RedOak Instruments

RedOak Instruments

Red Oak Instruments produces biomedical devices that allow quantitative measurements of fine motor skills and provides doctors and physicians with new ways to measure a patient’s functionality, aiding them in their diagnosis. Why Guess? Measure.

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Security Type
Membership Units
Min Investment
$100
Location
Katy, TX
Offering Date
February 01, 2021
Expected Close Date
April 01, 2021
Target Raise
$10.00K-$1.00M
Deal Notes

Price per Unit: $2.00

Company Description

RedOak Instruments (ROI) is a sports/medical technology company that non-invasively measures fine motor degradation to indicate the presence of a concussion or injury. Sports trainers, coaches, EMTs, and medical practitioners can monitor their rehabilitation programs with our technology and document evidence of injury for a conclusive diagnosis by the practitioners.

Key Deal Facts

FDA approved medical instrument
Quick and Non-Invasive
Equipment ready to sell
MassChallenge company finalist

Use of Proceeds

  • Compensation for managers
  • Legal and compliance
  • Software Development
  • Marketing and sales
  • Development of tech support
  • Manufacturing
  • FDA Legal/patent support
  • Office Expenses
  • Rent/Utilities
  • Staff support/insurance
  • New Technology
  • Office Staff
  • Intermediary fees

Management Team / Advisory Board Bios

Richard A Behlmann, JD, CPA
President and CEO
Mr. Behlmann was brought on board to develop business strategy and sales, secure intellectual property, oversee regulatory compliance, licensing, FDA, multi-state requirements and sales infrastructure to promote and market the technology. He holds his JD from St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, he is a Member, Securities Law Committee, Texas Bar Association; and Missouri Bar Association, Former Member Fixed Wireless Access Consultative Committee, and UK Radio Communications Agency. He holds a BS/BA Business Administration, Concentrations in Finance & Accounting – St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, and CPA – Missouri

William C Paske, PhD
CTO
Dr. Paske is a Co- Founder of ROI and inventor of the fine motor control measurement technology used by the company. He holds an MS degree in nuclear physics and his PhD in Atomic and molecular physics. He has twenty-five years’ experience with university and large industry research and development and is an expert in systems analysis. Dr Paske has been an innovative and inventive problem solver with 10 US and 24 foreign patents and 60 publications / analysis papers / manuals have been contributed to the scientific community over the past twenty years. His patents range over topics as diverse as electrical transmission problems to nuclear logging tools, to mechanical / medical instrumentation. Many of his patents have been carried from inception to successful commercialization. He has provided proprietary contractual consulting work for Medical professionals on research problems dealing with statistical analysis, physical measurement problems and general protocol methodology.

David A Paske, BSME
COO
David Paske attended the University of Tulsa where he earned his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Here he excelled in Engineering Design and Material Science and developed an interest in bioengineering. During his senior design project, he received the opportunity to work alongside other engineers to develop a flaw detection system utilizing hall sensors to detect magnetic flux leakage. This allowed David to augment his teamwork, time management and design skills, but above all allowed David to demonstrate his ability to think outside the box to develop a solution to a difficult problem which he carried throughout his career. Since then, David has worked to redesign the hand sensor to make it more efficient, cheaper to build and more robust. He has gone from designing the equipment to now running the operation on a daily basis.

LTC Charles H Paske
VP Market Development
LTC Paske is a 23-year US Army Veteran and results based leader with the vision and the tenacity to bring this technology to the forefront. Upon realizing the potential value of this technology Chuck has become the driving force behind bringing this technology's potential value to our society through youth Athlete Concussion screening, and through our soldiers/veterans as a diagnostic/detection aid for separating mTBI and PTSD before treatment. with over 30 years’ experience within the Human Resources industry and, over 10 years in Time-Resolved Force Technology™ product design and development, Chuck is the foremost authority on the business functionality screening market and today’s legal and social interface with occupational safety and health, risk management, and the Workers’ Compensation industry. Chuck delivers leadership, motivation, enthusiasm, dedication and passion to this project.

David Hinote, BS
VP IT
David has studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston and holds degrees in Computer Science, from the University of Houston – Downtown, and Automotive Technology, from Wharton County Junior College. While attending school for Computer Science, he conducted research in artificial intelligence and image processing and has written several papers in those areas. David has experience in C++, C#, Objective C, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Pascal, SQL, and LabVIEW. In terms of types of applications, he has experience building graphical (3D) applications, web apps, user interfaces, data storage, data processing and analysis programs.

