Ion Mocanu

About the team: CardioMedive is an innovative developer of multi-purpose, low-cost and easy-of-use Hospital@Home proprietary medical device, providing a unique end-to-end platform solution for chronic cardio-pulmonary disease management and continuum care at scale.

Roles and Responsibilities: Product management of all lifecycle of product development from vision, ideation, pain and business needs translation into technical requirements for building, design, develop high innovative patented device, concept and method of multi-role modular medical which allows into a single device, capability usually served by several distinct devices.

Additional responsibilities include managing and leading the team for product development in the mobile, cloud, and web development. I was also responsible for engaging the team in design thinking to develop a more customer-friendly and accessible product.

• Leading multidisciplinary R&D teams, product spec definitions with clear understanding of all DFX and DFM process required, wide experience with bio-compatible materials, conductive printed ink, skin adhesives, batteries and patient safety overalls.
• Led and deeply involved into end-to end, clinical-grade, biosensors development from concept to benchtop to product integration – optical, PPG, bio-impedance, vibro-acoustic, thermal and IMU sensors.
• Designed disposable skin patch for multi-week wearing on patient skin 14-21 days without causing skin injuries, irritation or itching, by selecting medical grade bio-compatibles materials according to ISO 10993. Building and conducting performance test and skin sensitization on patients and selecting the best adhesives and substrate materials.
• Led and deeply involved into mechanical design.
• Design innovative optic PPG sensor capable to adjust automatically for different perfusion indexes from different anatomically places like Chest, Arm or Wrist.
• Design from scratch new PPG sensor for chest location where is known that blood vessels are narrower and deeper.
• Designing Ultra-low power hardware architecture, achieving outstanding results.
• Design proprietary efficient file system capable for storing multi-signal types, easy to parse and decode them, but very efficient from memory point of view for staring raw data.
• Implement all patient safety requirements, software and hardware, skin max current leakage, battery safety, defibrillator protection on electrodes, EMI/EMC etc.
• Rapid prototyping Electronics and plastic cases with high fidelity printed technologies or CNC.
• Identification of patentable innovation, FTO screening (30k of patents) and writing patents and patents searches. Excellent understanding of market and its competitors, their technologies and capabilities and how to improve products and keep leading market.
• Building project plans and budgets.
• Maintained P&L and shouldered corporate fiscal responsibility.
• Devised and presented business plans and forecasts to board of investors or for grant submissions.
• Identified Reimbursed codes and strategies for hospital workflow integrations.
• Communication skills including team training, public speaking and media relations.
• Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
• Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
• Updated business processes, products and team makeups to generate more business opportunities and cater to audience needs.
• Established foundational processes for business operations.
• Collaborated with legal, accounting and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.
• Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve product offerings.

Key Technologies:

• Software: C/C++, Zephyr OS, Python, MATLAB, Android, Java, C#, React, NodeJS, JavaScript, Amazon Web Services including Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 and others.
• Hardware: Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, RFID, 4D image resolution multi-tracking Radars 24Ghz and 70Ghz, HDI PCB, Low EMI Noises and shielding for GPS on board.
• Sensors: ECG, EEG, EMG, vibro-acoustic, BioZ, blood pressure both techniques PWA (pulse wave amplitude) and PWTT (pulse wave transit time), PPG (optical), Video Sensors visible and IR spectrum, multi-wavelet spectrometry sensors, Co2, O2, SpO2, GSR, IMU (motion, ambient pressure, temperature and humidity.
• Medical standards: ISO13845, ISO62304, IEC/EN 60601-1, IEC/EN 60601-2, IEC/EN 60601-1-11, IEC/EN 60601-2-47, IEC/EN 62133, UN38.4, MDR 2017/745, SpO2 performance per ISO 80601-2-61, Usability IEC 60601-1-6, Non-invasive Blood Pressure IEC 80601-2-30, ETSI EN 303645 Cybersecurity Standard for Consumer IoT Devices, Risk management according to ISO14971, CE marking.

