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Paul Diaz, MSEE | ||
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PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS | ||
| 2002 - Present | Co-founder and manager of Luxarcare LLC, and Aesculight LLC - American based (Seattle, WA, USA) surgical CO2 laser service and manufacturing companies with over 3,600 customers and growing | |
| 1998 - 2001 | R&D Manager for industrial and medical CO2 laser systems at Luxar/ESC/Lumenis, Seattle, WA, USA. | |
| 1987 - 97 | Co-founder of Luxar Corporation. Served as Director of Engineering from founding until it was sold to ESC Medical Systems, Yokneam, Israel. | |
| 1985 - 87 | Developer of high power medical CO2 lasers systems at Laakmann Electro-Optics, Xanar, and Coherent Medical (all in California, USA). | |
| 1980 - 85 | Developer of state-of-the-art focusing electronics for diagnostic ultrasound systems at Johnson & Johnson Ultrasound, Denver, CO, USA. | |
| 1978 - 80 | Developer of ultrasound systems for detection of minute cracks in large structures such as off-shore oil drilling platforms and automobile parts at Endevco Corporation (Becton-Dickenson), San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA. | |
| 1972 - 78 | Developer of servo control systems for commercial and military aircraft at Bertea Corporation (Parker-Hannifan), Irvine, CA, USA and at Feinmechanische Werke Mainz GmbH, Mainz, Germany. | |
EDUCATION | ||
| 1983 - 85 | MSEE in Electronics | Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| 1967 - 72 | BSEE in Electronics | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA |
PATENTS P. Vitruk, P. Diaz, et. al, "RF excited gas laser", US Patent 7,145,926 P. Vitruk, P. Diaz, "Flexible hollow waveguide...", US Patent 7,079,739 P Diaz, et. al. "Ultrasonic Diagnostic...", US Patent 4,534,221 | ||