Project Engineer for the Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO) project — technology acquired from the Eye Research Institute in Boston.
Hired to help company complete their first Autorefractor, but was immediately advanced to take laboratory technology they had purchased and develop a new product - the Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope.
My skills and drive became apparent, soon, and I was reassigned to the Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO) project to bring it to the marketplace, as well.
Coopervision Diagnostics (San Diego, CA) 1982 — 1985 Senior Engineer • Hired to aid firm in completion of first autorefractor, coordinating all software development, optics and electronics applications, and necessary documentation • Assigned to the integration of newly - acquired technology into a new product line called the scanning
laser ophthalmoscope (SLO), a project encompassing design, tooling / manufacturing requirement estimation, marketing strategies, software testing, issue troubleshooting, and management reporting • Held responsibility for problem resolution duties within mechanical engineering, software, marketing, and electronics groups • Supervised the team in development of three generations of product prior to its sale to Rodenstock in Germany
Professional Experience Fourward Technologies, Inc. (Gallatin, MO) 1998 — Present President and Chief Technologist • Lead organization created to incorporate all technology derived from prior Stanford Research Institute consulting project, supervising the DPI through four generations of product, and over 80 units in 15 years, as the new standard for eye movement research worldwide • Hold responsibility for the successful design, manufacturing, and maintenance of the Dual - Purkinje - Image Eyetracker as well as the maintenance of the Rodenstock Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope • Provide relevant guidance, technical direction, and support to product upgrades, system support, and peripheral development • Utilize analog and optical design experience to derive critical documents and establish standardized manufacturing procedures for custom - built equipment from complicated design and development information • Determine all testing procedures, designate material and other vendors, and specify quality assurance standards • Supervise all related business administration and operational tasks as needed
Responsible for the design, manufacture, and maintenance of the highly technical Dual - Purkinje - Image Eyetracker and maintenance of the Rodenstock Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope worldwide.
I was also responsible for the upgrade and maintenance of the Rodenstock Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope worldwide.
Joined Coopervision in 1982 to bring the Scanning
Laser Ophthalmoscope to market.
Goldring discovered through her doctor, a scanning
laser ophthalmoscope.