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Thomas Blackadar
`4 Pinehurst Ave
`Pembroke, MA 02359
`tbiackadar(&,fitsense,com
`508-654-0766
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`; EXHIBIT
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`Summary
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`Senior Executive with a track record of bringing products to market on time on budget. Great cross functional team skills using
`agile, Kanban, six sigma techniques as appropriate. I have built a successful company from the ground up; using skills in negotiating
`contracts, partnerships, raising VC funds, and doing an M&A. Successfully brought several consumers based products to market, as
`well as B2B products. I enjoy working with customers, and translating the customers' requirements to the team. I have Strong IP
`skills both in prosecution and litigation with over 40 patents and patents pending.
`
`Core Competencies
`I am good at simplifying complex systems; finding the minimal viable product; architecting software and hardware platforms; and
`working in an agile development environment I believe in full product life cycle management.
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`Professional Career
`
`Third Pole Theraputics April 2017-Present
`Architect and principle engineer.
`
`FitSense Technology LLC (Present)--
`FitSense Technology LLC provides consulting services for startups and fortune 500 companies. Customers include: Under Armor,
`Jawbone, Angler Labs, Microsoft, Sole Power, Koko Fit, Knowbility, Humon,-Shimmer and FitLinxx.
`
`FitLinxx 2007-2015 COO /CTO (post-merger with FitSense)
`FitLinxx provided wireless hardware, wearable electronics and infrastructure for fitness clubs, employee wellness programs, and
`fitness enthusiasts.
`
`At FitLinxx as COO I was responsible for merging the two corporate entities. I was able to reduce-product cost of the aging
`FitLinxx system by 50% and reduced operational costs-by over $150k per month. I was responsible for the outsourced manufacturing
`in China and the US. I was responsible for the IT infrastructure, our cloud delivery service, disaster recovery plans and was the chief
`security officer. As CTO I set provided new platform architectures and generated over 15 new patent applications and established a
`successful licensing program. I established FDA guidelines, HIPAA, privacy and security policy for the company.
`I was the industry liaison for consortiums and standard organizations (WLSA, CEA, HIMSS, IEEE and FitC).
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`FitSense Technology 1997-2007 Founder/CEO
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`FitSense was founded to put the human body on line wirelessly. We made sensor data actionable by the user. FitSense developed
`systems and products for sale and license. I started the company in my basement and grew it to 24 people and $4M in revenue. I
`raised VC funds. We had several successful consumer product launches and in 2007 we merged the company with FitLinxx Inc.
`Consumer Products:
`• FS-1 the worlds first speed distance and heart rate monitor connected to the cloud
`• Nike, (Nike+ Consumer Product),
`e- (cid:9) Reebok (Traxtar consumer product).
`Significant Contracts/Programs
`• Welch/Allyn (Nightingale ECG Monitor),
`• Motorola (MotoHealth Nextel based health monitors),
`• Army/NASA (Warfighter Physiological Monitor, Mt. Everest Health Monitor, John Glenn/Space Shuttle Sleep study,
`copper miners in Australia),
`• NBC 2000 (Monitoring Michael Johnson in Olympic Trials),
`• Discovery Channel (Adventure Racing Series health and location monitoring system),
`• WBZ Boston Marathon live broadcast -tracking athletes HR/Speed/Distance/Caloric burn.
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`Bolt Beranek Newman 1982-1997
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`BBN was a world leader in innovative technologies, now owned by Raytheon. I was involved in many innovative programs at
`BBN exposed to sensor s systems, acoustic feedback systems, networking, supercomputing, mobile platforms and wearable
`computing.
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`TomTom Exhibit 1021, Page 1 of 3
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`BBN Technologies, Advanced Networking Department Manager. 1991-1997
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`The advanced networking department performed new innovative network topologies and provided manufacturing and
`support services for most of BBN. I grew the department to 80 employees $30M P&L. As department manager we were
`responsible for generating our own sales pipeline, managing our budgets and contracts.
`
`BBN Advanced Computers (Wholly owned subsidiary) Director of-Operations 19864991 BBN
`
`BBN ACI-developed the world's fastest computer; the Butterfly ParalleLProcessor. I was the lead Systems Engineer
`responsible for the system design, manufacturing and support of one of the first large scale parallel processors in the world.
`I developed BBNs contract manufacturing relationships, support organization and maintained customer relationships post
`sales. I reported to the CEO of BBN Advanced Computers.
`
`BBN Computer Company Sr. Test Engineer 1982-1986
`
`I was responsible for developing board, and system level diagnostics, networking test methodologies for all of BBN's
`commercial products.
