President

Tim Looney 

Tim has over 30 years of experience with technology projects including scope definition, design, development, schedule management, risk management, requirements gathering, and resource planning. Over his career, he has fulfilled a wide range of duties within engineering, product development, international operations, and quality management systems. Before founding Northeast Biomedical, Tim held several leadership roles at Creganna-Tactx Medical, CorNova, and Atrox Technologies.

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In addition to his role at Northeast Biomedical, he is a Senior Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell, where he teaches courses in Medical Device Design,  Computer-Aided Design and New Product Development. 

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Tim received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, and his M.B.A. from Suffolk University.

Director of Research & Development 

Elizabeth Nelson

Elizabeth is an engineer by training with a passion for project management and early stage concept development. She has worked in the medical field, focusing on research and development, since 2003.

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Through her work, she has learned the importance of integrating design for six sigma techniques and DFM into even the earliest stages of innovation.  Given her passion for early-stage concept development, she integrates DFSS tools into her projects and keeps up on the latest ways to innovate.

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Elizabeth received her B.S.E. in Biomedical  Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University.

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Director of Engineering

Philip Andrusin

With a focus on product development, Philip brings his own fresh perspective to the NEB device development team. Philip earned his BS in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering at Northeastern University. During his time at Northeastern, he held several internships in the medical device space, including in the Biomedical Engineering department at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Following graduation, he spent 2 years at EMC, qualifying and managing field performance of hard drives, power supplies, and servers used in storage products. Philip returned to school and received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University, specializing in Analog IC design.  Prior to joining Northeast Biomedical, he applied his knowledge to assignments at Medica Corporation working in automated work cells and instrumentation design.

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He has experience in developmental design including the design of electronics to interface with high-impedance electrochemical sensors for use in blood gas and blood electrolyte analyzers, as well as microprocessor-based system design.

Director of Business Development

Jack O'Callaghan

Jack joined the NEB team in December of 2022. Jack obtained his degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame. 

Before working at NEB, Jack was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for LDI Medical for almost three years. LDI Medical works in both healthcare and organ and tissue donation. While working for the company, Jack led his team through the COVID Pandemic selling post-mortem body bags and handling the challenging situation of excessive demand.

Jack has more than 25 years of experience in medical sales, marketing, and sales training. At NEB, he takes pride in creating relationships with our customers, as he is responsible for working with our clients to make sure they are getting everything they need to make their new and existing products successful.

Director of Operations 

Jeremy Bernier

Jeremy earned his degree from Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts. He has been with Northeast Biomedical since July of 2021, where he has been accountable for ensuring the entire company’s optimization and deployment of systems and protocols. 

Prior to working at NEB Jeremy was the Vice President of Operations at Electrochem, a fuel cell and energy research company with multiple contracts with NASA, DOD, DOE, and other global customers. He was also a project specialist at Woodard & Curran in an operations and administration position for billion-dollar memory care and assisted living facilities.

Jeremy has a talent for managing multiple action items and assets while prioritizing the company’s integrity along the way. Jeremy brings many skills to NEB and continues to manage the daily activities while overseeing several departments. 

Senior Product Development Engineer

Athena Osbourne

Athena earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire, where her focus was on fluid mechanics and finite element analysis. Athena has additionally earned her MS degree in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, with a Professional Science Master’s option from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. 

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Athena started with Northeast Biomedical in 2012 and has worked on a variety of programs from automation, instrument, and catheter design. She holds an Engineer-in-Training certificate in the state of New Hampshire, having passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam in Mechanical Engineering.  Following her undergraduate degree, Athena spent a year as a Mechanical Engineer in R&D for TE Connectivity working in the industry of undersea fiber optic systems.

She has also worked at KMC Systems as a Mechanical Engineer working on the design and development of automated medical and life science instrumentation.

Senior Product Development Engineer

Mitch Baker 

Mitch earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Wentworth Institute of Technology in 2009. His focus was on machine design and manufacturing. 

Mitch started with Northeast Biomedical in 2021 and has worked on a variety of design programs including electromechanical assemblies, bioprocessing equipment, instruments, assembly fixtures, mold tooling and plastic parts. He has a diverse background in both manufacturing and design. Following his undergraduate degree, Mitch spent 6 years as a tool and die designer at Carling Technologies and Smiths Connectors working in the switch, circuit breaker and electrical interconnect industries. He has managed tooling projects in the US, China and Mexico.  

He has also worked at Associated Environmental Systems as a Mechanical Design Engineer working on the design and development of environmental test chambers. He developed the company's first battery test chamber using applicable UL, IEC, and NFPA regulatory and safety standards.