1. Visual Resume
CHRIS JULIAN
PRINCIPAL DESIGN ENGINEER

2. 1997–2001 2001-2015
26+ years R&D of Medical Device Industry Experience
2007-2015
2004-06 2015-161989–1994 1995-97

3. Founder Owner/Operator
Ridge Medical Designs, Inc.(2001-2015)
Benchmark Devices, Inc. (2007-2015)
Consulted on over 50 surgical or clinical procedure products
Concept to delivery of 175+ medical device manufacturing,
process development, and testing equipment

4. 55+ Companies Consulted
Ortho Noble
Endosuture
Flexion Medical
Integrated Vascular Systems
Lazarus Effect
Luminatal
Neostim
Osiro Vascular
PH Surgical
Radio Therapeutics
Seattle Medical
Vreman Scientific
Thermocure
Treus Medical
WLGore

6.  Key member of founding team, Co-developed P.E.T. imaging prototype, Linac
Target, Rotating Test Bed for Proof of Concept Radiation Therapy System
 Co-developed Alpha Product Spinning Gantry and sub-systems
 Provided Benchmark Devices Model shop for project use
Principal Mechanical Engineer (2015-Present)

7.  Co-developed TOGO device architecture, and readied device for Human Clinical Trials
 Developed instruments for minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery
 Developed cable actuated clamping systems that enabled remote gastric tissue compression of 150lbs
 Supported out of state cadaver and animal lab product and procedure development
Senior Mechanical Engineer (2004-2006)

8.  Employee #43, Co-developed core da Vinci instrument architecture
 Participated in Human Clinical Trials in East Germany
 Developed robotic instruments for minimally invasive cardiovascular, gastric and thoracic surgery
 Developed cross-functional knowledge related to surgical robotics in electronics, mechanical engineering, software programming, and system analysis
 Managed surgical instrument and sterile accessories, design thru approval
 Understands the human clinical setting for minimally invasive CABG and valve procedures
 Supported cadaver and animal lab product and procedure development
 Developed American and German surgical instrument suppliers
 Primary Inventor Medtronic “Octopus TE” endoscopic beating heart stabilizer
Senior Mechanical Engineer (1997–2001)

9.  Founding engineer, assisted in the creation of company infrastructure, SOP’s, machine shop & engineering lab
 Managed implantable device design and development phases
 Created material and process specifications
 Created V & V protocols, reports, FMEA
 Managed key suppliers
 Led and participated in design review, technical, brainstorming meetings
 Led process development in laser and resistance weld schedules, hermetic electronic enclosure packaging, glass to metal seal
development, adhesives cure schedules, process equipment, testing equipment
 Supported clinical temporal bone evaluation and experimentation
Founding Product Development Engineer (1994-1997)

10. Associate Engineer (1989-1994)
 Managed company wide fatigue testing efforts
 Created prototypes and production electrodes for defibrillation and pacing leads
 Designed and fabricated all FDA life testing equipment
 Designed and fabricated coil winding machines, fixtures and prototypes for clinical trials
 Managed and mentored one technician
 Projected budgets and forecasted goals for department
 Developed global fatigue testing methods

11. General Clinical knowledge
Cardiac-Thoracic
General
Spinal
GYN
Cosmetic
Robotic Surgery
Spinal
GI
Prostate
ENT
Understanding the Clinical Setting is the first step to
the development of any medical device

12. 75+ Issued US Patents
Intellectual Property is at the core of successful
companies
Intellectual Property builds market cap value

13. Hands-on,
Empirical Innovator
Medical Device Development is largely a
trial and error process
He who iterates quickest usually wins……….

14. Passion