Dr. Epstein is a nationally known leader in telecommunications and electronics systems. He supports the development of wireless terrestrial and satellite communications manufacturing businesses for worldwide government, commercial and consumer markets. A special focus of his activity concerns new product definition and development of strategies to support market penetration. During his career, he has made major contributions in the areas of technology development, strategic planning, program management, R&D strategy, Government policy development, market and technology assessments, technical analyses, and strategic alliances.
Dr. Epstein is on the Board of Directors of Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, and he heads the International Standards Coordinating Committee of the Telecommunications Industry Association. He has participated in National Research Council studies on the future of wireless communications. He is a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is MIT’s Board of Trustees. He is Chair of the Circles Board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Since 1986, Dr. Epstein has been at QUALCOMM Incorporated, responsible for the development of commercial, government and consumer communications manufacturing businesses. Dr. Epstein supports company activities in long range planning, identification and development of new business opportunities, customer relations, and new product development.
Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Inc., Dr. Epstein was Deputy for Communications, Command, Control and Intelligence (C3I) in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, where he guided the Army’s electronics research and development programs. He helped revitalize the Army headquarters leadership and operational focus on electronics programs. He initiated policies to mandate acceptance of ruggedized commercial and non-DoD-developed hardware, reducing cost and delivery times.
From 1976 to 1980, Dr. Epstein was Staff Assistant for Theater C3I in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He was responsible for developing DoD policies for European, NATO and Pacific Theater communications, command, control, surveillance, and intelligence systems. During this period he guided projects on space defense, cruise missiles, WWMCCS, and communications for the intelligence community.
Dr. Epstein was employed by Computer Sciences Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia as a Program Director from 1974 to 1976. He was responsible for directing a technical staff and proposing, acquiring, and managing programs dealing with the vulnerability and survivability of military C3 systems. He managed contracts on WWMCCS, nuclear weapons planning and release, intelligence information flow, and computer simulation of strategic and theater C3.
As Assistant Director, Engineering, with Northrop Corporation's Page Communications Engineers subsidiary, from 1968 to 1974, Dr. Epstein was responsible for directing a technical staff and proposing, acquiring and managing programs in advanced over-the-horizon radar, radio surveillance, and harbor navigation and control. He achieved technical breakthroughs in improving radio direction-finding systems and detection of non-cooperative emitters.
Dr. Epstein has 21 publications and 1 patent.
