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| Jennifer
French |
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Injured
but active, Jennifer
French acquired
her C6-7 incomplete spinal cord
injury in 1998. Prior to her injury,
she was recreationally active with
such sports as canoeing, snowboarding/skiing,
sailing, fly fishing, biking, and
scuba diving. Since her injury,
she continues to participate in
all those activities. She is an
active user of an FES system and
is the first woman to receive the
implanted Stand and Transfer system.
Now residing in St. Petersburg,
Florida, Jen is a member of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics, as well as racing
locally and around the world. French
has helped launch successful divisions
is such organizations as Bombardier
Capital and PC Connection, Inc.
With an MBA and her experiences
with the disability community,
she co-founded this organization
and serves as the President and
Treasurer. |
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| Mary Buckett |
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Mary
Buckett is the
media coordinator for the Cleveland
FES Center. The mission of the Center
is to develop technology that improves
the quality of life of individuals
with disabilities through the use
of Functional Electrical Stimulation
and enabling the transfer of the
technology into clinical deployment.
Previously Buckett provided support
to the FES Information Center by
reviewing medical journal articles
for inclusion in the information
database. Currently, Mrs. Buckett
serves as the President of the FES
Institute, a non-profit corporation. |
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| James Cavuoto |
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James is the founder
of Micro Publishing Press, Inc.,
a Torrance, CA-based publishing
company that helped pioneer the
market for electronic publishing,
digital imaging, and computer graphics.
After serving during the 1980s
as a consultant to both Apple Computer
and Xerox Corp. in their efforts
to bring desktop publishing products
to market, James launched three
magazines, two newsletters, a trade
paperback imprint, and several
market research reports in the
industry. Mirco Publishing Press'
publications were sold to Cygnus
Publishing in 1998. James holds
a degree in biomedical engineering
from Case Western Reserve University,
where he studied under pioneers
in the new field of functional
electrical stimulation. He has
studied human factors engineering
at University of Southern California
in Los Angeles and spent three
years as a member of the technical
staff at Hughes Aircraft Company
in Los Angeles, where he worked
on simulation, training, and publication
products produced for the U.S.
Department of Defense. James is
the author of eight books on computer
graphics, electronic publishing,
and digital imaging. He is a member
of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society. He serves
as the Vice President of Neurotech
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| Brian Kovach |
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Brian
Kovach was a
happy-go-lucky twenty-something construction
worker who became paralyzed at the
C4-5 level in 1993 after drinking
and driving. After finishing the
standard rehabilitation, he enrolled
at Kent State University Trumbull
branch and earned a bachelor of science
in mechanical engineering technology
in the spring of 2000. Prior to receiving
his FES hand-grasp system, Brian
wore a brace on his right hand and
could write and eat. After watching
someone pick up papers and a cup
with one hand, he was sold on the
system and glad to get rid of that
ugly brace. “Most people do
not realize that I am using the system”.
Brian didn’t stop with one
system; he also received and actively
uses the FES bladder control system,
Vocare. This system provided him
with the means to independently take
care of his bladder throughout the
day without having to rely on the
services of somebody else. Because
he is an engineer Brian is fascinated
with all of the technology and research
and is, therefore, able to provide
valuable insights from the perspective
of a user of neurotechnology devices. |
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| Jack Gardner:
Advisor to the Board |
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Past Executive Director
of the Integrated Spinal Injury Research
Foundation (INSPIRE), a charity funding
medical/electronic research to aid
persons in the United Kingdom who
have sustained spinal cord injuries.
Jack raised an annual income of over
$320,000 including the funding for
12 FES implants. In this role, he
also collaborated with European medical
teams to organize training sessions
and conferences. As past Vice President
of Corporate Development for two
U.S. engineering firms, Jack has
an eye for potential new business
and brings vision for the future.
As Executive Vice President for Pacer
Systems, Inc., he expanded the Company’s
systems engineering business base
on the East Coast and initiated new
business with the Canadian Military
- command and control specifications,
developed training manuals and operational
procedures. Jack is a retired career
officer with the Royal Air Force,
(Rank of Major) Specialist Navigator
(U.K) and Trials Officer for the
U.S. Navy. He commanded Trials Units
for new military aircraft systems
in the U.K. & U.S.A. with operational
experience in UK, Europe, Middle
East, Far East, Australia, Central
America & the United States of
America. He also graduated from numerous
Military Schools, Royal Air Force
Colleges & the SCMP - Harvard
Graduate School of Business. |
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