Jon's BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Senior Electrical Engineer, Business Unit Leader, Flex Films Group, PAAD Group LLC Education: Montana State University B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1984 Positions and Employment: 2013 – present, Founder, President, PAAD Group LLC, specialized engineering services. 2011 – present, Business Unit Leader, Flex Film Kinetics Group, 2007 – 2011, Principal Investigator, NIH SBIR grant, Cardiac Synchronization for mitigation of PEA (pulseless electrical activity). 2007 – 2009, Senior Scientist, Rose Biomedical Development Corporation, NIH SBIR grant program 2005 – 2006, Senior electrical engineer, Medtronic Inc, 1997 – 2011, Principal, Vice-President, Quest Product Development. 1997 – 1998, Consultant Engineer, RELA, division of Colorado Med Tech 1987 – 1996, Engineer, Denver Instrument Company 1985 – 1987, Engineer, Johnson Hardware 1983 Lab assistant, Montana State University. 1980 – 1982, Electronics lab instructor, Montana State University Synergistic Activities: Summary product development experience: 25+ years - electrical design – PCAD, Mentor, Altium, CleWin, SPICE 15+ years mechanical design – Cadkey, Solidworks, ProEngineer, 5+ years software development - LabWindows, C, C++, Basic PAAD Group LLC, 2013 – present, founded contract engineering and development company to focus on high precision electronics. Utilize SPICE simulation tools, Altium EDA tools, Matlab (Octave), CleWin, and others for solutions. Flex Films Group LLC, 2012 – present, Continued research & development for microsieve, and CAT films (conductive and transparent) as applied to flexible electronics & miniature actuators research. Quest Product Development 2010 – 2011, Managed resources and project tasks for NIH STTR Phase II grant, MicroFlex technology as applied to bronchoscopic applications. Quest Product Development 2005 - 2011 Principal Investigator, managed primary activities and resources for NIH SBIR Phase I and Phase II grants, Cardiac Synchronization Technology for Patients with Pulseless Electrical Activity. Quest Product Development 2008 - 2009 Principal Investigator, managed primary activities and resources for NSF SBIR Phase I grant, Force Feedback Control of a Shape Memory Alloy Active Catheter for Minimally Invasive Micro-Surgery. Medtronic, Inc. 2005 – 2007, Research and development, simulations, design & test, manufacturing development, EMI and TUV testing of 3D magnetic field positional measurement system for surgical navigation. Design, designed, simulated and developed into production front-end circuitry and test methodologies. Quest Product Development 2006 - 2007 Research and development of diode array and electronics for optical coherence tomography. Southwest Sciences. Quest Product Development 2003 - 2005 Nano-dispensing instrumentation, circuitry and software development. Accurate and repeatable dispensing of nanoliter volumes for medical and biotechnology applications. Rocky Mountain BioSystems 2004 -2005 Developed 200KHz magnetodynamic generator for metal-ion embedded tissue welding. Rocky Mountain BioSystems 2002 - 2004 Proof of Principle development of plasma based skin ablation circuitry and electrode for trans-dermal drug delivery system. RELA, Colorado Med Tech 1998 - 1998 Responsible for approving safety architecture and modeling defibrillation circuit for a portable defibrillation system. Completed Development Projects: 2013 Extensive re-engineering of electrophysiology system to meet new Rohs and manufacturing goals. Required complete spin on design & PCB’s to maintain legacy compatibility. Product was successfully brought into production at a lower cost and with improved performance. Creation Technology 2011 Developed novel techniques for fabricating flexible electronics directly on NiTi foils for use in an actively controlled device. Newly developed micro-fabrication techniques, photolithography, materials, and NiTi soldering were established. Patents applied for, NIH Phase II grant. 2010 Developed electronics, prototyped, and tested a proprietary cardiac synchronization system which successfully triggered precisely timed mechanical resuscitation pulses to mitigate PEA. Engineering test units were tested extensively in animal trials. NIH Phase II grant. 2009 Successfully developed prototypes to restore sound localization cues lost in the use of active noise suppression headphones. Prototype system included real-time implementation of HRTF (head related transfer function) cues as a function of sound direction. Sound localization was implemented by a proprietary 3 mic system, and provided interpolation for a full 360⁰ coverage. Peltor 2008 Implementation of an acoustic test laboratory to map head related transfer functions using a KEMAR. Generated the most extensive database to date of Head Related Impulse Response measurements for virtual, real-time generation of sound localization cues. This effort was utilized to develop the proper HRTF filters. Peltor 2007 Performed SPICE simulation and research on external location of an implantable drug delivery system. Research and developed energy coupling strategies for implantable battery charging for the implantable. Proprietary client 2007 Design and development of therapeutic magnetic fields system. Designed, simulated, and Performed test and engineering support for TUV, EMI testing and medical approvals Pico Tesla. 2006 Research and development of 3D magnetic field positional measurement system. Design, simulated and developed front-end circuitry and test methodologies. Supervised PCB layout and fabrication from initial prototype to production units. Performed test and engineering support for TUV, EMI testing and medical approvals. Proprietary client. 