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California, United States

Automation components for the biomedical industryCAD Mechanical design, Electronics, Firmware and Software development

San Jose, California, United States

High Content Imaging system designCreated entire instrument sheet metal housing, 5 RIM molded door and covers, pcb and power supply sub-system mounting and EMI metal covers utilizing Solidworks 2021 Sp5 / PDM, microsoft teams.

Los Gatos, Ca

Contract development firm focused on bringing medical and diagnostics technologies from concept to prototypeHead of small team developing research-use instrument for multi-parametric tissue studies with motion and fluidics dispensing with Java User Interface• Generated instrument concept and specifications in 3 weeks based on customer breadboard• With team, developed 2 engineering prototypes (Solidworks) in 16 weeks by adapting proprietary XYZ automation system, using sheetmetal housing, fabricated plastic door, off-the-shelf fluid pump, labware, electronics. Tested firmware and software. Conducted weekly client meetings, senior staff updates• With team, produced, shipped 10 more prototypes in 17 weeks, on time and budget• Total budget and schedule creation and responsibility with combined budget > $800K

Sunnyvale, Ca

Imaging Group (Jun 2013 – Jun 2016)• VAVE project: Cost reduce production imager 30% (COGS) by redesign and simplification of sheetmetal housing, optics assemblies, creating off-shore RIM plastic covers (Solidworks). Simpler design reduced assembly/test time 20%. Used FEA to optimize sheetmetal housing, GDT for drawings, tolerance stackup for assemblies.• Design and release to production LED illumination modules, use GDT for optics mounts, lumped parameter heat transfer analysis for heat sink (Mathcad)• Design and rapid prototype (Stratasys printer) optomechanical assemblies (light source, filter stage, objective stage) for new design engineering prototype. Novel press fit design of printed optics mounts. GDT for precision lens mounting in machined metal lens tubes• Mentor junior Mechanical EngineersBioTherapeutics Group (Nov 2012 - Jun 2013)• Import/debug six production instrument assemblies and BOMS into Solidworks CAD and Enovia PDM systems (UK site shutdown)Drug Discovery Group (Jan 2011 – Nov 2012)• Release to production components, assemblies for new high-throughput Electrophysiology instrument• Manage CAD software, fastener library, process. (Mechanical discipline process owner)Cost reduce, redesign and prototype parts and assemblies for production Drug Discovery instrument• Design, prototype and release to production two color UV LED illumination modules

Sunnyvale, Ca

Acquired from MDSDrug Discovery Group* Lead mechanical effort for successful compressed time-frame design, test, pilot build and production shipments of new high-throughput Electrophysiology instrument* Engineering manager for production ICCD / EMCCD camera-equipped Drug Discoveryinstrument. Manage and perform design changes, software changes, testing, manufacturing and in-house instrument support* Manage Mechanical Engineering Group (8 direct reports + 2 consultants)

Sunnyvale, Ca

MDS acquired Molecular Devices Inc.Drug Discovery Group* Lead mechanical team and develop mechanical architecture for design of new high- throughput Electrophysiology instrument* Engineering project leader for next generation ICCD / EMCCD camera-equipped Drug Discovery instrument. Identified ICCD camera (single photon sensitive) and vendor, defined firmware interface, built and proved feasibility of first prototype. Installed with field service first customer shipment. Record +25% first quarter instrument shipments upon release over previous generation instrument* Engineering manager for production EMCCD camera-equipped Drug Discovery instrument Responsibilities included: field, in-house, and production support. Managed hardware and software* Manage Mechanical Engineering Group (4-8 direct reports)

Sunnyvale, Ca

Molecular Devices acquired LJL BioSystemsHigh-Throughput Screening, Drug Discovery Product lines* Architect and Engineering project leader for next generation ICCD / EMCCD camera- equipped Drug Discovery instrument.* Assumed Engineering management for EMCCD camera-equipped Drug Discovery instrument. Responsibilities included initial product release, software testing and releases, field and customer support, light source and fluidics enhancements, trade shows, customer qualification testing* Optomechanical design (Pro/E) of improved optics assemblies for EMCCD instrument* Project leader for new instrument adding 0.5 uL non-contact fluidics dispensing capability and software to production High-Throughput screening instruments. Designed and patented fluidics design (Pro/E). Production release and ship after Molecular Devices acquisition* Manage Mechanical Engineering Group (4-8 direct reports)

Sunnyvale, Ca

High-Throughput Drug-Discovery Instrumentation Functional Manager, Instrument project manager, Principal Engineer

Santa Clara, Ca

Product Design and Mechanical Engineering Consulting Services

San Jose, Ca

High Pressure Liquid Chromotography (HPLC) systems

Palo Alto, Ca

Mechanical Design, Z80 Firmware programmer for Biomek 1000 automated laboratory instrument

Sunnyvale, Ca

Startup acquired by Beckman InstrumentsMember of an eight-person start-up operation developing a general purpose automated laboratory sample handling system (Biomek 1000 predecessor)

Pasadena, Ca

CAD operations support group (Computervision CADDS4X)

Msme, Engineering

Bsme, Engineering