Consultant for Electron Beam Sterilization

Technical Consultant #1700

Evaluate products for feasibility of electron beam sterilization, including materials compatibility, dose distribution and process efficiency.
Determine electron beam equipment requirements - power, energy and other.
Estimate dose distributions and perform detailed studies of max/min ratios.
Provide capital and operating cost estimates and prepare or review capital investment schedules and business plans.
Prepare and evaluate equipment tender documents with potential suppliers.
Provide facility design concepts supported by Monte Carlo based shielding analyses.
Prepare licensing applications and make presentations to licensing bodies including defense of applications.
Analyze staff requirements for operating a sterilization plant and provide radiation safety training.
Irradiation advisement for a wide variety of foods, grains, plastics, waste streams, cellulosics, gemstones and other materials.
Expert witness in U.S. trial related to medical accelerator injury claim.
Specific areas of electron beam expertise include the following:
- Electron-beam sterilization.
- Food irradiation.
- Industrial sterilization.
- Ionizing radiation.
- Irradiation.
- Irradiation sterilization.
- Medical device irradiation sterilization.
- Sterilization engineering.
- Sterilization processing technology.
- Terminal sterilization.

Undisclosed Company, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Principal Partner, 1998 - Present

Founding partner of an independent consulting firm.
Advised major medical device manufacturers on the specification and supplier list for suitable electron beam equipment.
Developed and patented a self shielded concept for production line electron beam sterilization.

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1969 - 1998

General Manager Accelerator Business Unit, Electron Beam Accelerator Marketing

Made technical sales presentations to clients and potential clients for electron beam equipment.
Prepared information for clients to use with national and state regulatory bodies.
Prepared public relations literature and marketing brochures and presented talks to regional development organizations.
Prepared competitive analyses of the various electron beam accelerators and with Et-O and Cobalt -60 alternatives.
Prepared sales offers and detailed cost/ price analyses.
Analyzed market potentials and competitor activities.
Prepared a database of world industrial electron beam installations.
Prepared marketing documentation including application notes, brochures and organized trade show activities.

Accelerator Development

Established a user friendly specification for IMPELA 10 MeV 60 kW Electron Accelerator operator interface.

Business Development

Prepared detailed business models and proposals for multi-use radiation processing businesses in North America and U.K., the Irish Development Board and Welsh Development Authority.
Provided seminars on electron beam for: The Parenteral Drug Association, General Foods, The King Abdul Azzis Science Center - Saudi Arabia and he Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture.

Product Manager, 1982 - 1985

Directed the redesign and upgrade of the Theratron Cobalt Teletherapy product line and revised pricing and sales of Cobalt 60 teletherapy sources.

Manager Marketing Services, 1979 - 1982

Supervised a team of four specialists providing technical support to sales covering electron accelerator and cobalt teletherapy, X-ray simulation of radiation treatment and computerized calculation of dose distributions.
Represented the Company on ISO and AAMI standards committees.

Project Manager, 1972 - 1979

Directed the design, and development and established the basis for manufacturing of the Therac 6 electron accelerator cancer teletherapy unit and lead the prototype clinical installation.
This machine was the first to embody full computer monitoring and control of operation.
40 units went into service and in 2000, almost all were still in clinical use.

Various Projects: Conducted in United Kingdom and Canada, 1969 - 1972

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