Experience
SUMMARY
Senior
consultant with 20 years of experience in medical and other electronics.
Experience with larger companies such as Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc.
(now Philips Medical), mid-sized companies such as EndoSonics Corporation (now
Volcano Therapeutics, Inc.) and start-up businesses. Experience in corporate
management with profit and loss responsibility, high volume lean manufacturing,
electronic circuit design, EMI compatibility, FDA, EC, UL and other agency
compliance.
EXPERIENCE
2001-Present
Consultant
Cameron
Park, CA, U.S.A.
Advice and redesign: Electronic circuits, mainly analog, mixed signal and high speed digital. Advice related to electro-magnetic interference, electrical safety, agency compliance matters and the improvement of existing electronic circuitry which is not operating reliably or poses challenges in production. The emphasis is on educating client's staff, guiding redesigns or difficult new designs and enabling client's engineers to achieve improved results on their own with future projects. Recent projects include medical stimulators, battery operated medical gear, high-power ultrasound for ablation treatment and precise wavelength locking of laser diodes.
1998
- 2001 Vice President and General Manager, Imaging
Division
EndoSonics
Corporation
Rancho
Cordova, CA, U.S.A.
Directed and coordinated all operations of the Imaging Division with approximately 100 employees. This included R&D, production of miniature disposable electronic ultrasound scanners, electronic systems production and materials management. Full P&L responsibility for the division. EndoSonics was acquired by Jomed, later by Volcano Therapeutics.
Mainline
products: In-Vision IVUS system, Avanar Five-64 catheter scanner, PV8.2F
catheter, WaveMap system, FloMap system. Core challenges were to dice and
auto-assemble parts to a precision beyond industry standards and to reduce costs
in the production process for disposables. Company merged with Jomed, Inc. and
later into Volcano Therapeutics, Inc.
1996
- 1998 Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
MicroSound
Corporation (100% subsidiary of EndoSonics)
Rancho
Cordova and El Dorado Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Founded
MicroSound on ideas outlined in a proposal. R&D and prototype manufacturing
of a side-looking linear array integrated into a small flexible catheter and a
PC-integrated ultrasound scanner. The array featured the world's smallest
64-channel active high voltage RF multiplexer in a single integrated circuit,
an IC design on an automotive process.
Designed
and contracted out the construction of a production facility with clean room
which was ready for move-in by June 1998. However, a BoD decision split the
corporate owner, EndoSonics, into three divisions and merged MicroSound into
the new Imaging Division.
1989
- 1996 Consultant
Dipl.-Ing.
Joerg Schulze-Clewing, Ingenieurbuero
Leichlingen,
Germany
Conducted
research and development as an independent consultant to manufacturers of
medical and other electronics. Operated own laboratory and shielded room for
EMC pre-compliance tests. Consulting work included the design, manufacturing,
standardization, and the regulatory agency procedures and requirements involved
in bringing medical electronic devices to market. Among the projects completed
were: Beamformer circuitry for several ultrasound scanners; diagnosis,
modification and resubmission of biomedical equipment that had previously
failed EMI compliance tests, failed to comply with U.S. FDA regulations, or
violated VDE, UL or CSA safety regulations for electrical products; and
assisting a Dutch medical equipment manufacturer to achieve ISO9000
certification.
Also
developed equipment for Radar purposes, industrial control and measurement,
optical speed measurement for traffic law enforcement, aircraft EMI improvement
etc.
1986
- 1989 Research Engineer/Hardware Engineering Manager
Advanced
Technology Laboratories
Solingen,
Germany and Bothell, WA, U.S.A.
Developed
analog and digital modules, including hybrid circuitry on thick film ceramic
substrate with active laser trimming, for a new digital ultrasound beamformer.
Became Hardware Engineering Manager in 1989. Major tasks: Amplifier, MUX and
ADC design, high-speed digital design, IEC601 and UL544 safety and regulatory
agency approvals for the UM5 ultrasound system and the Digidop digital blood
flow analyzer. Also responsible for EMI compliance and certification of other
ATL product lines at headquarters in Bothell, WA, U.S.A. German branch was
closed and projects transferred to headquarters in 1989.
EDUCATION
Aachen
University, Aachen, Germany Dipl.Ing. (M.S.E.E.) 1986
Several
publications
Member
IEEE, VDE
Languages
English, German, Dutch (basic).