Compumedics People
Compumedics people consists of highly skilled and qualified staff, including engineers, scientists and doctors. They are involved in all aspects of the business, from fundamental research and development, through to production, quality control, marketing, sales and management. Board of Directors | | | |  | Dr David BurtonExecutive Chairman David Burton, Ph.D., is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Compumedics. After establishment of Compumedics the company was listed on the ASX in 2000, and has been awarded 24 awards for design, innovation, business and exports including the Australian Exporter of the Year in 1998 and Small Business of the Year in 1999. Dr. Burton started his career at the Bureau of Meteorology, where he studied radar techniques and electronic equipment. He founded Linear Transfer Pty Ltd, which designed, manufactured and marketed high fidelity recording and sound equipment. He was awarded an Associate Diploma in Engineering (Electronics) by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. (Eng. Sc.) by Monash University, Melbourne (Australia). Dr. Burton’s engineering background includes the design and project management of the Compumedics’ first sleep laboratory and portable sleep systems. Dr. Burton has authored fifteen patents or patent applications that form part of Compumedics’ key intellectual property. Dr. Burton has served as an advisor for the Victorian Government as a member of the Council for Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Engineering (KISE), being the Victorian Government’s key advisory body on issues and policies focusing on science and innovation. Dr. Burton was presented the Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award in 2002 for his development of innovative sleep monitoring technology. He was awarded the 2003 Centenary Medal by the Prime Minister and Governor General of Australia for outstanding contribution to science and technology, particularly public science policy. In 2003 Dr. Burton was awarded the Ernst & Young Victorian Entrepreneur of the year award for technology, communications, E-commerce and life sciences. In 2007 Dr. Burton was inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame in recognition of manufacturing achievements and world-wide medical device exports. Dr. Burton served as a Victorian Government adviser as a Board member of the Design Victoria (2008-2011), was appointed to the Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE) committee in 2012 and in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession of Biomedical Engineering was awarded the 2012 David Dewhurst Award by Engineers Australia, College of Biomedical Engineers. |
| | |  | Mr Alan AndersonNon-Executive Director Mr. Anderson is a leading American attorney in the areas of commercial litigation, intellectual property and computer law. He has represented Compumedics for all legal matters in the USA since late 1998. Mr. Anderson completed his Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Political Science) at Coe College. He also holds a Master of Business Administration with Distinction, a Doctor in Law with Honours from Cornell University, and a Certificate in International Business and Commercial Law from the McGeorge School of Law (University of the Pacific). |
| |  | Professor Graham Mitchell AONon-Executive Director Professor Mitchell is recognized as one of Australia’s leading biological scientists. His expertise extends over a wide range of science and technology fields. He has a detailed knowledge of the academia and industry interface, has authored more than 350 publications, and received numerous awards for scientific achievement. In 1993, Professor Mitchell was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to science, in particular immunoparasitology. Professor Mitchell is a principal of Foursight Associates Pty Ltd., and Non-Executive Director of Antisense Therapeutics Limited, the Geoffrey Gardner Dairy Foundation and AVS Pty Ltd. He acts as a principal adviser to the Victorian Government through the Council for Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Engineering. He is joint Chief Scientist for the Department of Primary Industries. He is also a member of the World Health Organisation committee for special programs in tropical diseases. |
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Management |  | David BurtonExecutive Chairman, CEO |
|  | David Lawson Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary |
| |  | Warwick FreemanChief Technology Officer | .jpg "Gordon Ferguson 2") | Gordon FergusonQuality Manager | | 
| Christoph WitteGeneral Managing Director DWL Compumedics Germany GmbH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Medical Advisory BoardCompumedics has assembled a group of international medical practitioners and researchers to assist the Company in remaining at the forefront of medical diagnosis and patient monitoring. Members of the Advisory Board have been drawn from sleep, respiratory and cardiology areas. |  | Professor Jack ClausenB.Sc., M.D.
Chairman University of California (USA) Prof. Clausen has over two decades of experience in developing national and international standards for medical instrumentation. In addition to his clinical activities, he has been a collaborator in multi-disciplinary research projects involving disorders of respiration during sleep, pulmonary physiology, cardiology, anaesthesiology, emergency medicine and radiology. Prof. Clausen is currently Director, Pulmonary Function, ABG, Exercise and Sleep Disorders Laboratories, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California at San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California USA. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, USA. |
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 | Dr Yuji TakasakiB.Sc. M.D.
Nippon Medical School (Japan) In addition to a broad background in pulmonary diseases, Dr. Takasaki has been a leader in Japan regarding disorders of respiration during sleep for almost two decades. In 1993 he supervised the establishment of the Sleep-Related Respiratory Disorders Centre at Tokai University, one of the first specialized sleep laboratories in Japan.
Dr. Takasaki is Associate Professor at Nippon Medical School, Japan. |
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| |  | Dr. David Burton David Burton, Ph.D., is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Compumedics. After establishment of Compumedics the company was listed on the ASX in 2000, and has been awarded 24 awards for design, innovation, business and exports including the Australian Exporter of the Year in 1998 and Small Business of the Year in 1999. Dr. Burton started his career at the Bureau of Meteorology, where he studied radar techniques and electronic equipment. He founded Linear Transfer Pty Ltd, which designed, manufactured and marketed high fidelity recording and sound equipment. He was awarded an Associate Diploma in Engineering (Electronics) by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. (Eng. Sc.) by Monash University, Melbourne (Australia). Dr. Burton’s engineering background includes the design and project management of the Compumedics’ first sleep laboratory and portable sleep systems. Dr. Burton has authored fifteen patents or patent applications that form part of Compumedics’ key intellectual property. Dr. Burton has served as an advisor for the Victorian Government as a member of the Council for Knowledge, Innovation, Science and Engineering (KISE), being the Victorian Government’s key advisory body on issues and policies focusing on science and innovation. Dr. Burton was presented the Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award in 2002 for his development of innovative sleep monitoring technology. He was awarded the 2003 Centenary Medal by the Prime Minister and Governor General of Australia for outstanding contribution to science and technology, particularly public science policy. In 2003 Dr. Burton was awarded the Ernst & Young Victorian Entrepreneur of the year award for technology, communications, E-commerce and life sciences. In 2007 Dr. Burton was inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame in recognition of manufacturing achievements and world-wide medical device exports. Dr. Burton served as a Victorian Government adviser as a Board member of the Design Victoria (2008-2011), was appointed to the Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE) committee in 2012 and in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession of Biomedical Engineering was awarded the 2012 David Dewhurst Award by Engineers Australia, College of Biomedical Engineers. |
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