PROFILE

Innovative, Harvard-educated, silicone technology expert with nineteen years of pioneering achievement and commercial success in the formulation and processing of silicone biomaterials and their placement and application within the medical device community. Combines expert knowledge of adhesives, primers, fluids, high consistency elastomers, and liquid silicone rubber with a thorough understanding of processes such as extrusion, injection molding, dip casting, and surface modification. Unique blend of marketing savvy and technical/scientific acumen.

A frequently quoted authority in the field of silicone manufacturing. His work led to the development and commercialization of a novel elastomer which has become the benchmark for the insulation of cardiac and neurological electrical stimulation devices. For this effort he was awarded three U.S. patents in 1999. In 2004 his contributions to the industry earned him recognition by a leading publication as one of the Top 100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry.

Core Competencies:

• Material Selection – Vendor Location
• Pre-Commercialization – Validation
• Process Development – Optimization
• Design – Troubleshooting

 

EXPERIENCE

SILICONE CONSULTING, LLC, Santa Barbara, California 2007 – present
President and Founder
Consultant to both the medical device and combination product industries.

• Expertise includes development of silicone technology from design viability to commercialization.
• Extensive knowledge of materials, processes and devices used in implantable biomedical applications, including cardiology, neurology, plastic surgery, urology, ophthamology, bariatrics, orthopedics, and drug delivery, as well as non-implantable medical devices, including burn and wound management, prosthetics, syringes, valve and septum design, needles, catheter and balloon development.

NUSIL TECHNOLOGY, Carpinteria, California 1988 – 2007
Director of Healthcare Materials, 1992 - 2007
Research and Development Supervisor, 1988 - 1992
Provided the technical ingenuity, training, leadership and vision that transformed NuSil into the leading global supplier of silicone products used in long-term human implantation.

• Strategic and operational responsibility for the Healthcare Materials Division.
• Recruited, trained and oversaw technical sales staff.
• Initiated and developed lucrative distribution arrangements in the Asia-Pacific market.
• Produced industry literature and investigated new research avenues.
• Primary interface with hundreds of medical device companies enagaged in manufacture of both implantable and nonimplantable medical devices in areas which included cardiology, neurology, bariatrics, ophthalmology, vascular access, orthopedics and plastic surgery.
• Clients included Fortune 500 companies such as Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, Pfizer as well as scores of biomedical start-up firms.

 

ADDITIONAL

Harvard University, B.S. Program in Chemistry, 1973 – 1975
Founder and Owner, Space Islands Light Industry, Bali Indonesia, 1977 – 1986