Engineer

John's InformationLocation: Norfork, MATitle: Design EngineerStatus: In need of a jobExperience: 12+ yearsWilling to Relocate: NoWilling to Travel: No TravelCareer Level: IntermediateWork Status: U.S. CitizenMember Since: 2010-08-14 Helpful Links

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09/02/2010 rev B

John C. Robertson (Jack)

24 Rockwood Rd.

Apt. #7

Norfork, MA 02056

Cell 203-***-****

e-mail: ********@*****.***

Inventive engineer with managerial experience. Diversified fields – medical devices, fuel cells. Toys, electrical fittings, military equipment. - Hold and share approximately 45 patents.

Computer Experience Solid Works, Pro-E, (Wildfire 2), Cad-Key, Auto-Trol, Unigraphics, MS Word & Excel - A little Auto-Cad and SDRC

Education BSME: Worcester Poly Tech

CardioSolutions (Start up company) 75 Mill St., Stoughton, MA 03/2009 to present

Senior Design Engineer, independent contractor

Designed handle to operate and move wires and tubes inside the 4-way articulating catheter.

Earlier designs were not reliable or robust, and hard to operate.

Designed many handles to operate the various anchor designs prototypes that would attach the “Mitral Valve Relapse Device”, to the heart wall. The main one was spring action with the touch of a button.

CardioSolutions ran out of money and is searching for additional funding. All but the boss have been cut from the payroll until funding is available.

Accellent (formerly Med Source) Wilmington, MA 11/2003 - 03/2009

Senior design engineer

Designed handle mechanism to operate, electro seal and cut device, with the following actions;

Open and close jaws, articulate jaws, Trigger with infinite jaw locking positions, Rotating jaws, and a Cutting blade

Designed the handle and its mechanisms, to operate a device which connected the bladder to the pelvic floor after the prostrate was remover.

Designed 4-way articulating catheter device that attached an additional working tube to any scope.

Designed many other products, fixtures, and tooling.

Onux Medical (start up) Hampton, NH 04/2002 – 04/2003

Senior design engineer

Vein connecting device (attached harvested vein to LAD heart artery or aorta artery)

Designed, researched, developed and made prototypes for coronary artery bypass connections, both distal and proximal. Vein connecting device was pencil size. Vein connecting device was successfully tested in live pigs. This had a great feature; there were no metal or other materials inside the blood stream.

Cooper Surgical (Medical industry) Shelton, CT 09/2001 - 02/2002

Manufacturing Engineer (Contract)

Moved acquisition of incontinence line of monitors, catheters, and accessories in house.

Learned operations and updated all manufacturing documentation.

Set up manufacturing in house.

Power Medical Intervention Trumbull, CT 05/2000 – 09/2001

Project Engineer

Designed and developed new medical products for a patented unique powered, compter run, stapling system

Refined documents for ease off manufacture, and cost reduction

Prepared manufacturing, testing and validation documentation.

Designed and developed linear stapling device that the jaws opened parallel to each other as opposed to the standard alligator opening jaws.

Measurement Systems, Inc (military equipment) Fairfield, CT 12/1998 – 05/2000

Design engineer

New concepts for military equipment

Design and develop throttles, for pedals

Problem solving and fixing equipment in the fields

Cost estimates

U S Surgical Norwalk, CT 03/1991 – 11/1998

Program managed to Director

Redesigned the Circle Stapler (EEA) and reduced cost by 50% and reduced rejects to 1% AQL (the original design had 19% rejects. Sales increased two fold

Hold the original patent on the Circular Stapler (EEA)

Hold the original patent on the “Swivel Head” anvil, used on the Circular Stapler (EEA). The invention allowed easy removal of the stapler from the colon or intestine

Cost reduction on Skin Stapler, Circular Stapler, and Linear Stapler-Cutting

Led production design teams on “Sub-Q” skin stapling device (Skin stapler with dissolvable staples), “TA” (Linear Stapler Cutter), “EEA (Circular Stapler)

Member of “New Products Committee”

Led brainstorming

O-Z Gedney Farmington, CT 11/1986 – 03/1991 Project Engineer

Initiated and designed patented low cost one piece Electrical Connector

Designed new product line of Explosive Proof Connectors

Hold patent on Conduit Box Covers

Coleco Industries West Hartford, CT 07/1983 – 11/1986

Design engineer

Designed new toys from concept to manufacture

Designed “ Rambo Jeep”, Sesame Street 9 inch Big Wheel “, Knight Rider pedal car”, “Sectaur Cycle”. “Flintstone Bubble Train”, “US Space Force 16 inch Big Wheel”

Engelhard Industries, Edison, NJ 03/1981 – 07/1983

Research Engineer

Designed, purchased material, selected vendors and built the following “Fuel Cells” (phosphoric acid type)

Seven Kilowatt energy producing Fuel Cell which was installed in a lift truck tested and shipped to U.S. Arm Mobile Equipment R & D Command, Electric Power Lab, Fort Belvoir, Va. (NASA project)

5 kW precursor test unit Fuel Cell, made to test our new larger plate design, and clamping system, etc.

25 kw energy producing Fuel Cell, two of which were used to power an apartment building

Child Guidance Toys, Div. of CBS Toys Bronx, NY, NY 06/1976 – 02/1981

Design Engineer

Designed “Pop-Up Pinball”, “Show & Tell Viewer, “Musical Crib Dancer”, Sesame Street Ding Dong Carousel”, “Pound-Around” top

The “Pound-Around” top criterion was to prevent the child from getting hurt if he fell on the handle, a common problem of old style tops. My design turned on the upstroke, not the down stroke, so if you fell on the larger smooth 3 inch square handle, you would just compress the power spring under the handle

Standard Plastics Products, Div. of Mattel Toys, 06/1972 – 06/1976

Design Engineer

Design first “Barbie Camper, two “Snoopy lunch boxes” for King-Seely Thomas

Designed “Fast Eddie” marble shooting game

Designed many games

Designed circus acts and circus animals for Exxon give-a-ways

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