Daniel Stewart
Software Development
Daniel has an academic background in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston - Downtown. His career in the IT industry started in 2000 while in college at the University of Oklahoma. Daniel’s industry experience ranges from managing a large Professional Services team serving over 45,000 user accounts, to helping create and optimize service offerings for small business-to-business IT firms. Since graduating from UHD, he has devoted his time to software development and is an experienced full stack developer with expertise in the .NET languages, JavaScript, AngularJS, and NodeJS.

Ronald J Swatzyna, PhD, LCSW, BCB, BCN
Founder, Houston Neuroscience Brain Center
Dr. Swatzyna is a clinical researcher who has published and presented over 70 studies including 15 publications and two book chapters. He is a popular conference speaker throughout the United States and around the world, with international presentations in over eight countries England, Denmark, Italy, Canada, The Netherlands, Germany, and Australia.

Elizabeth A Smith, PhD
Founder, Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety
Elizabeth A. Smith, PhD founded the non-profit CRG Medical Foundation for Patient Safety (dba Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety) in 2003. Her expertise is in health care, human factors, and organizational science. Dr. Smith has 50 years of fact-based academic knowledge and selected content of peer-reviewed publications on productivity, motivation, creativity, and business. Faculty positions: 1) Air Force Institute of Technology, F.E. Warren Air Force Base (1969-1970), 2) Houston Baptist University (1977-1979), and 3) Rice University (1989). Organized, coordinated, and evaluated cancer education grants awarded to M.D. Anderson and published two books on rehabilitation (McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York) (1970-1976). Instructor for Oil & Gas Consultants, International, and presented three-day upper management seminars designed to monitor productivity and increase motivation (1980-1984). Designed and coordinated a “teaching-how-to-teach” curriculum, UT Medical School, Houston (1979-1980). Guided and supported three healthcare non-profits and was an active board member of two science-based research organizations (1976-2020). Was Vice President of a Texas-based independent oil company, monitored production and cash flow (1979-2017). Long-standing Board member of Red Oak Instruments, LLC and currently Advisory Board member.

Karen A Smith

Karen A Smith graduated from the University of Texas in Austin. She served as a board member of an independently owned corporation for over 30 years, a committee member to various Houston organizations for 27 years and a volunteer to several non-profits groups for 15 years. She developed results driven solutions integrating the benefits of past, present and future. Managed the corporation through the market cycles while maintaining cash flow, analyzing budgeting factors and implementing cost saving for future success. Advised and guided the decision making process for continual business development by asking fact based questions for maximum benefit and enhanced project results by minimizing time, money and effort. Coordinated and managed daily processes and procedures for repeat customer satisfaction and retention. A passionate leader and creative team player that believes all is possible.

Kathleen A Paske, BBA, MSBA
Founder, Vicina Ventures
Kathleen Paske a comprehensive marketing and operations specialist. She co-founded Vicina Ventures, a boutique real estate investment and lending firm, in 2019. Her experience focuses on an analytics backed and value add approach to strategic planning and go-to-market implementation for fortune 500 and start up companies alike. In addition to ROI, Kathleen currently sits on the Board of Advisors for Hamilton at your Service. She holds a BBA - marketing and MS - business analytics from the McCombs School of Business.

David E Martinez D.C.
Founder, Lemmata Chiropractic
Dr. David E Martinez is a qualified Doctor of Chiropractic. He specializes in chiropractic in Hampton, VA and has over 11 years of experience in the field of medicine. He graduated from his medical school with his medical degree in 2009. Dr. David Martinez is board certified in both Virginia and Texas. He also holds a BA – Health and Wellness and a BS – Anatomy, and is a published author on the topics of concussions.

Donald Lefeber, LAc, MAOM

Mr. Lefeber leads the research and practice of integrated health care and wellness to introduce and educate patients and families the concept of holistic medicine and the appropriate use of complementary and alternative medicine. A graduate from the American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM), with a Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, he has been inducted into the international research society, Sigma Xi, has 8 academic publications in different medical journals, and has given research presentations in the Texas Medical Center and International Conferences for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Deal Notes

Price per Unit: $2.00

Amount Raised : $47,780
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Membership Units represent ownership rights in a Limited Liability Company, indicated by the right to receive cash or unit distributions, declared by the Manager(s) of the LLC, and having voting rights in the governance of the Company.

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