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Leadership

• Jerry 'Dutch' Forstater, PE, PSP, CET, CEO/Managing
• Michael Michalski, EIT, Partner, Vice President, Government Services + Technology Manager
• Jason M. Delp, PE, CSI, CDT, Partner, Vice President, Engineered Systems + Operation
• Thomas H. Pilson, IV, CSC, PSP, Vice President, Public Safety + Security
• Timothy Bergan, CCNP, CCDP, CTS-D Sr. Associate, Director of Network + Mission Critical T,echnology

Credentials

Projects

9-1-1 / EOC Center

• Amtrak 9-1-1 Nationwide
• City of Elizabeth, NJ
• County of Delaware - EOC, PA
• County of Delaware, PA
• Hudson County Police and Fire Academy Secaucus, NJ
• South Brunswick Township Municipal Building Monmouth Junction, NJ

Commercial / Hospitality

• City of Philadelphia –1 Parkway, PA
• BASF Corporation North America Headquarters
• Dorris Duke
• Firserv Trust - BHC, PA
• Hicksville Parking Facility
• High Profile Residential
• Towers Perrin
• Philadelphia Naval Business Center (PNBC), PA
• PNC Bank, PA
• Wyndham Hotel and Resort, PA

Correctional / Justice

• Bayside State Prison, NJ
• Bergen County Juvenile Campus, NJ
• Bergen County Jail/Annex, NJ
• Crossroad and Horizon Juvenile Centers, NY
• Delaware County JDC, PA
• Essex County Jail/Annex, NJ
• Essex County Youth House, NJ
• SCI Greaterford East & West, PA
• Hartford Juvenile Detention Center, CT
• International Project
• Lexington-Fayette Detention Center - Security/ Fire, KY
• Lexington-Fayette Detention Center - Telecom, KY
• Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC), MD
• North Branch Correctional Institution (NBCI), MD
• Ocean County Jail, NJ
• Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC), PA
• Rikers Island Correctional Facility, NY
• San Fancisco Jail #3
• Travis County Correctional Center, TX
• Travis County Jail, TX
• Union County JDC, NJ
• Van Cise-Simonet Correctional Facility, CO
• Virginia Beach Correctional Facility, VA
• Western Correctional Institute (WCI), MD

Courts

• 19th JDC, LA
• Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, CA
• Bergen County Justice Center, NJ
• Bridgeport Superior Court & Center for Juvenile Matters, NJ
• County of Delaware Courthouse and
  Government Center, DE
• Franklin County Courthouse, OH
• Kent County Courthouse Complex, DE
• Lehigh County Courthouse Complex, PA
• Luzerne County Courthouse, PA
• Niagara Falls Police and Courts, NY
• Philadelphia Video Arraignment, PA
• Washington County Courthouse, MD

Cultural

• Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, WV
• National Museum of American Jewish Heritage, PA
• Pennsylvania Academy of theFine Arts (PAFA), PA
• Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, PA
  

Educational Facilities

• Chester High School, PA
• Lincoln University, PA
• Science Park High School-Data/Telecom
• Science Park High School-Security
• Richard Stockton College, NJ
• Roberto Clemente Elementary School, NJ
• Rutgers University - Multiple Campuses, NJ
• Temple University, PA
• University of Penn, PA

Energy

• Callaway Nuclear Power, MO
• Citgo Petroleum - Corpus Christi Refinery, TX
• Citgo Petroleum - Lake Charles Manufacturing 1, LA
• Citgo Petroleum - Lake Charles Manufacturing 2, LA
• Citgo Petroleum - North American Headquarters Houston, TX
• Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Station, MI
• Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant, MI
• NY State Hydro Power Dams and Clark Energy Center, NY
• Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant, WI
• St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, FL - Forensic Services
• St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, FL - PIDS

Hospitals

• Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center (CTPHC), MD
• Saint Elizabeths Hospital, DC
• West Bergen Mental Health Facility, NJ

Specialized Lighting

• PTC Allegheny Tunnel Lighting, PA
• PTC Tuscarora Tunnel Lighting, PA

Transportation

• Amtrak 8th Street Heavy Maintenance Yard, CA
• Amtrak 9-1-1, Nationwide
• Amtrak Bergen Portal
• Amtrak Baltimore/Washington Tunnels
• Philadelphia International Airport - Homeland Security, PA
• Philadelphia International Airport - Fire Training Gates, PA

Experience

Security

• Physical and Electronic Security
• Detention, Jails, and Correctional Design
• High Security Sites and Campus Environments
• Homeland Security Program Development
• Homeland Security & Facility Hardening Services
• Nuclear Capabilities

