Darrin Uecker brings more than 15 years of medical device experience to Gynesonics with a core expertise in high technology medical device product development. Previously Mr. Uecker was the Executive Vice President of R&D, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs and Operations at Conceptus Inc., a publicly held women's health care company. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Chief Technology Officer of RITA Medical Systems where he was responsible for R&D, operations, and business development functions. RITA was a publicly traded oncology device company specializing in radiofrequency ablation of solid tumors and was acquired in 2007 by AngioDynamics Inc. Prior to RITA Mr. Uecker served in roles of increasing responsibility with Computer Motion Inc., a pioneer in surgical robotic systems. He was Chief Technology Officer when the company was acquired by Intuitive Surgical Inc. in 2003.

Mr. Uecker has extensive experience in product development, R&D, operations and business development in a variety of medical device markets. He is a named inventor on 51 U.S. patents and has led the development and launch of more than a dozen medical devices during his career.

He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Jordan has more than 24 years of manufacturing and operations experience in the regulated environment of both the DOD and medical industry with more than 20 years exclusively working with Medical Systems and Devices including many successful product launches, fundraisings, and mergers. Expertise includes all aspects of corporate definition, Strategic Planning and leadership as it applies to medical capital equipment as well as disposable medical devices design, development, manufacturing and deployment. Jordan is a multiple patent holder on many medical device technologies. Previous positions include: President and COO of Polymorfix, General Manager of ev3 Sunnyvale, VP of Operations of Appriva Medical, Senior Director of Operations at LocalMed, Inc., Surgical Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Coherent Medical, Inc., and Member of Technical Staff (Physics) at Hughes Aircraft Company.

Jordan is a graduate of the University of California at Davis with a B.S. in Applied Physics.

Diane has served in senior management of medical device regulatory affairs for more than ten years. Previously, she was the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs with Alara, Inc. in Fremont, CA. Before joining Gynesonics, her experience covered FDA collaboration, pre-market submissions, clinical studies, compliance planning, and European regulatory requirements in the fields of digital imaging, bone densitometry, and light-based cosmetic therapy. She also has more than fifteen years of experience in the development and management of quality systems in FDA regulated industries.

Diane is Regulatory Affairs Certified by the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society and holds Quality Manager Certification from the American Society for Quality. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with distinction from the University of Rochester.

Mike has been in the field of medical devices since 1987.

Before joining Gynesonics, Mike spent 14 years in the field of Ultrasound at Acuson/Siemens. There he held a variety of positions, including individual contributor, functional and project manager. He contributed to all of Acuson’s platforms from the 128 to the Sequoia platform. After Acuson, he joined Optiscan as Director of Software and Electronics. Opticsan was a startup which was developing a non-invasive blood glucose monitor for home use by diabetics. Mike was promoted to VP of Engineering while at Optiscan. He was instrumental in defining and realizing several generations of the spectrometer prototypes made by Optiscan. Mike has several patents in glucose measurement.

Mike earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He received AB and MD degrees from the University of Chicago, and earned an MBA with a concentration in management information systems from Drexel University. David is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After postgraduate medical training in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Albert Einstein Medical Center, David completed a fellowship in pelvic surgery at Graduate Hospital. He also served as an attending physician at Pennsylvania Hospital, where he held faculty appointments at both Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Pennsylvania.
A laparoscopic surgeon with a special interest in providing alternatives to hysterectomy, David has been a faculty member at several conferences organized by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and is an expert reviewer for the journals Obstetrics and Gynecology and The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. Prior to joining Gynesonics, David served as Chief Medical Officer at MedCases and VP, Medical Director at SciFluent, where he combined his clinical and information technology backgrounds to develop innovative continuing medical education programs for the Web.