OPTIMUM TECHNOLOGIES - Key Persons
Mr. Chinnock commercializes technologies that use light to diagnose and treat disease. He has been involved with scores of medical devices and laboratory instruments that sense, image, irradiate, or analyze organs, tissues, or body fluids. Recent examples include an ophthalmic instrument for measuring refractive error of the eye, an LED illuminator for cancer drug activation, a disposable endoscope for viewing inside body cavities, an optical scanning system for fitting hearing aids, and a laser system for treating gum disease.
As CEO of Optimum Technologies, Inc. since its founding in 1994, Mr. Chinnock has worked with companies of all sizes on the development and commercialization of light-based devices. His 30+ years of experience include engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and general management positions at several companies engaged in electro-optical devices and systems, including Varian, United Detector Technologies, Smith & Nephew, and Henke Sass Wolf of America. In addition to its engineering and production services, his company is currently developing its own proprietary retinal imaging technology for screening for diabetic retinopathy under funding from the National Institutes of Health.
He holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Colorado and studied Mechanics and Materials Science at Johns Hopkins University.
For fun, Randy likes to cook, swim, design and build unique structures, and drive small cars with big engines faster than he should.