Frank Modica Resume in PDF Format

1. Address: 241 Varsity Avenue Princeton, NJ 08540
Frank P.(Francisco) Modica Cell Phone Number: (609) 647-8530
Email Address: fpmodica@verizon.net
Professional Profile
Experience
Multi-disciplinary engineer with line and project management experience in New Product Development.
Successful in rapid development efforts, in start-up companies facing time-to-market pressure. Experience in
Design Controls in Regulated Environments (FDA, ISO 9000, ISO 13485). Successfully transitioned products
from Development to Manufacturing and managed foreign and domestic Contract Manufacturers. Patent
holder on two diagnostic medical instruments. Design award winner for a medical diagnostic instrument. MIT
Graduate (BSME) and Life-Long-Learner. Conversational in Italian.
Skills Summary
• Product R&D/Product Development • Engineering Tools
• Medical Diagnostics/Medical Devices • Solidworks (CAD)
• Line Management • Solidworks Simulation (FEA)
• Project Management • PDMWorks
• Regulatory Design Controls (FDA, ISO • COMSOL (FEA)
9000, ISO 13485) • GD&T
• Engineering • LabVIEW
• Mechanical Engineering • WinLens (Optical Ray Tracing)
• Opto-mechanical & Optical • MS Office Tools
Engineering • Microsoft Project
• Systems Engineering • Microsoft Word/Excel/Power Point
Professional Experience
Product Development
• MicroDose Dry Powder Inhaler
• Mechanical design, plastic injection-molded parts.
• Hand-held, electro-mechanical, drug delivery device.
• Immunicon Celltracks Analyzer II (presently Veridex Celltracks Analyzer II)
• Opto-mechanical design, precision motion design.
• Medical Diagnostics Instrument. Cancer cell detection via fluorescence imaging.
• Orchid BioSceinces SNPStream UHT (later Beckman Coulter SNPStream UHT)
• Systems Engineering, Image Analysis, Opto-mechanical design, Precision motion design.
• High Throughput Genotyping via fluorescence imaging.
• Genetic Microsystems GMS 418 Array Reader (later Affymetrix 418 Array Reader)
• Opto-mechanical design, precision motion design.
• Genotyping via fluorescence imaging.
Engineering
• Mechanical and Opto-Mechanical Design
• Precision machine design, motion stages, optical assemblies, sheet metal design, plastic
injection-molded part design, vacuum-formed partdesign, casting design.
• Computer Simulation via CAD and FEA
• Optical Design
• Design of optics systems from commercially available components.
• Computer Simulation via Ray Tracing Software
• Systems Engineering
• Systems-level design of instruments comprised of mechanical, optical, electrical, and software
components.
Management
• Directed groups of mechanical engineers and prototype machinists.
• Managed projects with budgetary oversight.

2. Frank P. (Francisco) Modica
Emploment History
Research & Development Solid State Equipment Corp. Horsham PA 2010-Pres.
Semiconductor Capital Equipment Manufacturer
Mechanical Engineering Manager MicroDose Therapeutx Monmouth Jct. NJ 2009-2010
Medical Device Manufacturer-Dry Powder Inhalers
Engineering Manager Nutec Systems Lawrenceville NJ 2007-2009
Packaging/Printing Systems Manufacturer
Mechanical Engineering Manager Immunicon Corporation Huntingdon Val. PA 2003-2007
Medical Diagnostic Instrumentation-Cancer Detection
R&D Engineer Orchid BioSciences Princeton NJ 2000-2003
Medical Diagnostic Instrumentation-Genotyping
Principal Mechanical Engineer Genetic Microsystems Woburn MA 1998-2000
Medical Diagnostic Instrumentation-Genotyping
Senior Mechanical Engineer General Scanning Watertown MA 1994-1998
Semiconductor Capital Equipment Manufacturer
Laboratory Manager & Instructor University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell MA 1991-1994
Undergraduate Teaching and Graduate Research
Mechanical Engineer Skinner Engine Company Erie PA 1988-1991
Steam Turbine Manufacturer
Education
Bachelor of Science-Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electives Heat Transfer, Control Systems. Graduate Courses Gas Turbine Design, IC Engine Design
Graduate Coursework-Mechanical Engineering University of Massachusetts -Lowell
Graduate Courses in Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer
Certificate in Management (anticipated 2012) American Management Association
Accounting & Finance, Conflict Resolution
Certificate in Project Management (anticipated 2012) American Management Association
Project Management, Total Quality Management
Patents
Diagnostic Imaging Device for the Analysis of Circulating Rare Cells
World Intellectual Property Organization (International Patent), Pub No 2006/023563 A2
Image Cytometer
US Design Patent D601,051
Diagnostic Imaging Device for the Analysis of Circulating Rare Cells
US Patent 7,777,885
Methods and Algorithms for Cell Enumeration in a Low-Cost Cytometer
US Patent 7,764,821
Publications
Bell, Peter A.,….. Modica, Frank, ….“SNPstream UHT: Ultra-High Throughput SNP Genotyping for
Pharmacogenomics and Drug Discovery”, BioTechniques, Vol. 32, Pgs 70-77. June, 2002.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12083401
Rose, Stanley D., ……, Modica, Frank,…. “Novel Tools for Creating and Reading DNA Microarrays” , Lab
Automation ’99, Conference Proceedings, Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 1999.
http://labautomation.org/ConferencePDFs/LA99Book.pdf
Professional & Social Associations
• ASME-American Society of Mechanical Engineers • Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
• SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering • Einstein Alley Entreprenuers Collective
• MIT Club of Princeton & NYC
241 Varsity Avenue  Princeton, NJ 08540  (609) 647-8530  fpmodica@verizon.net
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