Mr. Brooks joined the company in September 2004 as Vice President of Product Development and since January 2006 has served as Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Brooks has extensive management experience with cardiovascular medical instrumentation design and development, including serving as Engineering Manager for Siemens Medical Systems, Vice President of Product Development for Zargis Medical (a Siemens Start-up Venture) and Vice President of Operations for Boston Medical Technologies. Previously, Mr. Brooks designed instrumentation for Hewlett Packard�s Advanced Manufacturing Systems Operation Group. Mr. Brooks earned his BSEE and MSEE degrees in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University with an emphasis on analog VLSI design and Digital Signal Processing. |