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Houston, Texas, US

Forward Science Technologies LLC is a privately held medical device company based in Houston, Texas. With the goal to move science forward, Forward Science has a robust product pipeline to fill the needs of the medical industry.

Houston, Texas, US

• Provides imaging and clinical trial consulting services for client companies
• Develops technical proposals and secures consulting contracts (≤ $750k)
• Manages team of scientists, radiologists, and analysts to complete projects on time and budget
• Creates Imaging Charters (Radiographic Evaluation Protocols) to garner FDA approval for IDE and Post-Market spine and orthopedic clinical trials
• Address responses to FDA Deficiency Letters for client companies
• Increases company revenue by encouraging consulting services

• Scientific Lead on project redesigning portable cancer screening device that reduced failure rate by more than an order of magnitude. Developed models to enhance vascular contrast with limited available excitation.
• Scientific/Engineering Lead developing an existing prototype spectrometer into a cervical cancer diagnostic device that was prepared for Phase III Clinical Trials. Improved SNR of spectrometer by more than 15x and.
• Directed contract manufacturer in all scientific process control issues related to manufacturing the final product. Optimized design and assembly processes to increase spectral radiant flux by more than 50%.
• Assisted Intellectual Property Attorney with prosecution of United States and foreign patents of novel company technology.
• Fielded scientific questions from dentists. Principal voice of customer within company.

• Co-Director, Instrumentation Core of P01 grant (~$15M). Team Manager for Quality and Security of clinically acquired data across North America. Project Manager for embedded real-time Quality Control software of.
• Manager of 9 in the Engineering & Data Group (1.6Tb of data). Technical Lead for team of physicians, engineers, and statisticians in analyzing spectroscopic data. Streamlined data transfer between clinical sites.
• Integrated statisticians, programmers, data base managers, and engineers into a cross functional team increasing interaction and results. Mentored junior level engineers and graduate students.
• Project Lead for redesigning fluorescent spectroscopic fiber optic probe for enhanced light transmission and 800% reduction of probe autofluorescence.

Houston, TX, US

• Designed novel methods to increase epidermal protection in response to laser irradiation.
• Scientific Lead collaborating with physicians investigating laser treatment to reverse hearing loss.
• Mentored and supervised four undergraduate students conducting spectroscopic (FTIR) and radiometric measurements of chemical that had not been quantified before in liquid phase.
• Quantified histological sections for in vivo effects of laser-induced vascular response, determining optimal wavelengths for vascular coagulation.
• Increased epidermal protection in response to laser irradiation allowing darker skinned individuals to benefit from cutaneous laser therapy.

• Assisted R&D team in pre- and post-production R&D of medical laser systems
• Developed LabVIEW virtual instrument to monitor thermocouple and infrared temperature measurements
• Prepared written reports and white papers
• Researched viability of novel treatment using existing medical laser

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D., Bioengineering

B.S, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Emphasis

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical/Medical Engineering