Laura Lindemann is the biomedical engineering industry relations specialist at Marquette. In this role she supports the College of Engineering co-op and internship program, performs career advisement for students, and assists professionals with student recruiting. She is also the lead instructor for the College’s Professional Development Course. Laura has been serving Marquette in her current role since 2006.

Laura’s career began as a co-op for Marquette Medical Systems in the cardiology division. She assisted in the development of non-invasive diagnostic medical devices. After she completed her co-op she interned for GE Healthcare in their MRI division. She also worked as an electrocardiograph technician for St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee. After graduation, Laura moved on to a role as an embedded software designer for GE Healthcare’s non-invasive cardiology division. She was promoted to an applications team lead position and then moved on to assist with in-hospital system and device beta testing for the cardiology clinical applications team.

Laura earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in 2000.

David Frazee has been Vice President of Digital Systems Technology in 3M’s Digital Oral Care business since 2009. He leads the global R&D organization developing technology for dental office and laboratory product lines in the growing digital dentistry industry.

David came to 3M in 2005 as the Technical Director of the global Software, Electronic & Mechanical Systems (SEMS) Research Laboratory in St. Paul, MN. In 1999, he joined Vital Images, Inc., a 3D medical visualization company, as the Vice President of Engineering. He started his career in 1982 at GE Medical Systems in the CT systems business as a software developer for CT image reconstruction and 3D and holds two patents for 3D software systems. While at GE, he led CT new technology development for next generation CT systems and was Engineering Program Manager for the GE premium CT product segment. In 1994, David led the GE Global Software Applications organization, developing software for the CT/MR/XR modalities.

David earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University in 1982 and his Master of Science in EE/Computer Science from Marquette University in 1985.

John Barry has been part of the Systems Engineering group at Fenwal, Inc. since 2007. In this role, he has been heavily involved in leading and managing new product development for Fenwal’s automated apheresis product lines. John’s expertise includes: requirements development and management, medical device safety risk assessment, algorithm development, and system integration. John’s research has lead to multiple patent filings. In addition, John is responsible for the management of the Fenwal System Engineering co-op program.

Prior to starting his career with Fenwal, Inc., John started in the medical device industry as an intern at Abbott Laboratories in 2002, followed with co-oping at Baxter Healthcare. In 2005, he joined Baxter Healthcare as a systems engineer in the Transfusion Therapies division. In 2006, he began managing the co-op program at Baxter, and continued the program at Fenwal in 2007. John has personally mentored 13 co-op students in the systems group, as well as, expanding the program to other groups at Fenwal.

John earned his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in 2005.

Tom Szumanski is a currently a biomedical engineer working with ZOLL Medical where he develops patient monitoring and resuscitation devices for the military, air medical, and (EMS) emergency medical services environments. His product development experience ranges from requirements development, electrical design, and system level testing as well as support of products from production to the field.

Tom is currently the co-op and internship coordinator for ZOLL Medical where he serves to recruit and mentor new engineers.

Tom received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University.