Justice & Law Enforcement

• Justice System Information Management
• Detention, Jails, and Correctional Design
• Detention Openings, Glazing & Hardware Consulting
• Detention Openings/Glazing/Hardware (Hardline)
• Correctional Planning, Design & Consulting
• Correctional Consulting Elements
• High Security Sites and Campus Environments

Fire / Life Safety

• Life and Property Safety
• Plan and Code Review
• Laboratory and High Performance Space
• Digital Tele/Data/Video Communications

Technology

• Technology
• DATA Center Communications
• DATA Center Network Architecture and Communications Systems
• Digital Tele/Data/Video Communications
• Justice System Information Management

General Capabilities & Services

• Engineering Capabilities
• MEP

Forensic Engineering / Claim Support

• Forensic Engineering/Claim Support
• 3rd Party Security Commissioning Inspections

Public Safety Answer Point

• 9-1-1/EOC/Fusion and Dispatch Centers
• Emergency Operations Management
• High Security Sites and Campus Environments
• Mission Critical Facilities
• Justice System Information Management

3D / Building Integration Modeling

• 3D Acoustics Analysis
• 3D Lighting Modeling
• 3D Security Modeling

Acoustics / Audio / Signage

• A/V/V / Signage Accoustics
• CANVAS

Media

News & News Releases

• Featured Projects
• "In the Media"

News (Archived)

• Saint Elizabeths Hospital, DC
• University of Georgia’s renowned Carl Vinson Institute of
  Government, Georgia
• Jerry "Dutch" Forstater travels Overseas for Security Training:
  The Ultimate Counter Terrorism Mission
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• Learn more about: Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, CA
• North Branch Correctional Institution (NBCI), MD

News Releases (Archived)

• "Professional Systems Engineering Celebrates 25 Years," Correctional News, Company News, July/Aug 2011
• PSE was awarded the 2011 Security Innovation Gold Medal Award presented by Security Technology Executive magazine for the Saint Elizabeth Hospital Project, Washington DC at ASIS International 2011.
• Professional Systems Engineering, LLC highlighted in the March issue of American School and University. Construction Zone. "Science/Research Facilities - Technically Speaking." American School and University March 2007. Penton Media Publications.
• Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 2005, Section: Local News Philadelphia & Its Suburbs, Edition: City-D, Page: B05 "W. Chester idea: Watch students by video" By Benjamin Y. Lowe INQUIRER Staff Writer
• Correctional News (A publication of Emlen Publications) "DVR Helps Essex County Escape the Past" By Morgan Jones
• The Washington Construction News
  “Targeting Your Security Dollars: Why hire a Security Professional?” PDF File By Staff Writer
• Correctional News (A publication of Emlen Publications) "A Case of Form and Function" Designing a Jail that Combines High-Tech with High Style By Jay W. Schneider

Events

Awards

Articles

Jerry 'Dutch' Forstater, PE, PSP, CET

• Dennis Depuy, Forstater, Jerry 'Dutch'.“Convergence of Physical Security and Building Automation.” Security Technology Executive, May/June 2017.
• Forstater, Jerry 'Dutch'. “Invisibility Detection: Using tomographic sensor technology to see threats.” Homeland Security Today Magazine, December 2015/January 2016: Volume 13. No. 1.
• Forstater, Jerry 'Dutch'. “System Shutdown.” Homeland Security Today Magazine, December 2013/January 2014: Volume 10. No. 10.
• Forstater, Jerry 'Dutch'. “Designing 21st Century Detention Facilities” Correctional News, March/April 2012: Volume 18, Number 2 A publication of Emlen Publications
• Pilson IV, Thomas H. and Jerry 'Dutch' Forstater. "Examining the Planning, Design and Operational Components of Juvenile Detention."Corrections Today Magazine April 2005.
• Forstater, PE, CSI, Gerald. “Digital Video: A Revolution in Recording.”Correctional News February 2001. A publication of Emlen Publications
• Audio Engineering Society (AES) 91^st Convention 1991 NY, Forstater, PE, CSI, Gerald. “Computerized Analysis of Noise, Vibration, Acoustics and Sound (CANVAS).” 1991.
• Forstater, PE, CSI, Gerald. “An Eye on Philadelphia: CCTV Scans the Subway.”Security World July 1983.

Teresa Golden Forstater

• Forstater, Teresa Golden. "A ‘STOP BOX’ Approach to Enhancing and Implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) in Our Justice System." 2007.

Jerry Schorn, PE, CSI, CDT

• Schorn, PE, CSI, Gerard. “Duress Technology White Paper.”

