Ryan Bock Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Responsibilities:
• Oversight and direction of all SINTX SLC Operations, Manufacturing, R&D, and product development activities.
• Participates in and provides direction for strategic decision making at executive level across organization.
• Management of SINTX intellectual property portfolio - Preparation of patent applications and coordination with legal team to maintain existing portfolio.
• Management of strategic partnerships and external research activities - Selects, designs, and coordinates execution of contracted and collaborative efforts to develop products and technologies with other businesses.
• Oversight and guidance of SLC manufacturing through Production and Manufacturing Supervisor.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Responsibilities:
• Oversight and direction of all SINTX R&D and product development activities.
• Participates in and provides direction for strategic decision making at executive level across organization.
• Management of SINTX intellectual property portfolio - Preparation of patent applications and coordination with legal team to maintain existing portfolio.
• Management of external research activities - Selects, designs, and coordinates execution of contracted and collaborative efforts with private labs, university partners, national labs, and other business entities.
• Oversite and guidance of internal R&D team activities through R&D Manager - guides application development research, product development activities, and R&D support for manufacturing process development &.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Responsibilities:
• Management of SINTX intellectual property portfolio - In concert with CSO, preparation of patent applications and coordination with legal team to maintain existing portfolio.
• Management of external research activities - In concert with CSO, coordinate execution of contracted and collaborative work with private labs, university partners, partner organizations, and national labs.
• Oversite and guidance of internal R&D team activities through R&D Manager - guide application development research, support product development activities, and support manufacturing process development & troubleshooting.
• Prepare grant applications to support internal & external research efforts.
• Prepare peer-reviewed publications & presentations to support technical and marketing claims.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Lead cross-functional team for commercialization of PEEK-silicon nitride composite biomaterial.
• Lead research and development efforts for next-generation enhanced bioactivity silicon nitrides.
• Recruited and supervised multi-disciplinary SINTX internal R&D team.
• Designed and managed new SINTX R&D lab.
• Worked with CSO to manage and participate in external research collaborations.
• Functioned as internal expert to support manufacturing, marketing, and commercial partners.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Proposed and led development of process modifications that resulted in 25% increase in average flexural strength of silicon nitride material from ~1000 MPa to 1250 MPa. Refined material thought to be the strongest.
• Proposed and collaboratively developed osteoconductive bioactive glazes for silicon nitride and related materials. Patent granted (US9925295).
• Collaborated to develop methods to reduce wear in silicon nitride/polyethylene couples for arthroplasty applications. Patent in process (Appl.# 62655457).
• Performed numerous characterization activities and consultations to support manufacturing process development and troubleshooting.
• Managed research consultant.
• Worked with CTO/CSO to manage and participate in external research collaborations. This included activities at universities, national labs, and industrial partners.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• Proposed and collaboratively developed methods to improve biomaterial surface resistance to bacterial colonization. Patent in process (Appl.# 61644906).
• Proposed, developed, & implemented firing process modifications that increased product yields by >15% and saved organization >$1,000,000/yr. in scrap costs.
• Proposed and led development of novel zirconia-toughened alumina formulation that prevented problem of low temperature degradation by using equimolar +3 & +5 cation dopants to prevent oxygen vacancy formation. Patent.
• Collaboratively developed novel zirconia-toughened alumina formulation that greatly reduced problem of low temperature degradation by replacing much of the +3 cation dopant with +4 cation dopant to reduce oxygen.
• Performed numerous characterization activities and consultations to support manufacturing process development and troubleshooting.
• Led development of polishing process for silicon nitride femoral heads and acetabular liners. Process produced average roughness values of 5 nm or better without pitting or grain pull-out.

Phd, Materials

Phd(C), Materials

Bs, Materials Science And Engineering