Mr. Sturdevant founded Virtec Enterprises in 1997 as a supplier of product development resources. He has nineteen years of professional experience and has been lead engineer on a multitude of product development projects including: differential pressure transmitter, fiber optic vortex shedding flowmeter, counterbalanced operating table leg lift, portable oxygen concentrator, urological pressure sensor, seismically qualified uninterruptible power supply, expanding polymer motor, and programmable controller packaging.

As President of Virtec, Mr. Sturdevant has attracted business from small to mid-size companies that have a need for highly innovative product development expertise.  Virtec is currently working on diverse projects, from a disposable suction device for EMT use to an inflatable trade show booth.

Mr. Kaigler has more than 17 years experience in product management, business development, project management, engineering, and marketing in the business to business technology and medical device manufacturing industries.  During his career, he successfully launched more than a dozen new products, was awarded more than ten patents for his innovations and served as marketing manager for corporate oxygen products. 

Most recently Bill has served as Vice President of Product Management for Moai Technologies Inc., Founder & GM of yourhomeHEALTH.com and Director of New Ventures, Respironics Inc.  He has a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University.

Mr. Schindler has over 17 years of professional electronic engineering experience. Bob is a Six Sigma Certified Green Belt, Black Belt trained. He is experienced with DFM, DFSS, DMAIC and Design of Experiments. Bob is very experienced with solving EMI/RFI problems and designing to control EMI/RFI. Bob offers experience in C++ and assembly language for embedded controllers by Motorola, Microchip, Atmel, and Intel as well as Visual Basic for the PC.

He has led product development projects for companies such as GE, Rockwell Automation and Scott Fetzer. Bob has been awarded patents for his innovations in the development of  LED lighting products and power electronics. Many of his designs are currently in use in the medical, industrial controls, lighting and consumer markets.

Mr. Clerkin has fourteen years of professional experience. He has led the development of process measuring instruments and hydraulic and pneumatic valve devices.  This includes developing a series of coriolis mass flowmeters, vibration sensors, a flue gas analyzer, pneumatic solenoid valves, bistable solenoids, flow regulators, and velocity fuses.  In addition to designing these devices, he has specified, designed, and built manufacturing equipment to allow cost effective production of these devices.  He has both aerospace and medical device background, including regulatory reviews.

David Barath, BSEE, MBA

Mr. Barath has over 25 years of experience in the Automotive, Computer, Aviation, Medical, and Semiconductor industries. He has extensive experience in product development, engineering management, and product marketing. David has participated in new successful business startups including marketing and sales management. He has developed diverse products including: hand-held MS-DOS computer, medical modem, low cost PC-based hardware and software development system, automotive engine management system, commercial avionics instrumentation.

Bob Johnson, AASME

Mr. Johnson has over 10 years of computer aided product design experience as well as 6 years of college level teaching of the subject.  Bob has accumulated over 10,000 hours of designing with Pro/Engineer and has taught design with Pro/E in Hong Kong.  He has worked extensively in the field of rapid prototyping and rapid tooling.  Bob served as Senior Designer, Design Manager and currently specializes in product design and development, photorealistic imaging and animation.