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Merwin J. "Jerry" Hansen, Chief Executive Officer

A graduate of UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He was Managing Director at Raychem Corp from 1967 to 1977, CEO at Humphrey Instruments/Allergan from 1977 to 1987, CEO & Founder of Insite Vision from 1987 to 1989, and Board Member at Santen Pharmaceutical from 1989 to 2002. In 2004, Jerry co-founded Circle Medical Devices.




Michael Forman, President, CTO and Founder

        Mr. Forman has 25 years experience in developing medical devices in       the areas of interventional cardiology, interventional neuroradiology,       oncology and urology. Mr. Forman is an experienced engineering       executive and an active medical device inventor and entrepreneur with       31 patents. Mr. Forman has extensive experience in conducting Risks &       Hazards analysis for  complex products. He is also active in helping       companies with Patent Application Development. Mr.  Forman is co-       founder of Xoft microTube, a developer of x-ray catheters for the       treatment of breast cancer.       
     
      Mr. Forman holds a B.S. in Physics from U.C. Santa Cruz.

 



Heather Dunn, Sr. Director, Engineering

      Has 4 years experience, managing development projects and       sustained manufacturing activities for a range of implantable devices.       Before coming to CIRTEC, Heather worked in the electronics test       industry and managed government contracts for aerospace materials       research and development, in addition to interning for three summers       with a major IPG manufacturer.

      Heather holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Case Western       Reserve University and an MS in the same field from the Massachusetts       Institute of Technology.
 
          

Simon Hawksworth, VP Sales & Marketing West

      Simon Hawksworth has 18 years experience in sales and marketing in       the field of design and manufacturing outsourcing - working for 15 years       in the field of medical devices.  From 1995 to 2002 he worked at Maxtek       Components Corporation and served in a variety of positions from       Business Development Manager through Sales Director and Vice       President of Sales and Marketing. The primary focus of this business       was the design and manufacturing of complex microelectronics       subassemblies for the Medical, Military and Test & Measurement       industry. In 2002 he joined HEI, Inc as Vice president of Sales and       Marketing and was instrumental in taking this Medical Device       Outsourcing Company from $20 to $56M in revenue in three years.       Simon has focussed on developing effective relationships with Medical       Device OEMs. He is responsible for: Sales & Marketing Strategy, New       Business Development, Account Management and Marketing       Communications.

      Mr. Hawksworth holds a BA in Business from Southbank University in       London and an MBA from the University of Westminster in London.




 

Anthony Jones, VP, Operations

      
Anthony has more than 15 years of medical device experience in a       variety of roles in product development, operations and engineering.       He developed an extensive background in project management,       process validation, supply chain management, lean manufacturing and       design control.  At Guidant Corporation he was responsible for leading       process improvement and manufacturing transfer teams throughout the       Guidant family of companies, with a primary focus on increasing speed       to market and reducing cost.  Most recently, he worked for J&J, Abbott       Diabetes Care and several startup companies, where he served in roles       with increasing levels of responsibility as Sr. Quality Engineer,       Manufacturing Engineer, Engineering Manager and Director of       Operations. He has experience on a broad range of products, including       balloon angioplasty devices, cardiac surgery tools, nitinol implantable       devices, automatic anastomosis systems, COPD screening and       treatment devices, and blood glucose meters. At CIRTEC, Anthony is       responsible for developing manufacturing strategies for new       products and for successful transition of those products from the       research laboratory to the production floor. 

      Mr. Jones holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the       Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. In addition, he       served 22 years in the United States Air Force active duty and reserves,       retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.




 

Kimberly Marquez, VP Quality

      
Kimberly has over 9 years of experience in product development and       operations for medical devices.  She has worked extensively on device       development for minimally invasive cardiac surgery procedures at       Boston Scientific, Guidant and Heartport. For 5 years she led product       development teams taking concepts through market release. Her       operations experience includes working as a manufacturing engineer       providing process development and incorporating Design for       Manufacturing prior to product launch. Most recently she was a       commodity manager in the supply chain organization of a major medical       device corporation developing supplier quality improvement plans and       optimizing supplier contracts.  Kimberly started her career as a       packaging engineer and has developed packaging and labeling for       sterile devices and large capital equipment.  While leading development       teams, she has provided packaging engineering expertise and ensured       that thorough validations and aging studies were conducted for all       projects. 

      Ms. Marquez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Packaging       Engineering from Michigan State University.

 



Robert Short, VP Research and Development

      Robert has over 25 years experience in R&D and product development       within the medical device, pharmaceutical, and personnel protection       equipment industries. His eclectic background includes development of       liquid cooled garments for medical applications, development and       testing of innovative spacesuit components, development of diagnostic       ultrasound contrast media, and creation of ultrasound mediated drug       delivery systems. His technical expertise includes microencapsulation,       emulsions and dispersions, particle size measurement, lyophilization of       pharmaceuticals, medical ultrasound, personnel barometric and heat       protection systems, fluid mechanics, and plastics processing. Robert       has experience in project management as a director in several       companies including Life Support Systems, Rasor Associates,       Microsome, and POINT Biomedical Corporation. His background in the       management and implementation of government contracts for NIH,       NASA, and DOD, with their strict requirements for adherence to       budgetary and schedule tracking controls, has instilled in Robert a       strong sense of project discipline which is applied to all his efforts.

      Robert is an inventor on 9 issued US patents with several others       pending and is author on nearly 30 technical reports and publications.        He holds a BSME from Purdue University, an MSME from the University       of Washington, and has completed project management courses       offered by the AMA.