Founder

A born Engineer, Scott has over 30 years experience in the design of electronic instrumentation with extensive expertise in low power design and human factors engineering. His empathy for non-technical folks, exceptional curiosity, broad technical knowledge and easy speaking style make Scott an excellent mediator between the hi-tech and non-tech worlds.

Scott is a rapid study on technology issues, and has a wide range of interests that allow him to synthesize technical innovations across various disciplines. He offers clients his unique perspective on technology issues, techniques to foster innovation, feasibility analysis for new ideas, critical review of current technical projects and product development expertise. Whether you are floating trial balloons or are deep into a product's design, Scott can be a powerful catalyst for innovation.

Prior to joining Telaric, Scott spent 5 years in QA and QC at Johnson Controls and 18 years with Marquette Electronics (now part of GE Medical), where he was one of the company's hottest product developers. His innovative designs laid the foundation for most of Marquette's diagnostic instrumentation. Scott's design team, the most successful and long-lived in Marquette history was responsible for the design of numerous medical instruments.

His better half of 27 years, Kathy, indulges his many hobbies, which include fine woodworking, kite aerial photography, astronomy/astrophotography and tinkering with his son Ben. You'll almost always find Scott wearing shirts sporting sailboat print fabrics, though his mother would like him to wear suits.

Design Portfolio
1977 - Computerized solar heating system monitor/controller
1978 - Computerized thermostat production calibration system
1979 - Computerized quartz crystal test station
1980 - Anticipating setback thermostat for commercial buildings
1981 - Analog Holter recorder
1982 - ECG telemetry transmitter
1983 - World's first digital ECG cable
1985 - World's first portable analyzing ECG machine (Governor's New Product Award)
1986 - World's first solid-state Holter recorder
1987 - ECG analysis computer squished into sixteen cubic inches
1988 - ECG analysis computer squished into two cubic inches (Ouch!)
1989 - Scrolling waveforms and stationary text on a computer CRT display
1991 - High speed, high resolution, direct thermal printer
1993 - World's first full featured battery powered ECG machine
1995 - Solid-state Holter take two. 48 hours of 12-Lead ECG on memory cards
1997 - Chilled CCD imager for astrophotography
1998 - Portable cardiograph with the fastest ECG analysis in the world. Just 1/14th of a second
1999 - Concept prototype for a contextually aware ID badge system
1999 - Concept prototype for an automated home medication management system
2000 - P&G's market research team gives kudos to the med management system
2001 - Alpha prototype creation for CartaNova's Contextual Digital Assistant (CDA)
2002 - Re-engineering of the user interface of patient medical record system
2003 - Low cost powerboat performance measurement system
2004 - Sample transport system for wet lab experiments
2005 - DSP based high speed, high resolution digital ECG acquisition system
2006 - Low cost consumer ECG screening instrument
2006 - Sensor array for breast tumor impedance tomography imager
2007 - Combination passive infrared/doppler radar motion detector for retail sale
2007 - Non-linear wide-range temperature compensation system for high power telecom laser
2008 - Segmented pneumatic cushion to prevent pressure ulcers in wheelchair patients
2009 - Micropower doppler radar activated, battery operated lighting system for art display
2009 - Temperature control and modulator for laser projection system
2010 - High dynamic range laser power controller
2010 and beyond - Got something in mind?

Clients
Alfalight
Cooper Industries
GE Healthcare
MEC Innovation
Novascan
Pixar Animation Studios
Propslip.com
United States Patent Services

Special Expertise

• Biomedical instrument design
• Low power design
• 8/16/32 bit microprocessor and DSP based design
• RFID
• Wireless Communications (both radio and optical)
• Rapid concept prototyping (mechanical/electrical/software)
• CCD imaging / optical systems
• User interface design (hardware and software)

• Internet based marketing
• Market research

• Idea generation
• Product development strategy
• Customer research

Employment History

• Founder, Telaric Ideas, LLC
• Principal Engineer, CartaNova- angel funded health care IT security start-up
• CTO, Vigilo - angel funded medication management start-up
• Design/Project Engineer, Marquette Electronics - $500 million medical electronics manufacturer
• QA/QC Engineer, Johnson Controls

Education

• Extensive follow-on education in engineering, innovation, e-marketing, strategic planning
• Graduate work in E.E. - Marquette University
• B.S.E.E - Marquette University

Community

• Board Member(past) - WIN/Milwaukee
• Member - IEEE
• Member - Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce