What was your major at Trinity and would you recommend it to current students?
I was a Engineering major and yes I would recommend to any students because it is one of the best programs offered by a liberal arts college, and it prepares you well for your future career, whether you go into business, technology or in the medical arena.

Could you give us a brief description of what you do here?
I am the director of Biomedical engineering. We do a number of things here. Through our medical equipment management program, we support over 15000 thousands medical devices ranging from ventilators, medical razors, cardiology machines and sorts of machines. We also do a lot of research and development.

Can you give me an example of how Trinity prepared you to do the job you are doing today?
The rigor of the undergraduates courses, learning to work in team, to work on new technologies, to push research beyond the common boundaries and just learning how to learn. Trinity helped me with all those things.

When did you know that this is what you wanted to do with your career?
Probably sophomore year at Trinity. I came into college with a lot of interest in Math and sciences so I took those courses. I was really fortunate to meet a professor in the Engineering department, Roy Davis, who is no longer with Trinity. I had the opportunity to work with him and he taught me a lot about the discipline. From then on, I became very interested in the business.

Are there any major trends affecting the medical engineering field?
I think the whole trend of information and communication explosion is greatly impacting our field as devices all become web enabled.

Could you bring us through a typical day if you have one?
I don’t have a typical day and that’s what I like about the job. I work with a variety people here at Hartford Hospital and we also support hospitals, so on any given day I can be working with the CEO to the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, doctors, nurses, and technicians.  I work with pretty much everyone in the healthcare system and I do a lot of different things. I also work with a number of interns, both college students and graduates students and even some high school students to assist us with some of the research and development we do here in the hospital.

Could you describe an aspect of your job that makes you happy and makes all the hard work worthwhile?
I like seeing the connection to the patients, how the new technology is helping patients in ways that were not possible a few years ago. Working with very innovative people and all this new technology also keeps me very happy.

What is your least favorite aspect about your job?
I don’t like the slowness of the bureaucracies this business comes with.

How do you stay current in your field? Do you take classes still?
You have to attend national conferences and read all the major journals dealing with the field. Networking and talking to people are also very important.

Do you have any entry-level position or internship positions available within Hartford Hospital?
There are a lot of internships and we have a volunteer office that helps interested people with that. We in Bio Medical have had a lot of internships available over the years.

What do you think a Trinity student looking for a job can do to distinguish himself from other students out there?
I think the fact that Trinity is located in a city is very important. There are many organizations and companies students can take advantage of to get internships and some experience. I think it’s nice to be able to bring those experiences into the job market.

Do you have any last words of advice for students graduating and about to enter the real world?
Don’t get hung up on whatever your particular major was. The most important thing is learning how to learn, learning how to communicate both in written and orally, how to use technology, not that you have to be a programmer, but to be computer savvy. Coming from Trinity, you shouldn’t have many problems because it provides students with a great foundation. Unlike our parents’ generation when people had a career, in our generation, you have to keep reinventing yourself because of technology.