SoundScience Research | Management Team

Jay Oliver

Jay Oliver is the principal creator and Chairman of SoundScience Research. With an extensive and eclectic international reputation, Mr. Oliver's writing, production and performance credits include Sheryl Crow, The Eagles, Celine Dion, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, Wynona Judd, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Boz Scaggs, Peabo Bryson, Lauren Christie, Chick Corea and Dave Weckl.  

Mr. Oliver's commercial/industrial film and media client list includes McDonalds, AT&T, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Company, Michelob, TWA Airlines, Sony, and ABC, along with various Hollywood feature films, and cable and network television programming.

Mr. Oliver has spent the last two years at the drawing board of a new world music concept, involving film and musical scoring, composition and production for many upcoming international music projects, including exclusive work with the CBC Children's Choir of Beijing.  He has also been awarded the theme and associated music for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

As a pianist and keyboardist, Mr. Oliver reached the top of his genre when he partnered with internationally-renowned drummer Dave Weckl in his live jazz/rock fusion band. Together, they made five records on the GRP and Concord labels, and toured internationally with a five-piece band comprised of some of the best jazz musicians in the world.

William Lenihan

William Lenihan is co-founder of SoundScience Research. He is an accomplished composer, guitarist, pianist and professor of music at the University of Washington, St. Louis MO..

Mr. Lenihan has held teaching positions on the applied music faculty at Washington University (classical guitar, jazz guitar, jazz studies) in St. Louis and is on the adjunct faculty at Webster University teaching jazz studies, commercial composition, serious composition, guitar, and computer music studies. He has also taught at Southern Illinois University and is currently on the faculty at Washington University as the director of Jazz Performance.

Mr. Lenihan has performed with jazz artists such as bassist Ron Carter, trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Tom Kennedy and drummer Dave Weckl.

In the classical music world, Mr. Lenihan has performed as a guitarist and mandolinist with the St. Louis Symphony and the Opera Theater of St. Louis, and has worked with Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Richard Beirach, Pierre Boulez, Leonard Slatkin, and many others.

Mr. Lenihan continues to record and compose music for film and television in Los Angeles, where he resides when not traveling, composing, performing and teaching.

Dr. Carl Lauryssen, M.D.

Dr. Carl Lauryssen, M.D., is Medical Director of Research and Education at Cedars Sinai Hospital Medical Institute for Spinal Disorders in Beverly Hills, California. He is a dual board-certified Neurosurgeon.

Dr. Barbara Ferdman, M.D.

Dr. Barbara Ferdman, M.D., is a respected pediatrician and is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.  

Dr. Charles Crispin, M.D., D.O.

Dr. Charles Crispin, M.D., D.O., is a board certified Pediatrician and director of Siskkiyou Pediatrics in Grant's Pass, Oregon, and is currently testing the BabySleep System CD on selected patients.  

Nick Rothenberg

Nick Rothenberg is President and CEO of 2be.com, a Portland, Oregon-based organizational strategy and management consulting company.

Mr. Rothenberg was a founder of US Web/CKS, a leading Internet media agency. He was also a director at Marchfirst, Inc., a media consulting and marketing firm, and was a co-director of the University of Southern California's "e-Lab," whose projects were called "a piece of Internet history" by the London Times.

Mr. Rothenberg earned his B.A. degree from Harvard University and was a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern California.

Richard McDonald

Richard McDonald is a world-class consultant whose clients have included CEOs at several Fortune 100 companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Microsoft and IBM. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and numerous graduate-level certifications in executive coaching and leadership training.