Expert Details
Product Development, Product Design, Project Management
ID: 723161
Washington, USA
manufacturing processes for nearly forty years. These included ten years of responsible positions in industry, as well 30 years as the president of medical device product development companies which he founded. Responsibilities included research and development, design, modeling, prototyping process and tooling development, testing, evaluation, validation and commercialization.
Primary involvement now includes providing expert testimony to the legal community in patent infringement, personal injury and product liability cases in the area of mechanical arts.
As a consultant he directed the mechanical product development activities within the client company for a intravenous pump development project.As a consultant he directed the product development activities for a biotech product within another client company.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1961 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: California State Polytechnic University |
| Year: 1967 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Business | Institution: Californa State College, Fullerton |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2003 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for providing expert testimony to the legal community in the mechanical arts for cases involving patent infringement and product liability for medical devices and commercial products.In the engineering field he is responsible for all project activities including project management, concept development, design, modeling, prototyping, evaluation, process and manufacturing equipment development and final commercialization. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 2003 | Employer: FALLBROOK ENGINEERING, INC. | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Process and manufacturing equipment development and final commercialization |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1976 to 1981 | Employer: HUDSON OXYGEN THERAPY SALES CO. | Title: Director of Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for all project activities including project management, direction of engineering group developing all respiratory therapy products, and all respiratory therapy product manufacturing processes and equipment. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 1976 | Employer: MCGAW LABORATORIES | Title: Engineering Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for all project activities including project management, direction of engineering group developing manufacturing equipment and processes for medical devices and parental fluid containers. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Previously member of Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Previously member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Previously member of American College of Forensic Examiners |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has five issued patents. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has provided expert testimony in 21 legal cases involving patent infringement, product liability in medical devices and consumer products. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| He has been involved throughout his career in the selection of vendors for components fabrication, and contract assembly. This includes metals machining and casting and all plastics processes. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has marketed a dental product by selling the developed patent to a dental products company. |
Fields of Expertise
expert witness, trade dress infringement, trademark trade dress, dress, oxygen therapy, commercialization, new consumer product development, plastic product development, cosmetic product development, Current Good Manufacturing Practice, cannula, liquid silicone rubber injection molding, liquid silicone rubber, medical tubing extrusion, durable medical equipment, plastic medical device, investigational medical device exemption regulation, hospital equipment, medical device testing, medical device premarket approval, product management, 510(k) document, medical device product development, rapid product development, product improvement, governmental registration process, design for cost, product manufacturing, disposable medical device, respiratory therapy, biomedical product development, product development cycle time, new product design, integrated product development, medical device product improvement, medical device manufacturing troubleshooting, medical device manufacturing automation, device product development, high-pressure sterilization, production process, design for manufacturability, new product development, research and development management, medical device manufacturing, medical device design, product design, engineering design productivity, new product development management, production engineering, design process, legal patenting, orthosis, biomedical device, medical instrument, biomedical instrument, surgical instrument, production management, planning, medical device, life support system, concurrent engineering, blood coagulation, biomedical engineering