Management Team
Richard Thompson - President and CEO
Thompson was a co-founder and past president of LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson Company, and is a former board member of TheraSense, the two most innovative companies in blood glucose monitoring in the last 25 years.In addition, Thompson was chairman, president and CEO of Aradigm, a specialty pharmaceuticals company pursuing pulmonary delivery of drugs. He currently serves on the board of directors of Intuity Medical and LipoSonix, Inc.
Shonn Hendee, PhD - Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Hendee joined Luminous from InLight Solutions, where he was actively involved with the development of the technology platform licensed by Luminous. He has a PhD in biomedical engineering and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. Hendee has extensive program experience via the defense industry and has authored twelve patents.
Ries Robinson, MD - VP Advanced Development
Dr. Robinson founded InLight Solutions and continues to serve as Chairman of the Board. He also serves as a director for four spin-out companies created by InLight Solutions: VeraLight, Luminous Medical, TruTouch Technologies and Lumidigm. Prior to joining Luminous Medical, Ries was Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Research for InLight Solutions. He initiated research into noninvasive blood chemistry monitoring in collaboration with Dr. R. Philip Eaton of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM-SOM) and Dr. David Haaland, of Sandia in 1988. Since that time, Dr. Robinson has led research efforts in this field, and has co-authored several comprehensive US patents and patent applications to which InLight Solutions now holds exclusive rights. Dr. Robinson has authored several peer-reviewed technical articles, received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the New Mexico Inventor of the Year Program in 1992, and was named the New Mexico Inventor of the Year in 1994.
William R. Patterson, Ph.D. - Vice President, Research & Development
Dr. Patterson has 15 years of medical device experience and 5 years of academic protein engineering experience. He has worked in R&D positions of increasing responsibility for companies such as Baxter Healthcare, TherOx, Micro Therapeutics, and ev3. Dr. Patterson has over 30 issued and pending US patents; and has developed many commercial medical devices used in the treatment of cardiovascular and neurovascular disease.
Jim Macemon - Vice President, Operations
Macemon has more than 30 years experience in medical instrumentation development and has held senior positions for such companies as Baxter Healthcare, Richardson-Vicks, and SpaceLabs Medical. Macemon was Vice President of R&D at VIA Medical, a company that successfully commercialized a revolutionary point-of-care blood glucose and blood gas patient monitor.
David McMahon - Product Director
McMahon has over 13 years of experience in developing and commercializing innovative medical devices. Prior to joining Luminous, he was Director of Marketing at Alaris Medical Systems, a Cardinal Health company, developing IV infusion safety products. He also held senior marketing positions at Applied Medical, Inc., a developer of laparoscopic and cardiovascular surgical devices.