Curriculum Vitae

This page provides a curriculum vitae for Jerry Whitaker, the principal individual of WhitakerAudio.

Employment history is as follows:

• 2000 to present: Vice President, Standards Development, Advanced Television Systems Committee, Washington, DC
• 1991 to 2000: Owner of publishing company Technical Press, Morgan Hill, CA
• 1983 to 1991: Editor, Editorial Director, Associate Publisher, Intertec Publishing (Broadcast Engineering magazine, Video Systems magazine), Overland Park, KS
• 1976 to 1983: Chief Engineer, Hoff Broadcasting (KRED-AM / KPDJ-FM), Eureka, CA
• 1974 to 1976: Television news producer, KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA
• 1972 to 1974: Radio news editor, KCRA-AM, Sacramento, CA

Professional Societies and Organizations:

• Society of Broadcast Engineers, Fellow
• Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Life Fellow
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member

Conference management roles:

• 2004 to 2007: Conference Chair, SMPTE Fall Technology Conference, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
• 1992 to 2000: Conference Chair, Broadcast Engineering Conference, National Association of Broadcasters
• 1989 to 1992: Conference Chair, World Media Expo, Society of Broadcast Engineers

Published books:

• AC Power Systems Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1991
• AC Power Systems Handbook, Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999
• AC Power Systems Handbook, Third Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006
• Audio/Video Professional’s Field Manual, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002
• Audio/Video Protocol Handbook, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002
• Communications Receivers, Second Edition, Co-author, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1996
• Communications Receivers, Third Edition, Co-author, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2001
• Communications Receivers, Fourth Edition, Co-author, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2017 (also Chinese edition)
• Digital Aural Studio-to-Transmitter Links: Fundamentals, Applications, Installation, Editor, TFT, Santa Clara, CA, 1994
• DTV: The Revolution in Electronic Imaging, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1998 (also Sony edition)
• DTV: The Revolution in Digital Video, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1999 (also Sony edition)
• DTV Handbook, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2001
• Electronic Displays, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1994
• Electronic Systems Maintenance Handbook, Second Edition, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2001
• Interactive Television Demystified, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2001
• Interconnecting Electronic Systems, Co-author, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1992
• Maintaining Electronic Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1991
• Master Handbook of Audio Production, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003
• Master Handbook of Video Production, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002
• Mastering Digital Television: The Complete Guide to the DTV Conversion, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2006
• Microelectronics, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999
• Microelectronics, Second Edition, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006
• Microwave and Wireless Synthesizers: Theory and Design, Second Edition, Co-author, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2021
• NAB Broadcast Engineering Handbook, Ninth Edition, Editor, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC, 1999
• Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 1994
• Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999
• Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, Third Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2012
• Radio Frequency Transmission Systems: Design and Operation, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1990
• SBE Broadcast Engineering Handbook: Hands-on Guide to Station Design and Maintenance, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2016
• Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999
• Signal Measurement, Analysis, and Testing, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1999
• Standard Handbook of Audio and Radio Engineering, Second Edition, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002
• Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2005
• Technical Documentation and Process, Co-author, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2012
• Television and Audio Handbook for Technicians and Engineers, Co-editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1990 (also international edition)
• Television Engineering Handbook, Revised Edition, Co-editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1992
• Television Receivers: Digital Video for DTV, Cable, and Satellite, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2001
• The Communications Facility Design Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2000
• The Electronics Handbook, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1996
• The Electronics Handbook, Second Edition, Editor, Boca Raton, FL, 2005
• The Information Age Dictionary, Co-Editor, Intertec Publishing, Overland Park, KS, 1992
• The Resource Handbook of Electronics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2001
• The RF Transmission Systems Handbook, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2002
• The TAB Guide to Vacuum Tube Audio, TAB Books, San Francisco, CA, 2011
• Video and Television Engineer’s Field Manual, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2000
• Video and Television Engineering Handbook, Third Edition, Co-editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2000
• Video and Television Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, Co-editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003
• Video Display Engineering, Editor, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2001
• VM700A Configuration Guidebook, Editor, Tektronix, Beaverton, OR, 1994

Industry awards and recognition:

• Educator of the Year, Society of Broadcast Engineers, 2002
• Jesse H Neal Certificate of Merit, Association of Business Publishers, 1984
• Jesse H Neal Certificate of Merit, Association of Business Publishers, 1986