About the team: Falcon Electronics address wide automotive solutions range with advanced driving assistance systems and on-board computer connectivity solutions for vehicles, while adhering to strict OEM demands. General vision includes successfully meeting current automotive industry requirements, quickly integrating emerging technologies, and strategically expanding the in-house R&D Department by making an impactful and continuous investment. Offering services to major car players like Dacia, Renault, Ford and Iveco.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Established strategic goals for broad-scale research through acquisition of appropriate funding and program support.
• Work across teams to coordinate, prioritize, and communicate product roadmap.
• Partner with executive leadership to create cohesive experience across our product and our brand identity.
• Advance strong point of view, supported by customer insights, design principles, and industry trends.
• Designed and delivered trainings and presentations to institutional staff and supported research program development.
• Established connections with liaisons to industrial and commercial stakeholders, allowing industry trends to inform research and vice versa.
• Build new department from ground when company decided to dive into automotive ADAS business.
• Developed new generation of high performance car speed enforcement solution for Law Enforcement Police. System requires military grade day/night optical system&videocamera and 4D radar module with NVIDIA Xavier processor. Main challenges were high performance optics to read automatically license plate number from at least 200m day or
  night in the same time to be compact enough to be placed inside car on dashboard.
• Car electronic mirror with OEM and aftermarket requirements for car manufacturers like Renault, Dacia, Ford, Iveco. Electronic eMirror to replace standard rear-view mirror, based on rear
  camera, display and image sensor processor. Automotive specs product designed to pass all required performance and safety certification and standard.

Key Technologies: ADAS, Linux, Dual OS Linux &ThreadX, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Stack, SIG certifications, C/C++, C#, Image Dewarping, Lens Correction, Android, iOS, GIT, Ford SmartLink for car integrations.

Roles and responsibilities: Developing and architecting next-generation camera features, integrate and maintain them for the entire life cycle of the product, work with the hardware engineering team to review schematics and support the quality-assurance teams for preparing the test-scenarios. Support mechanical team do design plastic case in accordance with, UI requirements and feedbacks, thermal consideration, mechanical fixturing in the car taking in consideration passenger safety standards of OEM car industry. Perform pre-certification EMI/EMC test, ESD test, vibration and thermal test. Implement EMI debugging techniques with Spectrometer to discover EMI noises on PCB to mitigate them or implement shielding techniques to assure passing of product final certifications or GPS required minimum SNR to work in most weather conditions. Developing tools and fixture for high volume production, automating testing of Bluetooth, WI-FI, GPS with GPS one/multi constellation or channel simulator. Power and Bring-Up hardware prototypes. Implement in house optical lab for video-sensor fine tuning of color, saturation, HDR. Implementing Dewarping and Lens correction models for optical Lens based on lens datasheets. Write and review team code accordingly to MISRA and automotive standards.

Successful Projects:

• Car dashboard video camera with OEM and aftermarket requirements for big car manufacturers. Developing Dashboard camera for car safety and event trip recording. All device was developed from scratch based on client requirements and main core chosen solution was Ambarella ISP. All research and development done in house, even video sensor color fine tuning, Lens correction and dewarping. One challenge was ultra-low power parking mode required to consume bellow 100uA.
• Front View Camera, Rear View Camera and 360 cameras for parking assistance. Developing front parking assistance camera integrated with car infotainment system, developed models and simulation for generation of dynamic guided lines for each car customized to car sizes and wheel brake angles. Acted as technical team leader with hands on all parts in projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.

Key Technologies: ADAS, Linux, Dual OS Linux &ThreadX, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Stack, SIG certifications, C/C++, C#, Image Dewarping, Lens Correction, Android, iOS, GIT, Ford SmartLink for car integrations.

Role and Responsibilities: Developed native as well as cross platform mobile SDKs and applications for Android Mobile. Gather all requirements from all stakeholders, design development plan, architecture, develop, test and deploy on Google Play mobile application. Performed code reviews for other team members. Ported native iOS application objectiveC code to Android.

• Translated product requirements & user stories or epics into detailed technical specifications.
• Developed unit and integrations tests to ensure optimal code coverage.
• Translated Virtual design's UI/UX team in to actual implementation.
• Run betta tester campaigns.
• Developed native libraries or integrated third-party APIs.
• Successfully deployed Ford DashCam with more than10k+ downloads and 4.6 stars which is th eonly Dashcam in the market with Synk3 car integration voice commands, Renault DashCam(4k+ downloads), Renault UltraCam(1k+ downloads), Dacia DashCam, app. OEM Mobile applications which connects to car dashcam trough Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
• LinkR Mobile, Omega SMS. Mobile application for control remotely car access, engine start/off, car security trough push notifications or SMS.
• Designed Bluetooth communication library SDK from scratch implementing strategy paths to solve issues with various Problematic Bluetooth stacks on specific Android Phones known or reported with problematic connection.
• Maintained released applications.