Articles

• Correctional News (A publication of Emlen Publications) Jan/Feb 2002 "Security and Communications" By joe De Patta
• Correctional News (A publication of Emlen Publications) Sept/Oct 2004 "DVR Helps Essex County Escape the Past" By Morgan Jones
• Correctional News (A publication of Emlen Publications) Jan/Feb 2001"Digital Video: A Revolution in Recording" By Jerry 'Big Dutch' Forstater, PE
• Correctional News (A publication of Emlen Publications) "A Case of Form and Function - Designing a Jail that Combines High-Tech with High Style" By Jay W. Schneider
• "New High-Tech Lighting Installed In PA Turnpike's Tuscarora Tunnel
  Other Tunnel Improvements Made as Part of a Nearly $7 Million Project" by Joe Agnello
  
• The Jewish Exponet "Security Expert Goes to Israel -- and Learns a Thing or Two!" May 15, 2008 - Bryan Schwartzman, Staff Writer
• Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 2005, Section: Local News Philadelphia & Its Suburbs, Edition: City-D, Page: B05 "W. Chester idea: Watch students by video" By Benjamin Y. Lowe INQUIRER Staff Writer.
  
• Security Director News (United Publication, Inc.) "New HQ fuels security project at Citgo" Smart card deployment, integrated access control system key to future of enterprise project By Andrea Gural
• Correctional News design+construction+operations (A publication of Emlen Publications) "SEC Roundtable" By Roibín Ó hÉochaidh (05/25/2010)
• Professional Systems Engineering, LLC highlighted in the March issue of American School and University. Construction Zone. "Science/Research Facilities - Technically Speaking." American School and University March 2007. Penton Media Publications.
• The Washington Construction News
  “Targeting Your Security Dollars: Why hire a Security Professional?” PDF File By Staff Writer.

PSE Update Newsletters

PSE Update - 2019

• Issue I - "Risk, Salad Dressing and Master Audiotapes"

PSE Update - 2018

• Issue I - "Los Angeles Wildfires; When Purple Leads to Red"
• Issue II - "Enterprise Fiber Optic Networks in the Cloud"
• Issue III - "School Safety + Security Assessment + Services for Private Schools"
• Issue IV - "SCADA – Key to Control Part I – What, how & why?"
• Issue V - "SCADA – Key to Control Part II – Fit for fiber services and cyber service."

PSE Update - 2017

• Issue I - "Is Analog Dead? And Why This Matters!"
• Issue II - "PIDS: Detection at the Speed of Light"
• Issue III - "Electrical Critical Infrastructure Protection"
• Issue IV - "Battlefields to Streets: Acoustic Weapons"
• Issue V - "Circuit Integrity (CI) Assembly Cable UL
  Delisting and Recommendations"
• Issue VI - "Speakers: Focus, Muddle, and Midrange"
• Issue VII - "Convergence of Physical Security and
  Building Automation"
• Issue VIII - "Fire Protection Risks of
  Rooftop Mounted Solar Panel Arrays"

PSE Update - 2016

• Issue I - "When Secret Neutralizes Effectiveness."
• Issue II - "The Three D's of Electronic Video Recording"
• Issue III - "PSE Sr. Fire Protection Consultant awarded Fire Protection Person of the Year by the Society of Fire Protection Engineering"
• Issue IV - "Fire Rated Door Assemblies & New Hospital Accreditation Standards"
• Issue V - "Happy Holidays & Best Wishes for the New Year"

PSE Update - 2015

• Issue I - "ROI, Technology and Security"
• Issue II - "Frogs in my camera? A look at IP Ratings"
• Issue III - "When Cabling Terminates You"
• Issue IV - "Don't Let Access "Control" Your Budget
• Issue V - "Electrical Utilities Security"
• Issue VI - "Analog CCTV to IP Conversion"

PSE Update - 2014

• Issue I - "Security"
• Issue II - "Save Money - No Sacrifice"
• Issue III - "Networking in a World of Digital A/V"
• Issue IV - "School Access Control - Devil is in the Details"
• Issue V - "Tomographic Motion Detection"
• Issue VI - "When Universal Connectivity Creates Bad Security"

