Associate Research Fellow Resume Lake Forest, IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Concept - level design of medical device systems
System-level and component-level design and development of medical devices
Prototyping of medical device concepts - hardware and software
System simulation of medical devices and concepts
Advanced medical/clinical concepts and treatment strategies
Clinical medicine and research, animal clinical trials, decision support systems
User interface and workflow development
System and board-level circuit design using embedded processors
Recent processors: MSP430, STM32F, CSR1010
Analog, digital, mixed-signal, Bluetooth LE
Signal processing, control systems, direct digital synthesis
NiCd, NiMH, Li-Ion, Li-Poly, Lead-acid
CAN, SPI, quadSPI, I 2 C, RS-232, RS-485, LwIP, USB
Visual C++, MATLAB/Simulink, Micro-Cap
C, C++, Atmel Studio 7, Code Composer 7.3, IAR EWARM, FreeRTOS
Application program design - Visual C++ (Visual Studio 2013)
Design controls: ISO 13485/IEC 60601, EMI/EMC
Project management, production liaison, training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Research Fellow

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

Responsibilities:

Feasibility studies and design of circuits/systems for advanced medical products
Definition/design of decision support system for subcutaneous insulin mgt. in hospitalized diabetics. Prototype software, product definition, algorithm test. Developed patient simulation models. IP assessment, patent generation.
Analysis of glucose sensors for closed loop glycemic control in diabetics
Development of laboratory clinical trial for closed-loop glycemic control
Method to assess central venous pressure with continuous ultrasound (patented)
Clinical input and review for multiple prototype programs
Complex problem solving of on-market product remediation

Senior Electrical Engineer

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Responsibilities:

Design of therapeutic ultrasound, electrical stimulation, light therapy, spinal decompression, iontophoresis, vacuum massage/microdermabrasion devices.
Production liaison, test fixture design/construction, vendor interface
FDA/IEC equipment compliance and testing; ISO 13485 company certification
Failure analysis/device redesign
Firmware/microprocessor design, maintenance and support (Blackfin, MSP430)
Application and test software design (Visual C++)
Project manager of multi-function light therapy and iontophoresis devices

Founder, Project Engineer

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Responsibilities:

Definition, electrical engineering, software engineering, patenting of examination room medical device to acquisition multiple physiologic parameters from patients and manage all data in an electronic medical record system
Developed all circuits and software for product's ECG, EEG, spirometer, pulse oximeter, sphygmomanometer, audiometer, ABI, phonocardiograph, TENS unit, surface temperature system, vacuum system, weight/height measurement system, biofeedback system and electronic medical record system
Project management, corporate management, capital procurement

Adjunct Professor, Medical Specialties

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Responsibilities:

Instructor to medical specialty students: physiology/terminology/procedures
Level 4 trauma and urgent care to surrounding community
Designed and developed a portable, battery-operated physiological parameter measurement system; patent number 6083156 issued 4-Jul-00, PI of Clinical trial Salt Lake City University/VA hospitals
Completed residency and board certification in Internal Medicine

Graduate Research Assist.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

Designed and delivered a multi-channel instrumentation recorder, laboratory event timing device and a two-ch. action potential simulator device (published)
Auditory research of dorsal cochlear nucleus in gerbils: neuron-neuron interactions
Designed and delivered a digital signal processor-based (DSP56001), high speed processing system for a telemetry data stream
Designed and delivered a dual, digital signal processor-based (DSP56001) system for a forward-looking infrared turret controller
Designed and delivered a microwave switching system for the Confidential satellite
Flight hardware construction ( Confidential satellite)
Conceptual designs of multiprocessor systems (DSPs and Transputers), RADAR