THE TEAM: Unicorn Technical Services

Unicorn Technical Services Principals:

Niel heads up the team effort, bringing 30 years of mechanical systems design experience, including the development and commercialization of medical devices and other life critical systems, while working in both commercial and governmental sectors. He has exceptionally strong "hands-on" skills in machine and mechanism design, tool design, plastic molding, composites, fabrication practices and procedures, design for assembly, kinematics, and dynamic analysis/modeling. Additional skills include the efficient use of CAD, system development and analysis, project management, and TQM.

Steve Kilgore is the founder and president of Kilgore Industries, a developer and manufacturer of sophisticated manufacturing control systems.

Mel brings to our team 40-plus years of experience in the aerospace and nuclear industries. He is a materials engineer with technical expertise in systems assessment, materials and processes development, manufacturing and process troubleshooting, failure analysis, welding, nondestructive inspection and quality assurance. In addition to his technical expertise he has extensive experience in program management and business development. He has more than 15 years' experience in international business development and management.

Richard is a proven innovator and developer of advanced industrial projects. He has extensive experience in developing products that cross disciplinary fields such as optical improvement, software system and application methodology, ultra high speed photography and imagery, holography, image enhancement, and applied chemistry. Richard is the technical co-founder of the laser-based film-less theater projector, the "Magic Lantern."

Dennis is our procurement specialist. His expertise is in engineering review and manufacturability testing. He helps us identify vendors in the U.S. and internationally, and is able to bring your products to the marketplace efficiently and at lower cost.

Larry has a background of 25 years as an Engineer Specialist and Electro-Mechanical Designer, with expertise in small and large scale product design, development, and manufacturing in the commercial, medical, and defense industries.

Mike is a highly skilled administrator with over 25 years managing engineering, operations, and sales. A successful project manager with a history of delivering ahead of schedule and under budget, he's experienced with global business development as well as international sales and service. Also skilled at developing effective and profitable marketing and business plans, Mike is a collegial motivator with a hands-on approach to team management.

Curtis has 14 years of professional experience, with strong education in plastics and mechanical engineering. He's a Certified Professional Technologist with ASTTBC, with exceptional problem-solving skills and a strong technical aptitude. Highly skilled as a 3D CAD operator with 10 years of SolidWorks experience, Curtis offers proven effectiveness in coordination and teamwork, and specializes in electro-mechanical design, injection molded part design, design for assembly, and design for manufacturing.

Leo has 25 years' experience in designing medical instrumentation, patient monitors, and patient simulators. An Embedded Systems (Software/Firmware) and Electronics Engineer, he offers expertise in speed-optimized, real-time, interrupt-driven software (C and Assembly), along with low-noise, high-precision analog circuit design, including hi-res data acquisition. His other skills include microprocessor and digital circuit design, rapid-prototyping, concurrent engineering, and design-for-manufacturability -- in commercial and OEM environments. Leo is experienced in full product life-cycle, from concept to tech support.

Gordon brings to the team 30 years of computer and electronic systems design experience. He specializes in both embedded and large systems design and interfacing, integrating both software and hardware. He has lead projects including analog and digital circuits, A/D and D/A conversion, backplane, bus, and network systems, digital and analog switching systems, FPGAs, signal processing, image processing, pattern recognition, and CAD system development. His interests include artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic research. He has special expertise in low noise circuit design and layout, surge protection design, and layout and design for minimization of RF interference.