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Patrick W. Truitt Jr. 
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`224 Lineberger Dr 
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`Mooresville NC 28117 
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`ptruitt2018@outlook.com 
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`Cell: 412‐596‐2031 
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`EMPLOYMENT HISTORY  
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`Truitt LLC 
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`November 2018‐present 
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`Owner Chief Engineer 
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`Engineering consulting company mainly focused in medical device design. Also have clients in racing 
`field such as NASCAR and Formula 1 for Computational Fluid Dynamics consulting on aerodynamic 
`design.  
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`TTI Floor Care North America 
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`February 2015‐November 2018 
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`Engineering Manager of R&D and IoT 
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` Led and worked with a team of cross functional engineers to develop multiple POC vacuum robots for 
`mass retail distribution. Work heavily with teams in Taipei Taiwan, Shenzhen and Suzhou China.  
`Developed state of the art vacuum sensor with IoT capabilities. Developed entire TTI cloud 
`infrastructure on AWS to run cloud controlled robots as well as managed all APP development for iOS 
`and Android. Managed development of 7 Lithium battery products to form a network off products that 
`operate from one battery platform. Lead team of engineers in the Advanced Development group (R&D) 
`for multiple projects key to strategic growth of the company. 
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` Sr. R&D Scientist, Engineer 
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`March 2014‐February 2015 
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`Was tasked with building a working proof of concept robot vacuum cleaner in less than 100 days and to 
`exhibit the working model to the Global CEO/President of TTI.  Completed project in less than 100 days 
`and project was moved into production. Added key IP inventions to company portfolio and are currently 
`being filed by TTI.  
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`Fisher & Paykel Ex. 2002, Page 1 of 5
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`Fisher & Paykel Ex. 2002
`ResMed v. Fisher & Paykel
`IPR2019-00179
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`Sigenix 
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`2013‐present 
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`Lead Consultant Mechanical Engineering and Medical Device Design 
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`Work on various medical projects for venture capital start up and various Doctors in the Pittsburgh PA 
`area.  Work is mostly mechanical engineering doing 3D CAD designs and do it completely on the side 
`during non‐business hours.  
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`Bayer Health Care  
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`February 2013‐December 2013 
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`Principal Mechanical Engineer  
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`Lead engineer on particulate filter design (25 micron) for single patient medical disposable, in addition 
`mechanical engineering representative for converting packaging from sterile barrier to sterile fluid path 
`for syringe disposables.  
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` 
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`Vocollect (Honeywell) 
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`April 2009 to December 2012  
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`Lead Mechanical Engineer, MTS IV  
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` 
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`Technical Lead on the T1 Vocollect voice enabled wearable computer for warehouse logistics. Vocollect 
`wearable computers are designed to operate in harsh environments from ‐30C to +50 C; units must also 
`be IP67 and withstand multiple drops from 6ft to concrete.  
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`Considered by peers as the lead technical advisor on all injection mold part designs and FEA analysis for 
`NPD and sustaining projects.  
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`Responsibilities include all management of mechanical aspects of new product development projects 
`including detailed design, analysis, prototyping and documentation.  
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`Fisher & Paykel Ex. 2002, Page 2 of 5
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`Starr Life Sciences Corp.  
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`October 2006 to February 2009  
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`Electro‐Mechanical Project Engineer (New Product Development)  
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`Lead the full design verification of a Pulse Oximeter for Animals trade named MouseOx™ Rev 3,4 and 5 
`product line.  
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`Lead a new product development project to commercialize an implantable sensor for the MouseOx™ 
`which included interfacing with researchers at the University of Wisconsin, National Institute of Health 
`and Case Western Reserve University. Responsibilities encompassed all aspects of product development 
`from concept feasibility through product release including documentation, design testing and validation.  
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`Renal Solutions Inc (Fresenius Medical)  
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`May 2005 to October 2006  
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`Lead Mechanical Engineer (NPD)  
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`Lead mechanical engineer on project to design and build a kidney dialysis machine for home use. The 
`kidney dialysis machine consisted of Sorbent technology and Patented disposable blood pump and many 
`peristaltic stepper motor driven pumps.  
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`Design included pneumatics, sheet metal, machining, castings and injection molded parts. As lead ME, 
`responsible for over 300 parts and assembly drawings on project and over 1,000 parts required to 
`assemble the machine.  
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`Design team used Pro Engineer Wildfire 3.0 with Intralink software.  
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`FEA simulations performed using ANSYS.  
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`Respironics Inc. (Philips) 
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`February 1996 to May 2005  
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`Senior Mechanical Engineer (NPD)  
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`Lead mechanical engineer on several new product development projects. Projects consisted of high 
`volume medical devices for consumer and hospital use. Specifically designed: High speed fan blades for 
`CPAP and Ventilators, fluid sensors, air flow valves, patient interface devices and the plastics associated 
`housings.  
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`Responsible for all aspects of mechanical design for new product development including overseeing 
`designers, technicians and document control personal.  
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`Fisher & Paykel Ex. 2002, Page 3 of 5
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`Performed detailed part analysis using such tools as FEA in disciplines of stress, modal and CFD, also 
`geometric dimensioning and tolerance stack up.  
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`Headed the acoustical research for product development:  
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`Implemented 16.8 dBA background anechoic chamber with state of the art test equipment for 
`development of new quite product lines to meet customer needs.  
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`L.V.R. Inc.  
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`January 1994 to February 1996  
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`Refractory Sales Engineer  
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`Estimated and designed refractory installation projects for the Power, Cement, and Steel making 
`industries. Oversaw on sight installations and maintained a customer portfolio covering three states. 
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`United States Navy  
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`August 1988 to August 1992 Nuclear Operator Mechanical Plant  
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`Selected as staff instructor, responsible for operating a 100 Mega Watt nuclear reactor for purposes of 
`training students to operate fleet nuclear reactors.  
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`EDUCATION  
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`2015 DoD Cyber hacking‐Security school Sec+ certified  
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`2000 Bridgewater University  
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`BSME Mechanical Engineering, minor in Electrical Engineering 
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`1993‐1994 Allegheny Community College, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania  
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`A.S. Environmental Science Technologies  
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`1988‐1992 United States Navy: Naval Nuclear Power School, Orlando, Florida  
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`Naval Nuclear Prototype School Ballston Spa, New York.  
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`Graduated top 3 in class of 2000, naval and DOE certification in Nuclear Engineering, mechanical plant.  
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`Mechanical Operators License for Nuclear Power Plant issued by D.O.E.  
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`Computer Proficient in all window applications, MathCad, MatLab, SAP, ORACLE, Pro‐Engineer Creo 2  
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`PDM Link, ANSYS 15.0, Fluent CFD,B&K Pulse System and LabView  
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`Fisher & Paykel Ex. 2002, Page 4 of 5
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`U.S Patents 26 US Patents issued or applications filed: 
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`US6269811B1 
`US6581596B1 
`US6622724B1 
`US6644311B1 
`US6968842B1 
`US7134434B2 
`US20070044799A1 
`US20060283450A1 
`US20090149727A1 
`US6915705B1 
`US7448382B1 
`US7975688B1 
`US20080168948A1 
`US20070132117A1 
`US20070157928A1 
`US6431170B1 
`US20120028080A1 
`US20100145170A1 
`US20120038515A1 
`US20160121054A1 
`US20170273526A1 
`US20170000305A1 
`CA2611603A1 
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`Societies American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) member since 1998.  
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`Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) member since 2000  
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`Fisher & Paykel Ex. 2002, Page 5 of 5
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