Mr. Medina’s expertise is in system development, requirements engineering, model-based methods, human factors, quality engineering, and risk management.
Mr. Medina is a senior instructor Caltech’s MBSE corporate and government client programs, including Northrop Grumman, Bell Flight, AeroVironment, Precision Optical, NOBLIS, and John Deere. He is also responsible for teaching in Caltech’s open-enrollment MBSE fundamentals for industry professionals.
As a principal in SE Design, Mr. Medina focuses his consulting practice on the implementation of MBSE and SE methods, including skills training for a variety of client organizations, where he regularly advises on skills and capability development for emerging and advanced practitioner teams alike.
As a practicing engineer in industry, he held roles in systems engineering and quality engineering for precision medical devices with Medtronic (fmr Covidien), Terumo BCT, and JustRight Surgical. His experience in product development spans automated stem cell growth, patient monitoring, pulse oximetry, blood collections, electro-surgery, and therapeutics.
Mr. Medina holds 12 patents for medical devices and has another six patent applications pending approval. Prior to designing medical devices, he led the creative development team for Zed, Inc, where he served as chief engineer.
Mr. Medina regularly contributes to INCOSE chapters and conferences where he provides tutorials and adoption workshops. He has a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Denver.