|
Oscar Jimenez, President and CEO:
|
Founded Nervion during November
2003 to develop a high technology medical device company along with two key
employees of Plexus, LLC/Vascon, LLC, his previous engineering firms. He
attended the University of Miami, School of Engineering where he was elected a
member of the National Engineering Honor Society. Oscar has been in the field of
biomedical engineering most of his 33 year career. He held positions at Cordis
Corp. (since acquired by J‘n’J) during the 14 years prior to 1985. After leaving
Cordis in 1985, he completed several successful entrepreneurial ventures
including Plexus, Inc. and Exonix Corp. prior to founding Cathion in 1999 and
VasCon, LLC in 2000. Mr.
Jimenez is the author or co-author of over16 patents awarded by the US Patent
Office.
|
Roberto Echarri, PE, Senior VP of Research and Development:
|
Holds a BS degree in electronic engineering and is a licensed
State of Florida Registered Professional Engineer. Robert has over thirteen
years of industry experience. Early in his career, he developed implantable
systems for Medtronic, Inc., He was promoted to Manager of R&D and subsequently
earned several patents for implantable neurostimulation products. Robert was
employed by Plexus, Inc. as Manager of Engineering in the implantable circuit
group. He is a founding member of Nervion Technologies, LLC.
|
William Echarri, MS, PE, Director of Engineering:
|
Holds a BS degree in electronic engineering and a MS in
electrical engineering form Florida International University. He is a licensed
State of Florida Registered Professional Engineer. William has over twelve years
of R&D experience in medical devices. He is the inventor of several patents in
the neurostimulation field. Prior to joining Nervion, he was employed by Plexus,
Inc. as Director of Engineering in the implantable circuit group. He is a
founding member of Nervion Technologies, LLC.
|
Stephen
F. Vadas, Ph.D., PE, Product Assurance and Regulatory Affairs:
|
Holds the Ph.D. in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami, an M.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Bridgeport, and a B.S. in Aircraft
Maintenance Engineering from Northrop Institute of Technology. Dr. Vadas is an
IQA-IRCA Certified Lead Auditor and a State of Florida Registered Professional
Engineer with a patent on pacemaker connectors. He has over twenty-seven years
of experience in the industry with significant experience with FDA regulations,
ISO 9001, EN 46001, and MDD, quality auditing and regulatory compliance and
submission. In addition, he has extensive experience in R&D, project
management, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing.
|
Peter P. Tarjan, Ph.D. Scientific Advisor:
|
Holds the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical
Engineering from Syracuse University, SM EE from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and BS EE from Purdue University. Dr. Tarjan is was Chief Scientist
at Cordis Research Corporation (now J&J) and later served as Chairman of the
Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Miami. He is presently
tenured, full time professor in that department. Dr. Tarjan is a Founding Fellow
of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the
inventor or co-inventor of more than 20 US patents in the field of medical
devices, and the author or co-author of more than a hundred scientific papers,
chapters and presentations related to biomedical engineering. He also edited two
volumes in the biomedical device literature (Hwang and Antonioli).
|
