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Intertech Names Medical Device Veteran Head of Systems Engineering
Barrett Joins After 19 Years of Experience at Baxter International
| Source: Intertech
NORWOOD, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 19, 2007 --Intertech Engineering Associates Inc.,
medical-device consultants and engineers, has hired Robert Barrett as its
director of systems engineering.
Barrett, who will be based in the Chicago area, previously held the same
position at Baxter International's Medication Delivery Division, leading
its systems engineering group for software-driven medical devices.
During his nineteen years at Baxter, he held a variety of engineering
management positions and gained extensive experience leading
cross-functional teams to move medical products from concept to market
release. He is expert in product safety, risk analysis, system-design
verification and validation, system integration and testing, compliance
engineering, and system architecture.
"Bob worked with Intertech as a client for more than 15 years, and with
that successful, strong relationship, we should be even more successful
working together for our other clients," said Intertech president David A.
Vogel, Ph.D.
Barrett won the Baxter Annual Outstanding Technical Contribution Award in
2005 for the development of a new PCA infusion pump and in 1995 for his
work on an ambulatory infusion pump.
He holds an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management and
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology from Southern
Illinois University.
Barrett lives in Vernon Hills, Ill.
Intertech Engineering Associates, Inc. (www.inea.com) provides hardware and
software development, requirements and quality engineering, product
validation services, training and consulting for medical device
manufacturers.