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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Electronic medical device consulting services. Focal areas in medical algorithms, verification planning/testing, electrical design, and FDA design history file (DHF) management for 510(k) or PMA submission.

Northbrook, Illinois

Garrett Technologies, Inc. specializes in advanced electrical engineering and embedded software development for both medical and consumer products. It is our commitment to provide advanced thinking and technologies to our clients to help them bring their ideas to market. Our expertise includes both extensive design of Class l, II and III medical devices and a broad development of consumer, industrial and IoT products.• Worked under an ISO 13485:2016 quality management system (QMS).• Designed Class II and Class III electrical medical devices adhering to IEC 60601-1 and CFR 820.30 for FDA and MDD submission.• Created and managed risk files for medical devices through an ISO 14971 process.• Designed, implemented, and tested various software algorithms for medical diagnostics and patient-tracking in MATLAB/Octave, Simulink, Python, and embedded C/C++.• Wrote and executed verification protocols for DHF composition.• Created and validated test fixtures for PCBA manufacturing and medical device functional testing.

• Authored system, hardware, and software requirements.• Assisted in creation of DHF for submission to FDA for 510(k).• Designed, coded, and tested a position-tracking algorithm in embedded C.• Led verification effort to test all device features prior to regulatory submission.

• Developed algorithms for classification of ECG arrhythmias in embedded C.• Simulated varying algorithm approaches in MATLAB/Octave during the design process.• Assisted in assembly and management of design history file (DHF).

• Designed an energy delivery control algorithm for novel electrophysiological treatment in MATLAB and Simulink.• Designed, created, and validated a test fixture for electrophysiological treatment timing mechanism accuracy.• Worked with external contract engineers to analyze, parse, and assemble a cardiac electrogram (EGM) database for testing of algorithm.

• Assembled surface ECG database for development, validation, and testing of ECG classification algorithm for automated external defibrillator (AED).• Wrote and executed verification protocols for device design verification.• Assisted with DHF activities for submission to MDD for approval and marketing in the EU.

Chicago, Illinois

• Designed and implemented experimental protocol for an EEG research group.• Performed meta-analysis on scientific papers relating to hormone concentrations for publication.• Helped write SOPs, grants, and IRB submissions adhering to FDA and university guidelines.• Created a Microsoft Access database to monitor account balances and disbursements.• Tools used: C++, MATLAB, R, Arduino, electrooculography (EOG), & electroencephalography (EEG)

Center For Computer-Aided Design

• Programmed and calibrated accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers.• Designed and tested electrical circuits to uncover novel ways to quantify human motion.• Performed sensor fusion algorithms on received BLE data from multiple MEMS devices.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Worked on the engineering team with shared goals of increasing electrical efficiency.• Audited network power backup solutions and proposed new approaches to increase reliability.• Performed energy analyses on telecommunications equipment relating to CDMA, 3G, and LTE.

M.S., Bioengineering, Graduated

Activities and Societies: International Biomedical Engineering Honor Society

B.S.E., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity UI REACH MESA TutorMinor - Mathematics

High School Diploma