Daniel Clesi Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, LA

• Founded a biotech startup with partner Jim Brault
• Lead Designer for prototyping a novel Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS)device for clinical use
• Provisional/Full patenting including two utility patents and one method-of use-patent
• Winner of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Runner-up Award
• Partnered with NOBIC and Tulane Office of Tech Transfer to sell/license IP

New Orleans

• Activation of new 1.6 million ft2 medical center facility and Project Legacy
• Revised and updated $120 million Biomedical Engineering Total Procurement Package List
• Compile risk analysis classification standards for biomedical equipment in VISN 16 (VeteransIntegrated Service Network) using scoring criteria from VISN 4 and VISN 20
• Review logistics of equipment and room designs in Dental, Ophthalmology, Audiology, PACU,etc. departments
• Reviewed every patient room in new facility to assess incoming inspections of equipment andPM schedule
• Meet with private contractors and project managers from GE, Phillips, Welch-Allyn, etc. todiscuss layouts, server room configuration, and other logistics

Shreveport, Louisiana

• Calibrated portable X-Ray machines, C-arms, Ventilators, Defibrillators, etc.
• Gain and Pixel calibration of Phillips X-Ray system
• Maintained computer systems and servers controlling CT, MRI, linear accelerator, Telemetryand radioisotopes for nuclear imaging
• Inspection of Medi-gas tanks and control systems for oxygen, CO2, nitrous oxide, and air
• Regulated FDA and JCAHO compliance
• Analyzed lifecycle of equipment and adjust hospital FY15/FY16 budget to replace machinery

Shreveport, LA

Small Businesses today are faced with many challenges when it comes to employee benefits. As a Manager with Colonial Life, I help my clients navigate through these trying times by putting together innovative benefit packages that fit their needs. I then educate and communicate that information to the employees so they know and understand what is available.

BASF - Geismar, LA

• Began as ironworker helper then promoted to rigger after 3 weeks
• Deciphered design plans with Superintendent and directed steel placement
• Rigged steel to crane and connected beams to structure

M.S., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 3.92

Bs, Bioloical Engineering