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Lake Oswego, Or, Us

Berlin, De

Prospera™ SCS next generation R&D.

Berlin, De

* IPG HW architecture of next generation neurostimulation & pacemaker platforms.* Principal inventor of Biotronik Neuro's RESONANCE™ SCS sub-perception therapy.* HW Architect of Biotronik's 1st SCS-generation product: Prospera™ IPG/EPG.* Novel therapies IP development.* Injectable Leadless Pacemaker (iLP) 1st generation HW architecture.* Implantable Biomonitor development support.

Advancing non-invasive electrical stimulation for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) chronic pain mitigation and at-home diabetes monitoring.

Montevideo, Uy

NanowattICs SRL is now part of Allegro MicroSystems' LLC Design Center in Uruguay.We provided unique expertise in minimum-power-consumption analog custom IC design for safety-critical applications. Our services included design, layout, modeling, testing, and full-cycle management services for different types of ASICs. We mastered the rare “know how” of “weak and moderate inversion IC design” which is crucial for long-battery-life implantable and portable applications. In addition, we provided System Level Design of Active Medical Devices including Firmware and Software, British Columbia, Canada and Montevideo, Uruguay.* Responsible for the acquisition of new clients: initial contacts, determination of customer needs, contract negotiations, SOWs, NDAs, etc.* Participation in the creation of budgets and estimation of human resources for new projects.* Remote technical support to Design Center in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Start-up company developing a Bedside Transvascular Dual Phrenic Nerve Stimulator for Assisting Mechanically-Ventilated ICU Patients.* Project Leader: Translation of physiological/medical requirements into system ones, Product Development Plan and Design-Control in a pre-QSR environment, Gantt Chart, leadership or participation in Design Reviews, Risk Management, approval of critical decision stages of development.* Budget creation and identification of qualified HR including development sub-contracting. Training and mentoring of less experienced staff.* Leadership and management of the Embedded Electronics Team. Hardware design of low-level critical circuitry (stimulation core, sensing, and medical-grade power management).* Member of the Company’s Senior Management Team. IP review and protection, Engineering input for Feasibility and Clinical Trials, grant applications, new products definition based on same stimulation principle.

Bio-tech start-up company developing the next generation of ultra high-speed direct detection of DNA/RNA sequences and mutations, Vancouver, BC, Canada and San Diego, CA, U.S.A.* In charge of technology transfer from the university lab, recruitment of the Product Development Team, and Company setup in new facilities.* Member of the Company’s Senior Management Team. Manager of the Vancouver office daily operations.* In charge of the Engineering of a simultaneous 32-channel Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Instrument for a label-free, DNA-based molecular diagnostic system.* Design and test of critical analog circuitry. Hands-on resolution of complicated technical issues.* Evaluation and selection of component suppliers and MEMS foundries for product development.

Public company dedicated to human bionic devices, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC, Canada.* Designed a multi-channel current stimulation ASIC (in a high voltage, CMOS-compatible technology) for a Bidirectional Neurobionic System.* Supported the design of the second generation of a sub-microvolt noise amplifier for electroneurographic recording using nerve cuff electrodes.

Ca

Neuromodulation medical devices company, Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada. Today part of the Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH.* Principal inventor of the Neurostep system, a Class III implantable closed-loop stimulator for correction of foot drop in stroke patients. The Neurostep system is currently completing clinical trials.* Led the Electronic Development Team in the design, fabrication and test of analog and digital ASICs (and hybrid circuits), used in external and implanted systems, to perform power conversion, power transmission, control, telemetry, neural stimulation and low-level signal recording and processing.* Created and recommended budgets and forecasts of resources required to achieve position and departmental objectives.* Designed and participated in “in vitro” and “in vivo” validation tests.

Montevideo, Montevideo, Uy

Private company dedicated to implantable medical devices contract manufacturing, Montevideo, Uruguay.* Co-developed (under contract) an ASIC for a DDDR heart pacemaker (www.ccc.com.uy/pacemaker/ccc1371.htm). In charge of the design, layout and test of the input sensing comparator, the TX/RX circuit, and rail-to-rail buffers for microcontroller interface.* Co-designed, laid out and tested the signal conditioning circuit for the acceleration sensor of the DDDR heart pacemaker.* Co-developed the IMPETUS I, a Class III implantable cardiac contractility modulation device for Impulse Dynamics, U.S.A. (www.impulse-dynamics.com). The IMPETUS later evolved into the OPTIMIZER which is under Clinical Trials.* Coordinated the development of the SRS, a Class III implantable sacral root stimulator for the control of micturition, defecation and erection in paraplegic patients (http://www.i2m-design.com/i2m-design/studies.html#study01), in conjunction with the I.M.B. – C.N.M. and the Guttmann Institute, Spain.

M.A.Sc., Analog Ic Design For Medical Devices

Electrical Engineer, Microelectronics