Team
Gerald E. Loeb, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Founding Partner
Gerald Loeb is a co-founder of SynTouch, a spin-off company from the Medical Device Development Facility of the University of Southern California, which Dr. Loeb directs as Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He is a coinventor of the BioTac technology among his 54 issued US patents covering many areas of neural engineering and prosthetics. As Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Loeb aims to provide strategic guidance to the company and mentoring to the partners and staff.
David E. Groves
Chief Operating Officer
David joined SynTouch in 2012 as the Chief Operating Officer. David brings more than 20 years of management and business development experience in the medical device, consulting and manufacturing fields. David received his MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business in 2002. In addition to operations supervision, he will be working with our expanding distribution network and strategic industry partners.
Jeremy A. Fishel, PhD
Director of Research, Founding Partner
Jeremy is a co-founder of SynTouch and has been the lead systems engineer on the development of the BioTac technology since the company's founding. In 2012 he received his PhD from the University of Southern California for his work on fluid-based tactile vibration sensing and the development of Bayesian exploration. As Director of Research, Jeremy works with our engineering team to advance SynTouch's core technology into applications of robotics and prosthetics.
Matthew Borzage
Head of Business Development, Founding Partner
Matt is a co-founder of SynTouch and had worked previously in engineering and sales positions in a medical device company. His graduate education in biomedical engineering has been important to understanding potential applications for the BioTac. As a co-founder of SynTouch Matt was also instrumental in developing the business framework for the company, negotiated for intellectual property, and lead a successful grant writing effort that funded both initial and ongoing development. As head of Business Development, Matt enjoys speaking with global leaders in robotics and prosthetics to discuss how biomimetic sensing can enable their key applications.
Chia-Hsien (Gary) Lin
Signal Processing Engineer
Gary Lin joined SynTouch in 2009 to develop the electronics and firmware for the BioTac. He has a double major in life science and chemistry as well as an electrical engineering background from the National Taiwan University. He is currenly pursuing a PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Southern California. Gary is responsible for the layout and design of all SynTouch electronics, the programming of the BioTac firmware and the development of support software. As a research scientist, Gary Lin aims to continue developing BioTac technology and novel algorithms of controlling grip in prosthetic and robotic applications.
Raymond A. Peck
Design Engineer
Ray Peck is a Research and Design Engineer at Syntouch LLC. Ray joined the Team in 2008 as an Industrial Design Consultant and became a full time member of the Team in October 2010. Ray has 20+ years of experience and expertise in the design and fabrication of innovative microelectrode arrays and advanced solutions in Electro Mechanical Design of Medical devices including an implantable Micro Pump, an RF neuromuscular stimulator, and Cochlear electrode arrays. In addition to assisting the team with Research and Design on special projects, Ray is primarily involved with supervising production and design of the BioTac.