Melissa Gedraitis has been in new product development for over 20 years, designing and managing projects from invention through manufacturing release. She brings enthusiasm and a passion for organizing and leading to every assignment.

Expertise

• Managing cross-functional issues to solve complex problems
• Project management (PMP Certified)
• Designing fluid delivery systems
• Designing mechanical parts (plastic, sheet metal)
• Creo Direct Modeling (CAD)

Experience

• Integrating instruments and consumables for successful consumer systems
• Providing technical leadership to teams delivering complex fluid delivery systems

Education

• M.S. Engineering Mechanics – Michigan State University
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Michigan State University

Patents:

• US2020398553A1 Vented Reservoirs with Floats for Print Agents
• WO2019099045A1 Replacement and priming of fluid-ejection device fluid supplies
• WO2018048406A1 Decrementing a printing fluid-based estimate of a number of pages that can be printed according to different intervals
• WO2013115753A3 Fluid container having first and second key set
• US7717540B1 Clog detection and clearing method for ink delivery system
• US2009058956A1 An ink delivery system and methods for improved printing
• US7118203B2 Peristaltic pump
• USD477840S1 Printer access door
• USD466923S1 Inkjet printer with fixed sheet feeder
• USD462087S1 Inkjet printer

Interests / Obsessions

• Chicken farming
• Travel and living abroad
• Learning/speaking German
• Puppy training with her daughter
• Talking math/physics/robotics/foreign languages with her son
• Home design and remodeling with her husband
• Horseback riding
• Doing art/ pottery
• Long distance hiking

Favorite Quote

“Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”

~ Skulduggery Pleasant (Derek Landy)