2005 Research on magnetic sensors and electromagnet drive circuitry for viscosity determination. Development of a novel sensor & electronics to be applied to a commercial device. 2005 Requirements definition, architecture definition, and preliminary design of blood coagulation analyzer. Work included a novel coagulation sensor design, schematic & PCB layout, and prototype development and test. Proprietary client. 2004 Architecture definition, and preliminary design of electronic controls for a variable weight muscle therapy instrument. Exertron Corp. 2004 Proof of Principle development of tissue welding system and electrodes. Developed 200KHz magnetodynamic generator for metal-ion embedded tissue welding.. Rocky Mountain BioSystems. 2004 Test protocol definition and testing for oxygen control instrument used to increase red-blood cell count in elite athletes. Colorado Altitude Training. 2003 Design and electronic modeling of high power RF filter and drive circuitry for use in surgical ablation system. Byers Peak, Inc, Cardima. 2003 Design and implementation of heater and control for hand-held dental instrument. Dentsply. 2003 Implementation of acoustic test laboratory and anechoic chamber, for academic use and training. Researched acoustic signals generated by high-voltage insulators, assisted in FEA of custom acoustic transducers. University of Denver. 2003 Design and prototype of electronic controls for optical reader security device implementing high-security randomization algorithms. BSI 2000. 2002 Low-cost electronic anemometer to train users on proper breathing techniques. DeepTone, Inc. 2002 Provided manufacturing support within FDA guidelines for contract manufacturing facility. CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 2002 Provided electronic and design support for controlled atmospheric chamber for specialized protein growth. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 2002 Requirements definition, component placement, and layout for high-throughput data storage interface boards. Conduant Corp. 2002 Architecture definition, and preliminary design of electronic controls for a stationary controlled exercise station utilizing a specialized muscle stress technique. Developed user interface, electrical controls, and force feedback system. Eccentron Corp. 2002 Research and document quality issues (RMRs, etc.) in a Class 3 Manufacturing environment. CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 2001 Requirements Definition, Architecture Definition, and Coding Standards for electronic interface to a fully implantable hearing aid. Otologics. 2001 Authoring manufacturing software for optimizing the performance of RF electronic filters for a medical device. Brought into production utilizing novel binning techniques to insure final performance requirements. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 2001 Developed high-power RF filter for proprietary probe navigation system. Provided engineering support for RF filter commercial implementation and RF ablation system review. Medtronic, Inc. 2001 Authoring and implementing V&V protocols for therapeutic uralogic device utilizing microwave energy. CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 2001 Requirements definition, architecture definition, and preliminary design for high-capacity laboratory centrifuge. Included power factor correction for EC markets. Beckman-Coulter. 2001 Design review of RF circuitry of surgical navigation tool. Medtronic, Inc. 2001 Authored and implemented independent V&V protocols for an ultrasonic ablation device for the eye. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 2000 Design, prototyping, and testing of RS-485 data link for communication between analytical instruments. Geomation Corp. 2000 Design review and report on Power PC design for medical application. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech) 2000 Design, prototyping, and testing of fiber optic data link for communication between analytical instruments. Geomation Corp. 2000 Design and electronic modeling of high power RF filters for use in surgical navigation system. Developed production binning technique for short-run production of commercial RF filter module. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech).. 1999 Titration system for commercial use. Hanna Instruments. 1998 Electronic architecture definition and design for a high-speed florescent bio-assay device. Final design included 16 networked custom Power PCs and 75 highly-flexible micro-stepping custom motor control boards. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 1998 Technical review and design recommendations for portable defibrillator. RELA, division of CMED (Colorado Med Tech). 1997 PCB lay-out and testing of automated instrumentation test fixture. Ball Aerospace. 1997 Design and fabrication of automated test fixture for highly accurate pressure sensing instrumentation. Granville Philips. 1996 Analog signal conditioning circuitry for noise cancellation instrument for automotive and general aviation. Designed, simulated & tested filter circuit prototypes. Cooper Inc. 1993- 94 Design, simulation and prototype of 100gm mass sensor with 0.0001gm resolution. Performed mechanical design, electrical design, and prototype fabrication. Denver Instruments 1991 Electronics and mechanical design of analytical balance mass sensor, 200gm capacity at 0.00001 gm resolution. Unit went into production 1990 – 94. Denver Instruments |