CDA Associates 

Darrell Burch, Ph.D., has over 35 years of experience in the development of optical instrument systems. This includes consulting for CDA and working at Ford Aerospace and other companies. Approximately 29 years of this experience was at Ford Aerospace, including the position of Research Fellow in the area of optical technology. He has taught courses in optical engineering at UCI and Ohio State University. He has 5 patents, 35 published papers, and 50 scientific reports. He is a Fellow in OSA and SPIE. He has considerable electrical-optical analytical and instrumentation skills that will be helpful in overall design and development efforts.

DeviceLab, Inc.: Industrial Design

DeviceLab, Inc. is a full-service product engineering and development firm that specializes in medical devices and electro-mechanical enclosures. DeviceLab offers rapid product development services that range from concept generation to turnkey operations, including generation of one-of-a-kind or multiple functional prototypes, and vendor sourcing. DeviceLab's capabilities include industrial design, graphic design, mechanical and electrical engineering, software and prototyping. DeviceLab has assisted multiple clients in developing marketable and manufacturable products quickly, often starting with only an idea or concept.

Evan Gamble, AB: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Evan Gamble, AB has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and systems integration. He was the system integrator for a large interdisciplinary engineering project at the Wireless Integrated Microsystems Engineering Research Center at the University of Michigan. That position involved coordination of engineering designs between several laboratories as well as designing and testing real-time software for embedded processors. He has designed image recognition software for a micro-taggant optical reader. He has extensive experience in the field of artificial intelligence software, including designing expert system development tools at IntelliCorp and developing machine learning algorithms at NASA Ames Research Center. He developed CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) and object-oriented modeling tools at IntelliCorp. He helped design a secure programming language at IBM Watson Research Center. Other companies for whom he has done software engineering include Sprint and Informix, as well as his own insurance software company. He holds an AB in Mathematics from UC Berkeley.

Rich Schermerhorn: Video & Medical Devices

Rich Schermerhorn has a BSEE from Clarkson University (1979) and an MSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1991). Rich has worked for over 20 years developing video camera circuits and systems for commercial broadcast, medical and scientific applications. Some of the products he has developed circuitry for include news gathering TV cameras, laporoscopic and arthroscopic surgical devices, a handheld PC/USB camera and a low noise satellite camera.

Harald Weiss: Marketing & Documentation

Harald Weiss holds an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS degree in Physics with Distinction from Harvey Mudd College. He is President of Technical Marketing Group, an outside product research and marketing resource for high tech companies, and Harald Weiss & Associates, which specializes in technical documentation. Capabilities include technical manuals, desktop publishing, the creation of web sites, ad design, news releases, trade journal articles, training materials, and product photography.

Ron Boring: Management Operations

Ron Boring has over 35 years of experience in the areas of organizational development, strategic planning and implementation, mergers, acquisitions, marketing and sales development, and manufacturing operations. He has developed, designed and implemented new marketing strategy, package designs, product extensions, and advertising programs. He has provided interim executive management, restructured organizations, and developed new management teams. He has developed improved manufacturing process and practices, implemented new production control, inventory, distribution practices, developed pre-acquisition value and strategy, and structured acceptable acquisition cost models. He has assessed product line strength and weaknesses by conducting market research to compete against competitor’s strengths. He holds an MBA from UCLA. In addition to his own practice, he has consulting experience with Boring-Coleman Associates, Inc. and Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

Clint Deckert, MSEE
Electronics & Computer System Development

Clint Deckert, MSEE, has over 37 years of solid electronic and computer system development experience, the last three years a an independent consultant. For example, he has developed a closed loop blood pressure control system using Lab View and MATLAB for major medical device manufacturer. He implemented closed loop control of an infusion pump based upon real time monitoring of invasive blood pressure including control algorithm incorporating fuzzy logic techniques. He also assisted in the development of a wireless patient monitor using Bluetooth and a TI TMS320 series DSP. Prior to consulting, he served Sabratek Corporation and Baxter Healthcare Corporation as a Principal Engineer for the electronics and software of the 3030 Infusion Pump and 6060 Ambulatory Infusion Pump, and acted as a Project manager for a home-based patient monitor using a X86 based controller. Prior to this, he served IMED Corporation (1986-1993) as a Principal Engineer and Manager of the electronics development group which developed electronics for infusion pumps including IMED models PC1, PC2, and PC4. He also managed their research and development department with responsibility for all electronics, mechanical, and software for new product development. Before this, he served IVENT Corporation (1983-1986) as a Principal Electronics Engineer for medical infusion devices. Earlier, while at IMED Corporation (1978-1983), he developed hardware and software for infusion pumps and controllers. He begain his technical career at Rockwell International with responsibility for real-time FFT electronic equipment.