A born Engineer, I have nearly 30 years experience in the design of electronic instrumentation with extensive expertise in low power design and human factors engineering. My empathy for non-technical folks, natural curiosity, broad technical knowledge and easy speaking style make me an excellent mediator between the hi-tech and non-tech worlds. Prior to joining Telaric, I spent 5 years in QA and QC at Johnson Controls and 18 years with Marquette Electronics (now part of GE Medical), where I was one of the company's hottest product developers. My innovative designs laid the foundation for most of Marquette's diagnostic instrumentation. My design team, the most successful and long-lived in Marquette history, was responsible for the design of numerous medical instruments, including:

1981 - Marquette's first Holter recorder. (It goes two days on a single 9V battery, winning me $2 from Mike Cudahy.)
1982 - Marquette's first telemetry transmitter. (Also their first use of exotic ceramic hybrid technology and my last.)
1983 - World's first digital ECG cable. (Scott turns down a chance to patent the invention. Oops!)
1985 - World's first portable smart ECG machine. (Governor's New Product Award, Marquette's hottest product ever.)
1986 - World's first solid-state Holter recorder. (24 hours of ECG in a shirt pocket, MP3 players are 14 years away.)
1987 - An ECG analysis computer squished into sixteen cubic inches. (Ouch!)
1988 - An ECG analysis computer squished into two cubic inches. (Double Ouch!)
1989 - Revolutionary raster waveform display technique. (Marquette's products become a lot easier to use.)
1993 - Marquette's first full featured battery powered ECG machine. (I love battery powered stuff.)
1995 - Solid-state Holter take 2. 48 hours of 12-Lead ECG on memory cards. (MP3 players are still five years away.)
1998 - A portable cardiograph providing the fastest ECG analysis in Marquette history. (Zoom!)

Since joining Telaric, I've been responsible for product innovations (concept development through pilot production) for two Telaric spinout companies:

An automated consumer medication management system using RFID technology for Vigilo.
A very low power, wireless IT security badge and receiver for CartaNova.

In January 2003, Telaric separated it's IP portfolio, IP Strategy consulting and product development businesses into Telaric Ideas, where I continue to provide product development services to clients.

I received a BSEE from Marquette University in 1977 and pursued graduate studies in electrical and biomedical engineering. My better half of twenty years, Kathy, indulges my many hobbies, which include fine woodworking, kite aerial photography, astronomy/astrophotography and tinkering with our son Ben. You'll almost always find me wearing shirts sporting sailboat print fabrics, though my mother would like to see me wear suits. Do I sail? Nope, I'm learning to swim by osmosis.