Fred Floyd Jr Email & Phone Number

United States

Greater Boston

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Selux Diagnostics, Inc is pioneering a new era in personalized medicine with the development of a Next Generation Phenotyping (NGP) platform that promises to transform infectious disease treatment by dramatically increasing the speed and accuracy with which targeted antibiotic therapies can be prescribed. Earlier, better-informed treatment decisions will.

Greater Boston Area

Cambridge, MA

• Worked with multidisciplinary team to develop point-of-care medical diagnostic tests, using biological, electrochemical and microfluidic techniques
• Instrumental in translation of assays from test tube to microfluidic cartridge through assay development, DFM, cartridge design to prototype testing
• Designed, coded and built automated test fixtures capable of running assays in prototype cartridges
• Managed team of engineers, scientists and technicians in troubleshooting assay and prototypes, which led to quick iterations and optimization of fluidic and assay design
• Engaged outside consultants, manufacturers and vendors to develop manufacturing processes with strict COGs goals
• Maintained and managed engineering lab space, equipment and safety procedures

Cambridge, MA

• Took over manufacturing and assembly of rugged test instrument after the company parted ways with consultant
• Worked with engineering team to complete FMEA, V&V and CE marking of instrument
• Assisted in the development of early automated equipment for manufacturing disposable test cartridges
• Worked closely with small team to complete V&V of disposable microfluidic test cartridges assembled on a custom semi-automated manufacturing line

Greater Boston Area

• Designed and fabricated of novel microfluidic devices for the capture of rare cells in blood
• Characterized circulating tumor cells (CTC) from blood of human patients
• Supervised Class 10,000 clean room, managed technicians, equipment, training and production of the CTC Chip with 4,000 devices manufactured annually
• Translated critical and integral device production information to external manufacturer
• Assisted with deployment of the CTC Chip to major cancer centers nationally for Stand Up to Cancer

• Designed and built an autonomous surface vehicle with other intern program participants
• Successfully competed in the AUVSI surface vehicle competition
• All vehicle directives were accomplished without any remote or physical human interaction

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

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