Reality Medical Simulators Team

Thomas Delattre, Managing Partner
A proven sales and marketing executive with strong strategic and management skills focused on net profit. A creative and disciplined leader able to direct high volume domestic and international sales through strong management, meticulous planning, extensive professional relationships and effective communication.

David Carson, President & Design Engineer
David's technical and managerial skills have been refined and tested resulting in successful production launches that span an array of diverse market/product sectors. David has more than 25 years professional advanced design and hands-on development experience in a number of disciplines and is degreed in Mechanical Design Technology. The range, quantity and quality of part, assembly and new product designs produced at his direction speak for themselves. A common thread and note of distinction is his relentless perseverance to bring each concept to fruition with honesty and integrity.

Michael C. Romeo, Chief Scientist
A 45 yr research & design veteran and former NASA scientist, whose career path extends from Aberdeen Proving grounds and NASA, to Johns Hopkins University. Michael is a "brain child" whose career path has successfully developed products that span virtually every discipline from space propulsion to cellular science. Career highlights include invention of a Cellular Bioreactor (used to Incubate T Lymphocytes extracted from cancer patients), invented braille-cell technoloy (used worldwide in the blindness industry), pioneered computer hardware/software to digitize and record patient and procedural data during open heart surgery, developed hardware to collect data from an array of solid state alpha particle detectors (detectors surgically implanted around patients stomach to measure blood flow), pioneered development of hardware and computer software to analyze data from cellular mitachondria experiments.

Raymond Beja, Director of Research and Development
Ray has 40 years+ experience in advanced engineering management and has unsurpassed discipline in electronic component and electromechanical production documentation. He has held prominent positions as R & D Project Manager and Engineering Manager with several prominent electronic component manufactures, such as ITT Semiconductors, Solitron Semiconductors, Kertron, Video Research and RCA to name a few. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics degree, his design talents encompass electronic circuitry, mechanical design, and software development.

Steve White, Medical Markets Advisor
Mr. White has led organizations and consulted with start-up companies in the Research, Development, Clinical Evaluation and Commercialization of numerous Medical Device Technologies spanning 20 years of life enhancing product introductions. Some of the Devices he has directly supported through Product Lifecycle stages include Ventricular Assist Devices, Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Access Devices, Laparoscopic Devices, Gastroenterology Devices, Hemodialysis Devices and Dental Implants. Throughout his career, Mr. White has developed cross-functional organizations and systems to collaboratively deliver leading device technologies with Medical Professionals world wide. He has created, implemented and managed numerous Design Control Systems, Design Teams, and Product Development systems for small Enterprises and Major Companies. Mr. White has a BS in Chemical Engineering and MBA in International Business Management and currently resides in West Palm Beach, Florida.

James Hilliard, General Manager
Advanced CAD Designer of 7 years at Drafting Designs and certified ISO internal auditor. James has developed an array of new products from initial concepts that are in production or in service worldwide.

Brett Djuren, Project Manager
CAD Technician and project support champion at Drafting Designs. Brett has rapidly advanced his 3D design capabilities and provided reliable project support and advanced 3D modeling capabilities.

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EXECUTIVE SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Maintained exceptional profitability selling into key retail channels including minor independents, regional chains, and major mass merchants.
  • Owned and “drove” a $100 million independent sales agency with over 20 employees, representing over 35 major manufacturers.
  • Developed sales programs for numerous outdoor manufacturers that dramatically increased revenue, margins and market share.
  • Strategically analyzed multiple channels and developed short and long term sales plans to better penetrate and control key channels.
  • Generated increased profit by innovating new consumer brands, products and improved retail experiences.
  • Used analysis to identify business and market opportunities and created intellectual properties to maximize those opportunities.
  • Developed and managed promotional programs and events that stimulated sales and delivered measurable results.
EXPERIENCE
1981-1991 Outdoor Sports Headquarters
Started in territory sales with what was at the time the largest distributor of shooting sports and fishing tackle products in the United States. Was soon promoted into sales management, and by the end of my employment there was the Fall Goods Merchandise Manager responsible for the acquisition of over $120 million in outdoor sporting products inventory.

1991-2004 Jones and Company, Inc.
Recruited by Jones and Company, a manufacturer representative agency, to learn the business and eventually buy the company. During my ownership, the agency’s roster of outdoor sporting goods manufacturers grew exponentially to make Jones and Company one of the industry’s preeminent sales agencies. After 12 years of steady growth with a staff of 19 sales representatives and 3 home office staffers, the agency was sold to two key employees.

2005- Retired at age 46

2007- Bored with retirement. Consulted for manufacturers, marketing groups and distribution companies specializing in the outdoor sporting goods industry. Started a new product development and marketing company innovating and building new branded products and delivering them “turn key” to established manufacturers and new distribution channels.

