Ari Rogers Email & Phone Number

San Diego, CA, US

Founder of Pinnatec, LLC. An engineering firm designed to tackle your biggest medical device challenges from initial concept through final production. Are you interested in seeing what Pinnatec can do for your current or upcoming project? Contact us today for your free consultation.

New Jersey, United States

A Multi-Disciplinary Creative Collective Specializing in Motivational Film and Music Production * Managing financial aspects of production including payroll and budgeting for 10+ employees* Overseeing all aspects of fundraising including curating donator connections, funds intake, and control* Advising on equipment purchases and equipment management

San Francisco Bay Area

• Engineered and built a structural jacket for the main medical device to eliminate a design defect which caused device failure
• Invented a revolutionary cammed press to allow medical tubing to be inserted on a barbed fitting 5x faster during assembly
• Developed and built a system of UV curing fixtures for use in clean room manufacturing to decrease operator error by 40%
• Fabricated a novel pneumatic actuator hot die bonder and a tipping die fixture for use in building medical devices
• Designed and implemented a manufacturing aid for sealing plastic during device packaging, decreasing hand fatigue by 80%

San Diego, California, United States

• Invented a patented heart valve replacement loading system which reduced procedure preparation time by 75% (World Intellectual Property Organization Patent Number 2024/118663)
• Designed and built seven 30–90-part medical device assemblies from concept to CAD to prototype
• Identified manufacturing inefficiencies; designed and programmed PLC actuation systems to reduce assembly scrap by 90%
• Enhanced lab operations with Six Sigma, Instron, SLA, FDM, and machining to improve lab efficiency by 15 hours weekly

• International e-commerce website specializing in quality product alternatives
• Created, designed, and managed all aspects of e-commerce business focused on electronics market space
• Ran all product management, use of Google Ads, Instagram Influencers, and Direct Acquisition
• Coded in HTML; Managed negotiations with Chinese manufacturers; Provided customer service

• Shot event photography throughout high school based on word of mouth referrals
• Attended classes and studied studio, event, and landscape photography and computer work
• Gained high proficiency in Adobe Lightroom, PhotoShop, and Premiere Pro, for photo and video
• Worked extensively with 35mm film photography and manual film development in the dark room