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DRAFT OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 102 of 156 1 John Price: Thank you. I’d like to show you what will be marked as Opposition Exhibit number 9. 2 I’d like to ask you if this is your personal CB? 3 4 Ben Levitan: Yes sir, this is my CB. 5 6 John Price: Did you prepare it? 7 8 Ben Levitan: Yes sir. 9 10 John Price: Is the information contained in your CB true and correct? 11 12 Ben Levitan: Yes I believe it is. 13 14 John Price: I’d offer into the record Opposition Exhibit number 9. If the Board would give me the 15 opportunity I’d like to summarize the CB so we wouldn’t have to spend as much time going over it. 16 Mr. Levitan is an engineer with the specialty in telecommunications and cellular technology. He 17 has 30 years experience in the design and development of cell phone networks and systems. He 18 holds 32 patents and patents pending. His patents include technology that prevents texting and 19 driving from the network as opposed to a PAS. He has provided consulting services to many 20 telecommunications companies over the years and served as an engineer for most of the major 21 carriers including Verizon. One of his main roles was in the development of the worldwide 22 standard design for cell phone networks Sprint, Nextel, Alkatell, and Verizon. He was on the 23 industry committee and personally involved in the development of 911 for cell phones. He 24 represented the United States on the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Committee. He’s 25 testified as an expert witness on numerous occasions and has been qualified as an expert in 26 federal and state courts approximately 32 times, including North Carolina. Mr. Levitan, are you 27 aware of any conflicts with any of the parties in this matter that you have? 28 29 Ben Levitan: I have no known conflicts sir. 30 31 John Price: Do you have any personal or professional stake in the outcome of this proceeding? 32 33 Ben Levitan: I have no stake in the outcome sir. 34 35 John Price: We would ask that Mr. Levitan be allowed to testify in this matter as an expert witness. 36 37 Samantha Cabe: Do you have any objection Ms. Goode? 38 39 Laura Goode: I’m sorry? 40 41 Samantha Cabe: Do you have any objection to him being declared an expert in? Specifically what 42 area would you like him to be declared as? 43 44 John Price: Engineering with a specialty in telecommunications and cellular technology. 45 46 Laura Goode: Could you be more specific about what type of engineering and what qualifications 47 he has as an engineer? 48 49 104