Dirk graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Dirk began working in the medical device field in 1987. He has worked on numerous devices and instruments including infusion pumps, blood flow meters, optical sensors, oxygen saturation and hematocrit monitors, and coagulation management systems. Dirk:

• Is the inventor on five patents.
• Has authored several papers on biological signal processing and medical systems.
• Has significant experience with U.S. and international product safety and regulatory issues.

Dirk is one of the founders of Minnetronix along with Rich Nazarian and Jonathan Pierce. He started as Director of Engineering and then worked as VP of Business Development for nearly ten years. Dirk recently took on the role of VP of Engineering in the fall of 2009.