An industry veteran, Dan has been involved in the Home Entertainment business since January 20, 1972 where he met Saul Marantz at the world premiere of the Dahlquist DQ-10 loudspeaker, at OpusOne in Pittsburgh. An early disciple of accuracy in reproduced audio as well as a movie buff, Dan became quickly enamored of large screen display devices when OpusOne became one of the first dealers for the Advent Videobeam. Soon discovering that proper setup could make all of the difference in how good the picture looked, Dan became an expert on these venerable devices. Over the next decade, he became certified in setup from Barco, Electrohome, Sony, and Ampro, who had taken over the Novabeam business after Henry left the company.

In the mid '80s during a training seminar conducted by Joe Kane for Ampro was the point when Dan began coupling his field experience with professional video calibration training. At the time Joe was also developing a LaserDisc to help both consumers and technicians get the most from their televisions. Under the tutelage of Joe Kane who was then working with SMPTE Dan began his quest to gain further knowledge of picture fidelity and accurate picture reproduction. Dan learned a tremendous amount about extracting the most accurate picture available by working with Joe Kane. Shortly thereafter Dan realized the importance of an industry-wide standard for motion pictures and joined SMPTE to further the cause.

In 1990 Dan purchased a Philips PM5639 Color Analyzer and started to calibrate to a traceable standard. He also joined Sony Electronics that year and in his role as a National Trainer, learned to communicate through public speaking forums to spread the word about accuracy in video. During the '90s, Dan acquired much more test gear and now owns a PhotoResearch PR-650 Spectroradiometer, A Minolta LS-100 luminance meter, several tristimulus colorimeters, and signal generation equipment from Leader, Philips and Sencore. In 1997, Dan joined Marantz America as their trainer and quickly became involved in product development for video products. Dan's first "product" was a 4:3 SD RPTV built for Marantz by Philips. This was the first commercially available set that had a whitepoint of D65, the peak white level set to below visible blooming and electronic clipping, and no picture "enhancing" circuits such as auto color or SVM. The set received rave reviews from the newer breed of critics and set the stage for the viability of accuracy in the video marketplace. Currently Dan is heavily involved with DLP front projection development and was responsible for many of the features and technologies of Marantz' award winning VP-12/11 series of HD projectors. Dan continues to do calibrations for many industry insiders allowing him to both stay in touch with the high performance end users and feed his passion, which has always been about making the most accurate and high performance image possible. 

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