About Pacinian

Pacinian is a technology company passionate about improving the user experience by enabling digital devices to provide compelling, natural tactile feedback. We are a dedicated group of people with direct industry expertise derived from many years of experience with user interface and user input technology, design, and manufacturing.  Our company is driven by a desire to innovate and a belief that success is built upon productive, mutually beneficial partnerships.

                    

Management Team

Pacinian has attracted inspired innovators and an accomplished team of professionals who want people the world-over to truly experience a genuine and compelling sense of touch with the digital devices they use.  We will accomplish this by continuing to develop novel solutions that generate the optimal response for an improved user experience.  We value and respect each and every partner relationship, and will enhance our partner’s value with our passion for innovating.

Jim Schlosser – Co-Founder, CEO, Director
Jim Schlosser has led Pacinian as Co-Founder and CEO from an idea 2 ½ years ago to a company today with a disruptive technology and world class team focused on executing to current and future design wins. Jim has a deep understanding of the value proposition and market requirements of haptics, as well as the strategies necessary to effectively deliver Pacinian’s solution.  In his 10 year career at Advanced Input Systems, Jim successfully managed the company’s top two customers, the U.S. Army and GE Medical Systems, resulting in profitable growth and more than $20M of revenue. Jim holds firm to his values of true partnership and strong ethics, and seeks to make every business opportunity a personal win for the customer. Jim received an MBA from Gonzaga University and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University.

Cody Peterson – Co-Founder, CTO, Director
Cody Peterson is the inventor and engineering artist behind the HapticTouch™ technology. His ability to make something complex simple has enabled Pacinian to offer a truly unique and revolutionary solution to the rapidly growing touch market. Prior to Pacinian, Cody was an applications engineer with Advanced Input Systems for 7 years, delivering innovative input device solutions for leading medical equipment and industrial customers including British Telecom, GE Medical Systems, and Philips Medical. He helped conceive the award winning Medigenic™ Keyboard, the first sterilizable and self-monitoring keyboard specifically designed to prevent cross contamination in hospitals.  At Pacinian, Cody leads the technology and product teams that share his vision and passion for solving real industry problems. He has been granted 1 patent and has 8 patents pending.

Mike Levin – Vice President, Business Development
Mike joined Pacinian in May, 2009, and has made a significant impact by quickly forming industry partnerships and building a solid opportunity pipeline.  Prior to Pacinian, Mike was President of Magnition, LLC, a business strategy consulting firm.  Mike has over 20 years of haptics experience, much of it with Immersion Corporation, where he joined as an early employee and pioneered haptics into several markets including automotive, medical and touchscreens.  Mike held several positions over his 14-year career at Immersion, including Vice President of Technology & Partnerships and General Manager of Touch Interface Products.  Mike has also held engineering and project management positions at Merck & Co, Lego, Odetics, and the TRW Ballistic Missiles Division.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical / Avionics Engineering and Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from MIT.  As an undergraduate, he worked on the EASE project, which flew on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.  He has been awarded more than 20 patents, authored numerous papers on haptics and robotics, and presented at several international conferences. 

Mike Wilson – CFO
Mike brings to Pacinian over 25 years of Senior Financing Executive success for both start-up and turnaround companies in several industries. From 2001 to 2003 Mike was the CFO for Vivato, Inc., a venture-backed Wi-Fi start-up. Mike was integral in acquiring more than $64M in equity investment and established all accounting and reporting systems. From 1988-2000 Mike was the CFO for Advanced Input Devices and assisted in the sale of the company to Esterline Technologies in 1999 for $43M.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business/Accounting from the University of Idaho.

Brad Telin – Director of Operations
Brad Telin is a seasoned operations executive with broad experience in supply chain management, project management, quality assurance, logistics and Lean Six Sigma.  Prior to Pacinian, Brad was Director of Operations for General Dynamics – Itronix where he oversaw a 250+ person operations business unit focusing on new product introduction, supply chain, test and manufacturing engineering and program management.   He also held positions as Director of Operations Engineering and OEM Business Manager.  Prior to General Dynamics, Brad was the Director of Operations and Program Manager at World Wide Packets.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Idaho. 

Andy Huska – Embedded Solutions
Spearheading the Electrical Engineering Solutions at Pacinian, Andy Huska has been instrumental in productizing the innovative brilliance in HapticTouch’s electrical design.  With his wealth of electrical engineering knowledge and design savvy, coupled with his ‘let’s do it’ work ethic; a quantum leap has been made in user interface tactile feedback. Andy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Science and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho, coupled with 5 years of engineering expertise.

Doug Krumpelman – Mechanical Solutions
An inspired innovator and experienced designer, Doug Krumpelman is responsible for driving the Mechanical Engineering Solutions at Pacinian.  With 15 years of user interface design experience with Advanced Input Systems and Allied Panels, Doug has been highly successful in creating solid, market ready solutions that provide value to customers.   He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho.

Board of Directors

Johnny Humphreys – Board Chairman
Johnny Humphreys was the President and CEO of Spokane-based Itron Inc. from 1987 until June, 1999 and the Chairman of the Board from May, 1998 to January, 2000. Under Johnny’s leadership, Itron became a leading global supplier to utilities of systems used for collecting, communicating and analyzing electric, gas and water usage. Today, Itron is the world’s largest supplier of systems for the emerging Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) market with approximately $2 billion in revenues.

Tom Turner – Director
Tom Turner was President and CEO of Itronix Corporation based in Spokane, Washington.  Turner is credited with driving both the growth and profitability of Itronix, which ultimately resulted in the acquisition of Itronix by General Dynamics in 2005. During the mid 2000’s Tom was Senior Vice President at WhereNet, a Silicon Valley based leader in Real Time Location Systems (RTLS).   Previously, Tom was at Orlando based Datamax Corporation, a leading supplier of products and services for the bar code industry, where he was President and Director for 5 years. Tom is currently working as a consultant for Golden Gate Capital.

John Pariseau – Director
John Pariseau is the general manager and co-founder of WIN Partners, LLC, an angel investment fund based in Spokane, Washington. Prior to WIN, Pariseau was the CFO of Brewster Heights Packing, Inc., the largest privately owned integrated fruit shipper in the United States. Over the last 20 years, Pariseau has founded a number of successful real estate and retail ventures. He also serves as vice president of the board of directors of the Delta Angel Group, a coalition of accredited investors interested in investing with technology-centric businesses in the Northwest.