Mark J Schroeder is currently a Principal Hardware Technology Development Engineer at Starkey Hearing Technologies. He was an electrical engineering professor at North Dakota State University for 15 years during which time he spearheaded a startup company, Myriad Devices, with other faculty and students. He has also served as a biomedical engineering consultant for several years at various companies including Boston Scientific and Cardialen. Mark received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and performed postdoctoral research at the University of Louisville. His interests include bio-instrumentation, biomedical sensors, biosignal analysis, product innovation, machine learning, cardiovascular engineering and neural engineering.