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David M. Sykes, MA, graduated cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley and did his graduate work in Cognitive Science at Cornell University. Pursuing his interest in the cog- nitive impacts of the built envi- ronment, he joined the Cambridge, Massachusetts archi- tecture firm of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius known as “TAC,” and then the firm of Design Research. Following a brief stint at Harvard Business School, Sykes switched careers to public-
company management consulting and technology investment in fields such as environmental and healthcare technology where federal legislation drives policy changes and technology development. In this context, he was engaged in 2000 by a spin-off of Bolt Beranek and Newman where acoustical scien- tists had developed technology that could address societal needs created by new privacy laws. To address research, stan- dards, and policy issues related to the new laws, in 2004 Sykes co-founded with Bill Cavanaugh and Greg Tocci the joint ASA/INCE/NCAC subcommittee on healthcare acoustics and speech privacy, and in 2005, ANSI S12/WG44. He presently co-chairs these groups with Tocci, where he coordinates the committees' work with American Institute of Architects,
American Hospital Association, U. S. Green Buildings Council and other organizations. Sykes has organized three university- based research projects and several private-sector-funded research projects totaling over $1M, all related to the human impact of acoustics and the work of the Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics and the Working Group on Speech Privacy.
As President and founding part- ner of CAVANAUGH TOCCI ASSOCIATES, INC., Gregory C. Tocci is responsible for both its technical and business activities. Among types of projects man- aged by Greg are speech privacy and intelligibility studies; mechanical system noise and vibration control studies; envi- ronmental noise impact assess- ments for residential, commer- cial, and industrial develop- ments. He is active in several professional organizations, has
served as an Invited Lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health, and is author of the Solutia Acoustical Glazing Design Guide and papers published in various magazines and pro- ceedings. Greg Tocci has also lectured in several environmen- tal and industrial seminar programs.
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