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center
1978 – 1980

Basic and applied research into applications of real-time FFT spectrum analysis in music, music pedagogy and composition.   Responsibilities included studies of single instrument spectra and the definitions of auditory and spectral differences between musicians.  Additional  studies of the  interaction of musicians with the system and the information presented by the system. The system was also applied to the study of multi-instrument spectra and as a graphical transliteration of electronic sounds useful for notation.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC FELLOW
The Juilliard School
1979-80, 1980-81

Teaching responsibilities for graduate course in electronic music, under Dr. Hubert Howe. Course syllabus included analog sound synthesis, musique concrète techniques, PDP-11 based sound generation using heterodyne filters and frequency modulation. Classes participated in research on the use of FFT as a method for notating non-instrumental sounds for use in performance.

Publication:

Potter CE, 1980 Sonic transliteration applied to descriptive music notation.
Proceedings International Computer Music Conference; 245


SOFTWARE/SYSTEMS ENGINEER
B1-B Avionics and Armaments Maintenance Trainer/Simulator:
Alta Technologies-Rockwell International (U.S. Air Force)
Feb 1986 – Dec 1987

Responsible engineer for digital and analog switch and indicator encoding for the Offensive Systems Officer (OSO) and Defensive Systems Operator (DSO) positions.    Also responsible for data design and communication protocols to upload the encoded switch/ indicator data from CPM and PC DOS microprocessor based systems  to the Rockwell UNIX simulator controller.   Performed the simulator integration and verification exercises for the OSO and DSO positions.  Managed 2 junior engineer/programmer FTEs.

CONSULTANT, HUMAN ENGINEERING 
Syncrovoice – Medical  Instrumentation
Jan 1988 – Mar 1989

MIDIVOX ™  is  a Fourcin electrolaryngograph based voice MIDI controller interface with multiple applications in music, vocal health and otolaryngology.  Responsibilities included user interface design and programming using an embedded control language similar to Basic.  A UNIX based PC was interfaced with the device to upload and test the proprietary controller program.  The last version,  MIDIVOX III, may still be available.

MANAGER, CLINICAL RESEARCH COMPUTING
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Breast Cancer Lab
April 1989 – Aug 1991

Responsibilities included database design, study accrual management software, research data collection and quality assurance, compliance monitoring and data export to Bio Statistics Department for analysis.   Developed a tumor registry using Borland Paradox and C to track and report tumor samples used for oncogene studies in the Breast Cancer Research Laboratory.  The systems were developed on PC based workstations then uploaded to the MSKCC VAX/VMS system through the institutional network backbone.  For IRB 85-70, a clinical research study of bone marrow micrometastasis which involved invasive procedures and sample analysis, I was responsible for protocol compliance and reporting among seven surgeons, four scientists and two research nurses.  Three data collector FTEs reported directly to me. 

Served on the MSKCC Research Database Development Committee charged with a review of DB2, Ingress and Oracle for development of an enterprise level research database.  The system was eventually developed using Oracle and is still in operation today.

Publications:

Glicksman CA, Chaglassian TA, Kinne DW, Moore MP, Reichman BS, Potter CE, Osborne MP. 1991, Immediate reconstruction with tissue expansion and concurrent systemic adjuvant chemotherapy.
Proceedings American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Conference.

Osborne MP, Wong GY, Cote RJ, Liu J, Potter C, Killackey D, Old LJ, Rosen PP. 1991, Breast cancer micrometastases in bone marrow: detection by fluorescein-labelled monoclonal antibodies predicts early relapse.  Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; 10:45

Osborne MP, Cote RJ, Asina S, Wong GY, Potter C, Killackey D, Rosen PP.  1990, Immunofluorescent monoclonal antibody detection of bone marrow micrometastases in patients with unilateral stages I-III invasive breast cancer.  Breast Cancer Research and Treatment; 16:194

MULTIPLE CONCURRENT APPOINTMENTS 1991-2007:
Weill Medical College of Cornell and Strang Cancer Prevention Center

In 1991, Dr. Michael Osborne, Head of the MSKCC Breast Cancer Research Laboratory joined Cornell University Medical College (CUMC) Breast Services and became CEO of Strang Cancer Prevention Center.  I was offered the positions of Manager of Information Systems at CUMC, Department of Surgery and Director of Medical Informatics at Strang Cancer Prevention Center.  I was promoted to Director of Research Computing at Cornell in 1993.  Because CUMC and Strang were closely affiliated, these two positions complemented my responsibilities within both institutions. 

MANAGER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1991 - 2001
Weill Medical College of Cornell, Department of Surgery

DIRECTOR MEDICAL INFORMATICS 1991 - 2001
Strang Cancer Prevention Center

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 2001 - 2007
Strang Cancer Prevention Center

ASSOCIATE COMPUTER SCIENTIST IN SURGERY 1998 - 2007
Weill Medical College of Cornell, Department of Surgery

PRESIDENT/CEO 2007 - 2011
Seapotter Corporation