PSE Update Newsletter Articles

• Bergan, Tim, CCNP, CCDP. "When Cabling Terminates You." PSE Update Issue 3 (December 2015): Unpublished paper 2015
• Bergan, Tim, CCNP, CCDP. "When Universal Connectivity Invites Breach." PSE Update Issue 6 (December 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Bergan, Tim, CCNP, CCDP. "Support Your BYOD Support." PSE Update Issue 1 (March 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Broughton, Daniel H., EIT. "Is Your Fire Door Still Rated?" PSE Update Issue 1 (March 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Delp, Jason M., EIT. "Frogs in my camera? A Look at IP Ratings" PSE Update Issue 2 (February 2015): Unpublished paper 2015.
• Delp, Jason M., EIT. "Technology's Role in School Security." PSE Update Issue 1 (March 2014): Unpublished paper 2014
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. - "Fire Protection Risks of Rooftop Mounted Solar Panel Arrays" PSE Update 8 (November 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Convergence of Physical Security and Building Automation " PSE Update 7 (September 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Circuit Integrity (CI) Assembly Cable UL Delisting & Recomendations" PSE Update 5 (June 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Battlefields to Streets: Acoustic Weapons" PSE Update 4 (May 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Is Analog Dead? And Why This Matters!" PSE Update 1 (March 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "When Secret Neutralizes Effectiveness." PSE Update 1 (March 2016): Unpublished paper 2016.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "The Three D's of Electronic Video Recording." PSE Update 2 (June 2016): Unpublished paper 2016.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "John 'Jack' Crowely, PE – SFPE Fire Protection Person of the Year." PSE Update 3 (September 2016): Unpublished paper 2016.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "John 'Jack' Crowely, PE – Saving Lives in Numbers." PSE Update 3 (September 2016): Unpublished paper 2016.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Happy Holidays & Best Wishes for the New Year" PSE Update 5 (December 2016): Unpublished paper 2016.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Analog CCTV to IP Conversion." PSE Update Issue 6 (August 2015): Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Electrical Utilities Security" PSE Update Issue 5 (May 2015): Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "ROI, Technology and Security" PSE Update Issue 1 (January 2015): Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "School Access Control - Devil is in the Details." PSE Update Issue 4 (April 2014): Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Card Access Is Dead." PSE Update Issue 1 (March 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Tomographic Motion Detection." PSE Update Issue 5 (November 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Los Angeles Wildfires; When Puple Leads to Red." PSE Update Issue I (November 2018): Unpublished paper 2018.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. and Reese, Edd "SCADA – Key to Control Part I – What, how & why?" PSE Update Issue IV (November 2018): Unpublished paper 2018.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. and Reese, Edd "SCADA – Key to Control Part II – What, how & why?" PSE Update Issue V (November 2018): Unpublished paper 2018.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Risk, Salad Dressing and Master Audiotapes" PSE Update Issue I (October 2019): Unpublished paper 2019.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE and Broughton, Daniel H., EIT. "Fire Rated Door Assemblies & New Hospital Accreditation Standards." PSE Update 4 (November 2016): Unpublished paper 2016.
• Hughes, Ryan C. "Don’t Let Access “Control” Your Budget When Replacing ACS." PSE Update Issue 4 (April 2015): Unpublished paper 2015.
• Michalski, Michael A., EIT. "Networking in a World of Digital A/V." PSE Update Issue 3 (September 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Michalski, Michael A., EIT. "Change Is Coming with New Resolution." PSE Update Issue 1 (March 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Pilson, V, Thomas H., CSC. "Save Money - No Sacrifice" PSE Update Issue 2 (July 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Pilson, V, Thomas H., CSC. "Integrating Security–Corrections Before PSIM." PSE Update Issue 1 (March 2014): Unpublished paper 2014.
• Reese, Edd. "Speakers: Focus, Muddle, and Midrange" PSE Update 6 (August 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Van, Thang. "Enterprise Fiber-optic Networks in the Cloud." PSE Update 2 (March 2018): Unpublished paper 2018.
• Ventiere, Mike, CPP, CHS-IV. "PIDS: Detection at the Speed Light." PSE Update Issue 1 (April 2017): Unpublished paper 2017.
• Ventiere, Mike, CPP, CHS-IV. "School Safety + Security Assessment + Services for Private Schools." PSE Update Issue 3 (April 2018): Unpublished paper 2018.

e-Porfolios

ICPA Presentation

IDIQ / Schedules

CIP START Technical Bulletins

• Technical Bulletin No. 1 - "Define the Asset"
• Technical Bulletin No. 2 - "Identify Threats and Vulnerabilities"
• Technical Bulletin No. 3 - "Analyze Features and Benefits"
• Technical Bulletin No. 4 - "Justify Costs and Value Engineering"
• Technical Bulletin No. 5 - "Specify"
• Technical Bulletin No. 6 -"Implement"
• Technical Bulletin No. 7 -"Test and Confirm"
• Technical Bulletin No. 8 -"Monitor (and Maintain)"
• Technical Bulletin No. 9 -"CIP START Technical Bulletins Compendium"

CIP START Technical Bulletin Articles

• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Define the Asset." Technical Bulletin No. 1: Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Identify Threats and Vulnerabilities." Technical Bulletin No. 2: Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Analyze Features and Benefits." Technical Bulletin No. 3: Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Justify Costs and Value Engineering." Technical Bulletin No. 4: Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Specify." Technical Bulletin No. 5: Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Implement." Technical Bulletin No. 6: Unpublished paper 2015.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Test and Confirm." Technical Bulletin No. 7: Unpublished paper 2016.
• Forstater, Jerry "Dutch", PE. "Monitor (and Maintain)." Technical Bulletin No. 8:Unpublished paper 2016.