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.

• 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• Lead on Quality Initiative; Developing radiographic atlases to improve intra- and inter-observer reliability

• 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 spectra. • 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 increased dynamic contrast of imaging spectrometer more than ten-fold. Redesigned hardware to increase reliability. Developed the calibration protocol for final test and traceability purposes.• 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 research grade instrumentation for Phase II and III clinical trials. Assisted in clinical trial design and statistical analysis.• 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 and main server. • 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.

• 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