Directors and Officers

 

Roger Neeland, PhD, Chairman and Treasurer

Roger is the Chief Technology Officer for the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator and the Colorado Homeland Defense Alliance. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and taught there for several years as a Professor of Astronautical Engineering.  He earned his MS from UCLA and his PhD from MIT.




 

 

Kirby Phillips, Vice Chairman

Kirby's background includes 19 years of experience in the design, manufacture and sale of alcohol testing equipment. He has marketing experience with law enforcement, medical, and community corrections. He founded and has successfully guided Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc., and Life Loc, Inc. through the start up, product development and manufacturing phases. Instruments provided by these companies provide nearly 50% of all alcohol tests taken in America on a daily basis. Kirby holds several alcohol testing-related patents.




 

   

Michael Wilcox, PhD, President

Mike is a research professor in the Biology Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dr. Wilcox is a world-renowned scientist with a BS in Psychology, MS in Biology, and PhD in BioPhysics, all from Purdue University. He is also the founder and CEO for Aqueous Biomedical, a startup company focused on developing bio-friendly implant technologies.

    

Scott Rea, MOT, OTR, Secretary

Scott is employed by Patterson Medical and is the owner of Edge Rehab and Wellness in Colorado Springs.  Scott earned his Masters of Occupational Therapy from Concordia University - Wisconsin and his MS in Exercise Physiology from the Ohio State University. His BS in Exercise and Health Science is from Alma College in Michigan.






 

Greg McGrew, ME, Director

Greg is an Instructor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. He works as a Usability Coordinator for Assistive Technology Partners, a program within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a rehabilitation engineer, with a BS in mechanical engineering and an ME in biomedical engineering. At ATP he leads the operation and development of an assistive technology product testing laboratory, which evaluates existing, new and emerging assistive technologies.







   

Tim Worrall, PhD, JD, Director
 
Tim is a partner in the Dorsey & Whitney patent group. He has a BS in Chemistry from The University of the South and a PhD in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he specialized in chip based diagnostics and biological mass spectrometry. After working as a patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office, he received his JD from The University of California School of Law, where he earned a certificate in intellectual property and was an editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.