Key Technologies: Android Native (Java/Kotlin), Dependency injection, MVVM, MVC, MVP, AIDL, Databinding, Android Architecture Components, Builder, Unit Testing, JetPack, Firebase, GIT, BitBucket, Gradle, Maven, SonarQube, Jenkins, automated CI/CD pipelines, RESTful/GraphQL APIs and WebSockets, Bluetooth, GPS or Wi-Fi services.,

Role and Responsibilities:

• Develop, test and debug firmware for state-of-the art embedded systems.
• Engineered software components for automation hardware such as PIC, LPC or STM32 microcontrollers and sensors.
• Collaborated with software, firmware and hardware engineers to develop complete embedded solutions.
• Performed high-level coding in various programming languages.
• Modified existing code to replace problematic functions with optimized content.
• Implemented wireless communication protocols (BLE, Wi-Fi, etc.) .
• Participated in IOT (Internet of Things) development, specializing in V2V.
• Adopted object-oriented development methodologies such as polymorphism and inheritance.
• Designed embedded hardware, firmware and interfaces used in Automotive industry.
• Debugged software at rudimentary signal level, analyzing performance and diagnosing faults.
• Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs, and enhancements.
• Tested functional compliance of company products. Contribute to automated regression test suite .
• Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
• Write and maintain project documentation.
• Do PCB bring-up, testing, debugging and solving complex multi-disciplinary issues.
• Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
• Write communication protocol and drivers for various MCUs and peripherals.
• Work closely with hardware, software and mechanical teams to fulfill project requirements.
• Implement in embedded Bluetooth library test to support SIG Alliance certification.
• Certificate product to Bluetooth SIG Alliance with PCT dongle and submit generated encrypted hash file.
• Design and simulate RF Bluetooth antenna in 2.4Ghz band for in-car counting at engine chamber with lot of metal disturbance factors.

Successful Projects:

• Developing car arm system based on ultrasonic sensors based on diffraction working principles. Simulation various diffraction fans and sizes, validate then in anechoic chamber and choose best performer by printing prototypes and revalidate in real environment. Device in production and installed on dealer lines.
• Developing also car intrusion detection system based on radar principle 6Ghz and 24Ghz.
• Developing OBD reader connected with App via Bluetooth which allows installers to configure some car parameters from mobile app, awarded at CES international al exhibition and highly innovative product.
• Develop Human voice sintethisator and speaker capable of 120dB sound output for advanced car alarm with pre-recorded voice messages to play them when car is aggressed, similar to Tesla car feature.

Key Technologies: C/C++, SPI, UART, I2C, USB, CAN, LIN, SW, RTOS, Bare Metal, FreeRTOS, Zephyr OS, ARM, CMSIS, Keil, CMake, GIT, Bluetooth, SVN, ANSYS HFSS, CST.

Role and Responsibilities

• Development of digital Hearing Aids
• Configuring and maintenance of digital Hearing Aids

Role and Responsibilities:

• Digital Hearing Aid
  • Developing from scratch digital hearing Aid for patients with hearing loss. Making transition from old primary analogues products to new digital one, of all product range from behind-the-ear (BTE), in-the-ear (ITE), receiver-in-the-ear (RITE), in-the-canal (ITC), Completely in the canal (CIC).
• Experimental PoC project for in mouth on dental bone conduction system.
  • Development of electronic device for bone conduction from mouth attached to dental. Miniaturization of vibro-sensors for bone conduction and electronic parts, designing mechanical part to be attached to teeth and waterproofing.
• Collaborated with software, firmware and hardware engineers to develop complete embedded solutions.
• Design hardware audio drivers to drive electro-magneticaly bone conduction actuators.

Key Technologies:

C/C++, Altium, Git, SolidWorks.

Role and Responsibilities

• Software engineering infield of national defense.
• Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.
• Conducted research to test and analyze feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components, and systems.
• Performed preventative maintenance to keep tools and equipment functional.
• Developed planning criteria for integrating and enabling new technologies.
• Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
• Captured technical schematics for use in project planning and execution.