David Lamendsdorf serves on the Steering Committee for the OASIS Emergency Interoperability Member Section; his term extends to April 2009. Mr. Lamensdorf also serves as the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC - www.eic.org) Chairman.
David Lamensdorf, CEO/President of Safe Environment Engineering (SEE - www.safeenv.com) of Valencia, California, directs one of the nation's most visionary research and development efforts on products with direct applications to the nation's teams of emergency first responders and military personnel.
Mr. Lamensdorf has successfully guided Safe Environment Engineering to become a complete solutions provider using the Life·line® system, offering telemetric public safety solutions. He has been instrumental in implementing an interoperable communications system encompassing vehicles for the Los Angeles City Fire Department Hazmat Squads, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, the Glendale Fire Department, and the Burbank Fire Department.
With 20 years of experience designing, patenting, and supervising the manufacture of wireless-based computer systems for public safety and environmental monitoring, Lamensdorf is uniquely positioned to provide insight into innovative technologies currently available, yet not being used.
Prior to starting SEE, Lamensdorf was Vice President and Director of Engineering for Confined Space Safety Products (CSSP). He was instrumental in the coordination and development of the activities related to the start up of CSSP. His responsibilities included Chief Project Manager for the installation of a confined space monitoring system and project sales at McDonald Douglas Aircraft Company. Prior to that, Mr. Lamensdorf served as an Electrical Engineer and Project Manager for the Bently Engineering Company where he was responsible for the commercial, industrial and government power and lighting systems design, as well as power systems analysis. He previously served as an engineer with responsibilities that included: power systems design, short circuit analysis, relay setting and calibration, fault calculations, and systems/machinery safety evaluation. He earned his degree in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic University. Mr. Lamensdorf is an advisory committee member of COMCARE, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Consortium of Technical Responders (CTR), and for the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine.