Jim S. Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Technical program manager for electrochemical oxygen transport membranes (OTM)/Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Separation (SEOS) program in Salt Lake City, Utah. • Launching SEOS to make ultra-high purity (>99.999%), point-of-use oxygen generators for a Fortune 500 gas company. • Technical leader for 6 engineers, 6 technicians, as well as academic partners. • At CoorsTek, Responsible for electrochemical test, process development, and R&D for hydrogen transport membranes (HTM) in Golden, Colorado. Work closely with EU partner (CTMS Oslo (Protia)) and academic partners (Colorado School of Mines, University of Utah, Aristotle University, University of Oslo) to advance HTM R&D.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Startup medical company focused on design, development, and commercialization of a minimally invasive device for relieving pain associated with herniated disks via ozone treatment. • The ActiveO® AO-1000 is a completely new, image-guided injection for treating pain associated with contained herniated discs• Technical leader for research, development, engineering, and operational activities including design and development of AO-1000 device (See LinkedIn background image) resulting in 4 US patents, 4 publications, CE mark, and ISO13485 certification. • Clinical trial in Canada recently completed, 1-year follow-up Oswestry disability index (ODI) results for first 30 patients are promising (See Publications 50 and 51).• FDA 510(k) and Health Canada device regulatory submissions are underway. • Actively seeking next round of funding

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Technical leader for all technical and operational activities including design, modeling, prototype fabrication, and test. Led/supervised 4 engineers and 3 technicians.• Established technical milestones for stage-gate process and employee incentive compensation. • Performed instrumental leadership role in this successful startup company that develops and demonstrates robust exhaust gas sensors for detection of particulate matter (PMTrac®), NOx (NOxTrac®), and O2. • Worked closely with Ford (lighthouse customer) as well as other OEMs, and sensor manufacturers as part of SwRI PSPD consortium and university partners to perform sophisticated mechanistic studies and/or engine and chassis dynamometer testing. • PMTrac technology (2 issued US patents, 2 pending US patents, 6 technical publications) was licensed to a global Tier-1 automotive sensors supplier and start of production is planned for 2017. • EmiSense was purchased and is part of a new company CoorsTek Sensors that will commercialize EmiSense’s exhaust gas sensors.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

2000-2009: Custom Electrode Development; develop new electrode materials for unique electrochemical applications, funded by industrial commercial partners. 2008-2009: EmiSense; perform R&D on exhaust gas sensors for detection of NOx, O2, and particulate matter, funded by industrial commercial partners and IRAD prior to spinout. 2003-2007: ITM Syngas; perform R&D to design, develop, and demonstrate ceramic (perovskite) microchannel reactors to separate oxygen from air and react oxygen with methane to form syngas, funded by DOE, and industrial commercial partners.2001-2003: Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Separation (SEOS); perform R&D to design, develop, and demonstrate next generation, high purity, point-of-use oxygen generators, multimillion-dollar, Air Force-funded program, teamed with industrial commercial partners.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Develop, demonstrate, and scale up chemical and electrochemical processes for unique applications and provide metal finishing, anodizing, electroforming, and metallization of plastics for engineering prototypes and production.• Directed R&D projects and assigned tasks to team of 6 engineers, 5 technicians, and 5 students• Participated in concurrent engineering (CE), total quality management (TQM), performance measurement and technical troubleshooting teams• Established statistical process control (SPC) initiatives to reduce the cost of transferring manufacturing processes from development to production• Coordinated new business activities for Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Electrochemical Laboratories and wrote proposals and technical reports• EAS Orlando Black• Developed processes and facility for metalization of difficult-to-plate plastics (See AESF papers and picture of facility)• Consistently received highest possible rating (exceptional) by superiors, colleagues, customers, and subordinates on 360-degrees performance appraisal reviews from 1991 to 1999• Recipient of 21 Suggestion Awards for 1999 in recognition of Teamworks Counts ideas that saved $2.1 M for existing contracts and over $4.0M for future contracts

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Graduate Research Assistant for IBM-funded, Electrolytic Metal Migration Investigations• Performed electrochemical and chemical engineering research, accelerated tests• Directed undergraduate research assistants• Specified and requisitioned equipment• Wrote technical reports and journal articles.