BIO Mark Rosen – Founder and Principal, Corex Design Group Inc.

22 years experience in the field of plastics, rubber, and rigid thermoset product design, engineering, vendor support and program management.

Background

Masters of Science in Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts. Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1986

Formed Corex Design Group Inc. in 1988 to provide plastics product design, engineering, vendor sourcing and training services.

A well known authority on plastics product design, engineering and design optimization.

Authored a 18 month series "Filling Analyst" in Injection Molding Magazine, 1995-1996

More than 20 years experience in plastics product design, tooling and processing and product failure analysis and plastics mold filling analysis.

Multiple awards and patents in product design for medical and consumer products.

During 20 years have worked on well over 1000 mold filling analysis projects on parts ranging as large as Volvo Truck Grills to as small as Hewlett Packard electrical micro connectors.

Developed and taught training classes for more than 100 companies on subjects of Mold Filling Analysis and Product Design

North American Distributor of Rapra Ltd. Fillcalc Software, 1998-2001 (Rapra Ltd. exited software business in 2001). Provided sales, marketing and training for North American Market. Became top sales producer of world distributors.

Awards

• Medical Design Magazine

  Silver Medal – Datascope Netguard Patient Monitoring System, 2008

• IDSA, Industrial Design Society of America

  Bronze Medal - Datascope Netguard Patient Monitoring System, 2008

  Gold Medal – Medical Head Restraint System for Laerdal Medical Corporation*

  Bronze Medal – Inflatable CPR Device for Leardal Medical Corporation*
  (*In partnership with Machineart Industrial Design)

Authored 6 patents for work in the field of Medical and Consumer Products

Expertise Includes:

Design and engineering services in thermoplastics, rigid themosets and rubber materials.

• Product design and optimization
• Project management

Plastics product design, tooling and processing

Failure Analysis of existing design, tooling and molding problems

Vendor selection and tooling support

Material selection

Mold Filling, Cooling and Warpage analysis

• Thermoplastics, Rigid Themoset and Rubber materials

More than 20 years experience working with broad range of clients ranging from OEM’s, Mold makers, Processors, Material Companies and Product Design Groups