Omid Youssefi, P.Eng Email & Phone Number

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ca

WDI designs, engineers, and manufactures innovative microscopy automation solutions. Solutions include OEM components as well as complete optomechanical and optoelectronic sub-systems utilizing latest laser technology for position feedback. Our products range from compact autofocus sensors and automated microscopy modules to end user IR imaging systems. WDI’s technology helps individuals and companies in a wide variety of industries including Life Science, Biomedical Imaging, Machine Vision and Electronics/Semiconductor Manufacturing.Experience: • Managing R&D project launches from concept to market introduction, overseeing end-to-end product life cycle management.• Conducting business analysis to assess commercial potential of new technologies.• Preparing and reviewing Product Requirements Documents (PRD) and expand product base and vision.• Driving customer needs identification through research techniques like Voice-of-the-Customer (VoC), ethnography, and focus groups to determine the customer needs and to understand their most significant problems. • Developing and implementing product strategies aligned with company vision through collaborating with management to create comprehensive product plans and roadmaps.• Developing and managing technical ideation process.• Participating in the creation and execution of Go-To-Market (GTM) plans for all products.

Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario (Canada), Ca

• Evaluated various sensor technologies such as spectrometry, photoacoustic, thermal, electrochemical, tunable diode laser absorption, gas chromatograph etc. for their use in our customized products targeting different applications such as E-nose, environmental monitoring, chemical detection, animal breath analysis, and odor characterization.• Built and managed an R&D team of cross-disciplinary engineers, overseeing 12 simultaneous sensor technology projects aligned with company goals resulting in successful launch of Scentroid’s products while managing consistent supply chain. As a result of our growth and my contribution in the team, company revenue and size almost doubled during my tenure.• Wrote proposals for government grants and various customer applications about how our technology can be customized to meet their sensing needs. Through meetings and site visits and assessments, I arranged and integrated various detection systems to meet their needs.

Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario (Canada), Ca

In my role as a Research and Development Mechanical Manager, I developed cutting-edge sensor-based products, including a surgical olfactometer and indoor air quality monitoring device. I led the design, prototyping, and regulatory approval processes, ensuring successful implementation in hospital settings and industrial applications.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

MIE438 - Microprocessors and Embedded MicrocontrollersNumber systems; CPU architecture; Instruction sets and subroutines; Interfacing Memory; Interfacing Techniques; Transistors and TTL/CMOS Logic; Mechanical Switches & LED Displays; Interfacing Analog, A/D & D/A Conversions; Stepper Motors & DC Motors; RISC Technology and Embedded Processors; DAS Systems; Embedded Microcontroller System Design; CPU-based Control.• Developed course material and taught a class of 130 students from Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science departments. • Managed 26 course project groups using course knowledge to create mechatronic and robotic related system• Developed and administered course evaluations

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

- Control Systems (MIE404): Course Material Developer- Topology Optimization (AER1410): Organizer - Analog and Digital Electronics for Mechatronics (MIE346): Laboratory TA- Microprocessors and Embedded Microcontrollers (MIE438): Head and Laboratory TA- Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines (MIE301): Lecturer and Tutorial TA

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Developed a novel method for untethered assembly of microcomponents of a cardiovascular imaging catheter using magnetic actuation (collaborative project)

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Fabrication of Magnetically-active Microrobots- Co-author of an IEEE conference paper titled "Magnetically-Guided in-Situ Microrobot Fabrication" - Invented and manufactured a filament fabrication (thinning) machine producing precision polymer filaments with diameters down to 50um for use in fabrication of microrobots- Designed and manufactured a filament feeding machine that feeds the precision filaments with linear feed precision of about 7um into the fabrication environment- Calibrated and characterized the performance of a laser cutting machine and defined its manufacturing tolerance ability for various materials- Assisted researchers in development and design of various mechatronic systems

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Ontario College Certificate With Honours, Mechanical Techniques (Fast Track)

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) With Honours, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Chemical And Physical Sciences

Ontario Diploma (Scholar)