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BIOGRAPICAL SUMMARY
David learned machining and manufacturing techniques at a young age from his father a US Navy trained tool and die maker and Turbine Engine refurbishment Forman, who owned and operated a machine shop called Carson Tool & Die, Inc. Throughout his adolescence and teenage years David worked side by side his father and was ultimately able to create complex parts and tools while maintaining the accurate tolerances.

In 1988 David was awarded a Specialized Technology Degree Mechanical Drafting and Design in Allentown, Pennsylvania where he served as class treasurer. After graduation David was immediately hired by Eastern Engineering Associates, Inc., (EEA) and worked proficiently as a draftsman providing detailed shop drawings for chassis and brake systems for Mack Trucks.

David was soon recruited by a specialized prototype company and began to build, develop and draft, prototypes for an enormous range of prototype and production products for such companies as Motorola, IBM and Beckman Coulter. Here he learned soft tool mold design, refined his machining skills, and learned the very latest prototype and production processes first hand. David noticed that quality engineering drawings were often the key to a projects success and he then realized there was a great need for accurate documentation drawings on the production floor as well as on the bidding table.

David Carson's Product Launch Experence

Products “in space”
  • 100 G impact resistant high-speed digital cameras used on NASA space shuttle fleet
    • Also used in popular "Time-Warp" TV series
Products “in the air”
  • 16G rated Corporate Jet seat product line (all test certified)
  • Cockpit Ice Detection equipment
  • Turbine engine components
  • High-performance exhaust systems
  • High-performance winglets
Products “on the ground”
  • Omni directional vehicle product line
  • Industrial equipment controllers
  • Braille computer produt line
  • GPS equipment military
  • GPS equipment golf
  • GPS equipment animal tracking
  • Golf ball extractor
  • Golf training equipment
  • Golf ball sorting equipment
  • Solar lighting product line
  • Micro film viewer
  • High impact window product line
  • Internet E-commerce Kiosk product line
  • Swarovski Mall display product line
  • Modular banking stations
  • Modular “supercomputer” rack-mount system
  • Fertilization equipment
  • Construction enhancement products
  • Material handling and dust collection systems
  • Ultra-high pressure coatings removal equipment
  • Ultra-high pressure road/runway stripe removal equipment
  • Ozone production air-water purification equipment
  • Sport Mouth Guards
  • Golf training and convenience products
  • Automated packaging equipment
  • Commercial/industrial filtration tanks and systems
Products “on the battlefield”
  • Controlled Explosive Rebar Cutter System
  • Large Caliber Naval Artillery Gun barrel electro-plating machine & fixtures
  • Satellite phones
  • Armored vehicle body/chasis and components
  • Special Forces Knives custom Karmbit product line
    • Also seen in Hollywood movies
Products “at home”
  • Child proof electrical safety devices
  • Pool safety equipment
  • Shrimp deveiner devices
  • Modular Gazebo
  • Modular Sauna
  • Fluid dispensing systems
  • Laptop computer equipment
  • Beverage opening devices
  • Modular closet systems
  • Portable pre-filled water containers
  • Lavatory components
  • Coating industry innovation
  • Picture hanging device
  • 120+ Standing Custom Homes
Products “at the office”
  • Computer & monitor enclosures
  • Active braille computer system enclosures
Products “in medical offices”
  • Laser eye surgery equipment
  • Range of motion therapy equipment
  • MRI enhancement products
  • Orthopedic instrumentation
  • Examination tables
  • Paper dispensers
  • CPAP sleep apnea equipment
  • Hemoglobin testing equipment
  • Orthodontic instrumentation
Products “in the car”
  • Child Car Seat assembly equipment
  • Safety equipment
  • Digital video crash testing equipment
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BIOGRAPICAL SUMMARY
Michael has 45 years experience in research and development. His background includes, designing destruct systems for the solid rocket boosters for NASA during the Apollo Space Program, designing lasers and optical targeting systems for Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and 20 years experience designing and manufacturing NoteTakers, Printers, and Computers for the blind for Blazie Engineering, Inc. While at Blazie, he designed the first palmtop for the blind, and the first commercial portable Braille printer for the blind, recognized world wide as the “Romeo Brailler”. His design talents encompass electronic circuitry, mechanical design, hydraulic systems, and the field of optics. He is self taught in all these disciplines and has received several awards for his accomplishments, including the “Golden Key Award” from the National Federation of the Blind. Michael has also conducted advanced level medical research at Johns Hopkins University and Cellco, Inc.

