Engineer with over thirty-five years of experience designing electronics and software for consumer electronics products and safety-critical medical devices. Has held positions ranging from design engineer to head of the electrical engineering department for a medical products group.

Formal Education

  • B.S. in Computer Engineering, Boston University

Career Highlights

  • Experienced with FDA QSR / ISO 13485 / IEC 60601 quality processes
  • Designed safety-critical electronic hardware and microprocessor systems including a proton beam radiation treatment system
  • Developed C, C++, and assembly language software for embedded systems including a blood infusion pump
  • Developed the software and electronics, including an FPGA, for multiprocessor robotic vehicle
  • Performed hardware and software development of the on-board computer systems for underwater robotic vehicles, including “JASON” that located the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Member of numerous oceanographic expeditions including a National Geographic Society expedition to explore War of 1812 shipwrecks

Expert Qualifications

  • Analyzed medical device source code for the plaintiff in a product liability case in U.S. District Court, submitted an expert report and was deposed
  • Consulting expert for defendants in a pair of state court cases relating to medical devices, including evaluation of medical device electronics and software for radiation treatment
  • Testifying expert in patent litigations in U.S. District Court and before the U.S. ITC, including for defendant Adaptics