Sigenics has grown since 2000 when three colleagues decided to combine their individual knowledge, expertise and consulting practices to create one strong company that could focus on their common passion. In spite of our growth, the founders remain involved in the technical aspects of all of our projects.

In addition to the talents of our principals and staff, our customers benefit from our national network of consultants and vendors. When additional expertise is required, we can quickly engage these resources to provide the solution you require.

Principals

Phillip Troyk, PhD, President
In addition to being a founding principal of Sigenics, Inc., Dr. Troyk currently holds the position as Associate Professor and Director of Neural Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. He holds twelve patents related to polymer coatings, power conversion, medical implant design, power conversion and radio-frequency telemetry systems. Dr. Troyk is a prolific author, and has written several papers on subjects related to neurosciences and implantable medical devices. Dr. Troyk is the technical driving force behind Sigenics's development of several implantable devices designed to be used in neural prostheses.

Glenn DeMichele, M.S., Director
Before founding Sigenics, Mr. DeMichele was president of Upstream Engineering Services, a software and hardware company providing services to the U.S. Government's Naval Research Laboratory. Upstream developed the ground-based test system for the NRL's WindSat satellite program, as well as systems to analyze and catalog of X and S band RADAR pulses.

Mr. DeMichele has been involved with the Illinois Institute of Technology and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developing system-level approaches and mixed mode integrated circuits for use in the Visual Prosthesis Program. Other circuits and system designed by Mr. DeMichele include bi-directional magnetic biotelemetry of data from embedded strain gauges, EMG sensors and microstimulators, and passive RFID systems.

Mr. DeMichele was an Analog Field Applications engineer at Harris Semiconductor Corporation (now Intersil) where he applied his expertise to problems in a wide variety of commercial and military applications. Mr. DeMichele also has designed biological laboratory and petroleum processing instrumentation with Precision Scientific Corp., military power systems with Northrop Corporation, and commercial avionics communications equipment with Rockwell/Collins in Cedar Rapids IA. Mr DeMichele is the holder of seven patents and has published numerous articles for trade and scientific journals.

Douglas Kerns Ph.D., Director
Before founding Sigenics, Dr. Kerns was president of ESI, a firm specializing in the design of integrated electronic sensors, such as those used to measure acceleration, gas concentrations, mechanical strain, radiation, and temperature. Dr. Kerns also worked for Tanner Research developing software tools used in integrated circuit design, as an analog designer at Analog Devices Inc., and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. Dr. Kerns expertise in integrated circuit fabrication technology has allowed Sigenics to successfully fabricated devices in over 12 different IC processes. Dr. Kerns has also authored numerous papers and holds two patents.