Paul Gardanier

Who is Paul Gardanier?

Paul W. Gardanier, Director of Quality Assurance at OptiMedica, has over twenty years

experience in Quality, Operations and Engineering for a number of

Silicon Valley electronic product companies. His diverse technology

experience includes the ophthalmic monitoring medical device,

explosive drug detection, engineering computer workstation, and

semiconductor industries. Mr. Gardanier has extensive management

experience in both startup and high growth manufacturing company

environments.

Prior to joining OptiMedica, Mr. Gardanier was a Systems Engineering

Manager at InVision Technologies, a manufacturer of Computer Tomography

(CT) based civilian aviation security equipment. Before that, he worked

in Quality and Manufacturing Engineering management positions at

LifeScan, a glucose monitoring device manufacturer, and at Silicon

Graphics in the area of high speed RISC-based visual computing systems.

Mr. Gardanier received a B.S. in Systems Engineering and a M.S. in

Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He is a

registered Professional Engineer in the State of California and is a

Senior Member in ASQ, RAPS, IIE and SME professional societies.