JOHNNY FARAH

Master of Applied Science, EIT

902-***-**** adqrvr@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyfarah RELEVANT SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Product/Project Management

• Medical Technology, Prototyping

• R&D, Test-Driven Development

• Client Acquisition & Retention

• Business Development, Customer Service

• Physics, Biomedical Engineering

• Managing Client Requirements

• Clinical Engineering & Development

• Mathematical/Statistical Modelling

• Sales Pipeline/Technical Discovery

Professional Engineer’s Designation in progress (Clinical/Biomedical, Engineer-in-Training) EDUCATION

University of Ottawa September 2015-April 2018

Master of Applied Science (MASc), Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering

• R&D, medical devices, electromechanical instrumentation, mechatronics, intelligent sensor systems

• Real-time bio-mechatronics for assistive/wearable technology Dalhousie University September 2011- April 2015

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Honours Physics

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Surgical Robotics Sales Specialist/Technology Advisor, Minogue Medical Inc. January 2019 – present

• Product expert on Intuitive Surgical & Minogue Medical’s technology offerings (Da Vinci & Gaumard)

• Worked in a team to successfully launch QEII’s robotics program in Halifax, NS from ground up

• Managed a team of diverse hospital personnel (up to 10) for capital installation and launch

• Effectively advised surgeons and key hospital staff on all aspects of technology/products

• Was a resource to hospitals by successfully managing customer requests, feedback, and clinical/technical engineering support to improve product efficiencies and grow Atlantic/Can market

• Effectively engaged in sales, clinical evaluations, demos, foundation leaders, and key stakeholders

• Drove utilization by developing qualified/sustainable clinical/business plans for surgical teams

• Met or exceeded all quotas, resulting in 87% average quarterly growth over three years

• Developed key understanding of medical device training, implementation, and commercialization

• Experience with CRM (Salesforce, Hubspot) and keeping prospective customers engaged/educated Medical Physics R&D Engineer (EIT), NSHA September 2018 – January 2019

• Lead engineer in a team developing a 3D intra-fractional capacitive monitoring system (CMS)

• Extensively engaged in medical device system design, instrumentation, and sensor optimization

• Managed a team a three on the design, specification, and installation/launch of optimization tools

• Developed algorithms, built prototypes for experimental studies and clinical applications (radiosurgery)

• Successfully designed and implemented data acquisition techniques for intelligent sensor systems

• Effectively trained on multiple IGRT-equipped clinical linear accelerators

• Cross-functional workflow with hospital staff, researchers, medical physicists, and radiotherapists Product Lead, The Ottawa Hospital January 2018 – July 2018

• Led concept-to-clinical launch of a microprocessor-controlled lower-limb orthosis control system

• Completed preliminary clinical development and met with patients to ensure product met or exceeded client expectations, excelled at gathering feedback for product review and improvement.

• Performed and executed design plans, quality checks, testing/validation

• Learned a variety of new techniques, theories, experiment design for continuing projects

• Developed a deep understanding of medical devices from a technical standpoint and business objectives of industry partners (Blatchford Group, New Hampshire, UK) Co-Founder & CEO, Simon Nehme Entrepreneurship School, University of Ottawa May 2018

• Led a team as Co-Founder & CEO for a healthcare startup to generate detailed business model

• Engaged in startup development from ideation, design to validation and minimum viable product

• Successfully generated award-winning business model and pitch (Company: Sweet Touch) Team Lead, Hacking Health/Shopify Hackathon April 2018

• Led a team of engineers for a healthcare start-up to generate detailed business model

• Successfully presented pitch to panel of judges/investors Research Assistant, The Ottawa Hospital/uOttawa September 2015 – April 2018 Exoskeleton Development (Bionik Labs, Toronto, Canada)

• ARKE Exoskeleton R&D, clinical development, maintenance, quality assurance NSERC CREATE-BEST (Biomedical Engineering Smartphone Training)

• Experience with smartphone app training for medical technology and health (mHealth) Walk Test Application (App Store)

Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa September 2015 – April 2018 Research Assistant, Dalhousie University May 2014 – April 2015 Restaurant Manager, Tasty Pizza June 2009 – May 2014

• Collaborated with restaurant owner and corporate representatives to plan and execute renovations, new menus, equipment, and product deals to enhance efficiency and sales

• Effectively managed a team of up to five daily

• Responsible for business orders and relations with collaborative industry partners

• Learned to be profit-driven leader by building top-performing, customer-centric teams

• Structured inventory so that all products were sufficient and well organized

• Efficiently worked in customer service and money exchange SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

1. Semeniuk, O, Sadeghi P, Farah JD, Moran K, Robar J. Performance Optimization of Capacitive Motion Sensing (CMS) System for Intra-fraction Motion Detection during Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Biomedical Physics and Engineering. November 2019. 2. Lemaire ED, Farah JD, Herbert-Copley A, Duke C, Bhatti J. Evaluation of a Novel Intelligent Orthotic Knee Joint. 21st European Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Vilnius, Lithuania, May 2018. 3. Farah JD, Lemaire ED, Radstake T, Duke C, Bhatti J. Initial Biomechanical Evaluation of a Novel Intelligent Orthotic Knee Joint. Orthotics Prosthetics Canada (OPC) National Conference. August 2018.

4. Farah JD, Baddour N, Lemaire ED. Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Local Sensor-Based Gait Phase Recognition System using a Logistic Model Decision Tree for Orthosis-Control. Journal of Neuro-Engineering & Rehabilitation. Dec 2018. 5. Farah JD, Baddour N, Lemaire ED. AI-Driven Gait Phase Recognition for Lower Limb Orthosis-Control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering. May 2018. (Submitted for Publication). 6. Farah JD, Baddour N, Lemaire ED. Gait Phase Detection from Thigh Kinematics using Machine Learning Techniques. 2017 IEEE international Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. May 2017. HONOURS, AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS

Thesis to Startup Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition May 2018 1st Place award (Judge’s choice) for entrepreneurial pitch and best business model (Healthcare Start-up) Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Poster Competition March 2017 1stPrize Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering, 3rd Prize IEEE Award Farah J., Lemaire E.D., Baddour N. Gait Phase Detection from Thigh Kinematics using Machine Learning Techniques. Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Poster Competition. uOttawa. March 2017. Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC) November 2014 1stPlace Medical Physics division: Best Talk/Research Presentation Farah J., Kreplak L., Rainey J., Self Assembly of Intermediate Filament-Like Peptides that Form Flexible Nano-Fibres. Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference. Queens University. November 2014. VOLUNTEER

• Editorial Advisor, Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal December 2017 – Present

• University of Ottawa Chair, IEEE EMBS uOttawa Student Chapter January 2016 – May 2018

• Publication Chair, IEEE EMBS ISC 2016 January 2016 – June 2016

• Volunteer, EcuaExperience Help Learn Discover (HLD) – Operating Room experience May 2015

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