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Drew Jones, President and founder of Manta,
has extensive experience in designing and developing successful
products for a variety of manufacturers of consumer products,
sporting goods, business equipment and medical instrumentation.
His multi-disciplinary experience encompasses product design,
ergonomics and manufacturing.
Drew has been recognized with international design awards
from the IDSA’s annual Industrial Design Excellence
Awards and the Art Directors Club of Boston. His work has
been displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and
the Industrial Designers Society of America sponsored exhibition
“The New American Hero.”
Drew holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Design
from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA and has
traveled extensively throughout the world. He was born in
Malaysia and grew up in Southeast Asia, East Africa, the Middle
East and England.
Awards
2000 IDEA Bronze Award, SensAble Phantom Desktop
IDEA Bronze Award, Scooterbug Stroller
IDEA Bronze Award, Aqua Communications, Snakeye
1992 IDEA Gold Award, Spalding Airflex Baseball Glove
IDEA Silver Award, Rollerblade Metroblade
1986 Art Director’s Club of Boston, Merit Award,
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Betsy Goodrich, Vice President of Design,
has been involved in product development for the past twenty
years in both consulting and corporate design. Her experience
includes medical instrumentation, consumer products, sporting
goods, and business equipment.
Prior to Manta, Betsy worked as a consultant developing products
for Haemonetics, Plantronics, the Valleylab division of Pfzier
and Instrumentation Laboratory. She has extensive experience
with medical and consumer electronic products. Her work has
included user research and product testing for international
markets.
Betsy is very active with the Industrial Designers Society
of America (IDSA). She currently serves on the IDSA Committee
on Environmental Concerns (CES) and is editor of the CES newsletter
“Green Perspectives”. She has previously held
the offices of Director at Large, Boston Chapter Chair and
been on IDSA’s Board of Directors.
Betsy has a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Design
from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Awards
2000 Bronze Award, Scooterbug Stroller
IDEA Bronze Award, Aqua Communications, Snakeye
1994 IDEA Silver Award, baby monitor for Gerry Baby Products,
IDEA
Bronze Awards, Cellsaver 5 for Haemonetics and Valleylab /
Pfzier
Laparoscopic Surgical Handset
1992 Bronze Bean Award, IDSA Boston Chapter award for leadership
and contribution to the local design community,
1988 IDEA Merit Award, Phoenix Blood Gas Analyzer for
Instrumentation Laboratory
Rich Miller, Vice President of Engineering,
has over twenty years of experience in the design, development
and manufacturing of a wide variety of medical, consumer and
industrial products. His experience includes the management
of mechanical, electrical and software engineering, leadership
of product development and technology research, manufacturing
engineering, regulatory agency compliance, intellectual property
and documentation control.
Prior to joining Manta, Rich was Vice President of Engineering
for Thermo IEC, a Thermo Electron business that manufactures
microprocessor controlled, electromechanical laboratory centrifuges
and accessories for medical, research and industrial applications.
Previously, Rich worked as a consultant, where he led the
development of a wide range of medical, dental, consumer and
industrial products for client companies including Johnson
& Johnson, Pfizer, Haemonetics, Millipore, Bard, Herman
Miller, bioMerieux and Black and Decker. Rich also worked
for ACT Medical, a manufacturer of disposable and reusable
medical devices for endoscopy, cardiology, urology, laparoscopy
and radiology.
Rich holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees
in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. He has won several Business Week Best Product
Design of the Year Awards, is the holder of US and International
patents, and has published in a variety of scientific journals.
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