Fred Borgenicht earned the B.S. degree in engineering from Trinity College in 1979 and the M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  He began his career at Hewlett Packard Medical in 1981, and remained after the company’s restructuring into Agilent, subsequently sold to Philips. He has worked on a wide range of medical products including developing algorithms for the early detection of arrhythmias, cardiac catheter lab monitoring equipment, intensive care monitoring equipment, and currently defibrillators. Mr. Borgenicht has also held a number of positions within research and development, ranging from individual contributor, to senior technical lead, to systems engineer and project manager. He is currently a senior technical lead in the manufacturing organization of Philips Medical.