Michael Romeo’s Scientific Experience
  • Bendix Aerospace / NASA (Technician) Complex 39 Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center building.
    • Electronic Technician and Draftsman for the APOLLO Space program.
  • United States Army, USA. (Fixed Station Technical Controller)
    • 18 months training in Electronic Communication technology at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey
    • 1 month training in VF Multiplex repair at Keesler AFB.
    • 2 years as Fixed Station Communication Controller at Bang Pla, Thailand.
  • Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland. (Engineering Consultant) Tandem Linear Accelerator facility.
    • Designed Solid State control for Particle Beam Steering system.
  • ElectroRent, Rockville, Maryland. (Calibration Technician)
    • Repair and Calibration of Electronic and Physical Laboratory Instruments.
  • Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland. (Software Consultant) Chemical systems division
    • Designed Computer Software to analyze data from Hydrogen Flame Emission Spectrometers.
  • Thiokol Corporation, Elkton, Maryland. (Software Consultant)
    • Designed test system for Self Destruct mechanism used on the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.
  • Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland. (Engineering Consultant)
    • Designed Laser Targeting system for Mobile 155mm Howitzer.
  • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC. (Software Consultant)
    • Designed Computer Software to analyze Micrometeorology data from San Nicholas Island Experiments.
  • Cellco, Inc., Kensington, Maryland. (Engineering Consultant)
    • Designed special Cellular Bioreactor used to Incubate T Lymphocytes extracted from Cancer Patients.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. (Consulting Engineer for various research projects over 4 year period).
    • Pilot project for department of Anesthesiology. Computer hardware and Software to Digitize and record Patient and Procedural data during Open Heart Surgery.
  • Department of Gastroenterology. Designed hardware to collect data from an array of solid state Alpha Particle Detectors. Detectors surgically implanted around patient’s stomach to measure blood flow.
    • Department of Biochemistry. Designed hardware and computer software to analyze data from Cellular Mitochondria experiments.
  • Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, Maryland. (Consulting Engineer)
    • Designed computer software to analyze data from Marine Thermal sensors.
  • Maryland Computer Services, Belair, Maryland. (Design Engineer)
    • Hardware design of talking desk top Computer for the Blind.
    • Designed portable talking keyboard for the Speech Impaired.
    • Production of first Computer driven Braille Printing Machine "The Cranmer modified Perkins Brailler". Original design by Dr. Tim Cranmer National Federation of the Blind.
  • Enabling Technology, Stuart, Florida. (Design Engineer)
    • Designed Worlds first commercial portable Braille printing machine for the Blind "The Romeo Brailler".
    • Electronic design of portable high production Braille printer "The Book Maker".
  • Blazie Engineering, Forest Hill, Maryland. (Chief Scientist)
    • Design of "The Braille Blazer". A More affordable personal Braille printer for the Blind.
    • Design of second generation "The Braille and Speak". A palm top Computer for the Blind. This product has Braille keyboard input and speech output.
    • Designed "The Type and Speak". A lap top computer for the blind with full "qwerty" keyboard input and speech output.
    • Designed "The Braille Lite". A palm top computer for the blind with Braille keyboard input and both speech and 18 character refreshable Braille display output.
    • Designed "The Braille Lite 40". A palmtop Computer with Braille keyboard input and both speech and 40 character refreshable Braille display output.
    • 6 months researching the properties and application of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy. In pursuit of actuator for refreshable Braille display.
  • National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland.
    • Awarded "Golden Key Award" in 1999 for my achievements in the Blindness industry.
  • Advanced Science and Technology, Stuart, Florida. (Chief Scientist)
    • Hardware design of portable GPS based aid for Golfers.
    • Mechanical and Electronic design of Orthopedic CPM Therapy machine.
    • Mechanical and Electronic design of specialized automatic assembly machine.
    • Electronic design of Solar powered CCFL lamp controller.
      • Features; (PWM charger, Constant light output, HV GFIC circuit).
    • Electronic design of Solar powered High Pressure Sodium lamp controller.
      • Features; (PWM charger, constant power to lamp, instant re-strike).
    • Mechanical design of robotic undercarriage for Home Land Security.
      • Features; (RF remote control, selection of Tracks or Omni Wheels).
    • Electronic design of Solid State Bilge Pump controller.
      • Features; (Detects oil and will not pump it overboard).
    • Electronic and Mechanical design of solid state Anemometer / Wind direction indicator. Features; (No moving parts).
    • Design a line of custom multiple drill heads for use in the Aluminum fabrication industry.
    • Design custom optics for high intensity white LED area light.
    • Design custom electronic driver for solar powered LED area light.
    • Design Grid powered driver for LED area light.
      • Features; (80VAC to 270VAC, PFC corrected).