`
`Education 1981 BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of New Hampshire (concentration in Biomedical and a
`minor in history).
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`Affiliations Member of IEEE, IEEE Personal Health Devices Standards group (IEEE 20601-11073), HIMSS, and ASCM, CEA
`Health and Fitness Standards Committee.
`
`Natick Little League Natick Babe Ruth Baseball Coach 2003-2007
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`Awards: Continua significant contributor, IEEE Personal Health Devices Standards significant contributor, Best Presentation IEE
`Body worn networks.
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`Publications and Patents
`• Weyand, P., Kelly, M., Darley, J.. Oliver, S., Ohlenbusch, N., Joffe, S., Blackadar, T.and R. Hoyt. Ambulatory estimates of maximal
`aerobic power from foot-ground Contact times and heart rates in running humans. J. Appl. Physiol. 91: 451-8, 2001.
`Proceeding of the ATS, June 2004; Cumulative field monitoring of ambulation in COPD M. L. Moy, MD,MSc 1,2, T. Blackadar 3, S. J.
`Mentzer, MD 1,2 and J. J. Reilly, MD 1,2. 1 Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA ; 2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and 3
`FitSense Technology Inc.,-Southborough, MA .
`• Raymond SA, Blackadar T, Oueida W, Ohlenbusch NE. Preventing false spirometry values and invalid symptom scores in respiratory
`clinical trials. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical liumunology, Supplement Feb. 2004:113(2):S277
`• Blackadar, T. Ambulatory Monitoring-Embeddable, Wearable "It's all about fashion", Studies in Wireless Electronics International
`Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, IEE London,. 79-81, 2005
`Proceedings 2003 Sages The Use of Wireless Monitoring Sensors for Bariatric Post-Operative Fitness Training James "Butch" Rosser,
`MD, Bj6m Herman, BA, Tom Blackadar, BSEE/CS
`• The Physiologic Cipher: R. Satava, T. Blackadar Telemedicine on Everest GPS World October 2001, Volume 12, Number 10 Pages 20.
`•
`IEEE 802.11-98/296, IEEE P802.11 Wireless LANs; MOBILE MEDICAL MONITORING September 8, 1998 Blackadar, T. Wronski, J.;
`• Robert J. Aiken, Adam Abramski, John Bates, Thomas Blackadar. Middleware for Ubiquitous Computing. HUC'1999. pp.301-303
`•
`Proceedings DARPA Wearables in 2005 July 18-19 1996 Arlington, VA
`• Low Power Wearable Sensors 1997 Proceedings of the ACWSiggraph Wearables Tutorial.
`• BBN-DARPA Parallel Processing Quarterly Technical Reports 1984-1985 BFLY-QTR-05, BFLY-QTR-12
`• Crowther, W. and Goodhue, J. and Starr, E. and Thomas, R. and Milliken, W. and Blackadar, T. Performance Measurements on a 128-
`Node {Butterfly} Parallel Processor", Proceedings IEEE ICPP. 1985, pages 531-540, 1985"
`IEEE/ISO 11073-10407 Blood Pressure Specialization standard.
`•
`• Rosser JC, Herman B, Blackadar T, Noyan EL. The Use of Wireless Physiological Monitoring Sensors for Bariatric Post-Operative
`Fitness Training, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Los Angelos, CA, 2003.
`Conferences
`Co-Chair, DARPA 1996 Workshop on Wearable Computing 2005
`Marketing Chair Boeing 1996 Workshop on Wearable Computing
`2004 Health Care Unbound Personal Sensing systems
`2005 Health Care Unbound Mobile Clinical Trial Systems
`2004 Wireless Life Science
`2006 Health Care Unbound Technologies For Baby Boomers
`2006 Summit on behavioral Telehealth: Technology for Behavior Change Keynote Address: Web Based Tools for Collecting Activity Data and
`changing Behavior
`2007 Club Industry Corporate Fitness
`2007 World Health Congress Panel Wireless Health Care
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`TomTom Exhibit 1021, Page 2 of 3
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`Issued Patents ( there are 10-pending)
`8,2-14,007 - Body Worn Physiological Sensor Device Having a Disposable Electrode Module
`7,962,312 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot
`7,937,121 Intelligent data network with power management capabilities
`8,264,328 Sensor device with persistent low power beacon
`7,768,415 Sensor device with persistent low power beacon_
`7,617,071 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot
`-7,466,979 Intelligent data network with power management capabilities
`7,428,472 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot
`7,428,471 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot
`7,200,517 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot
`7,187,924 Intelligent data network with power management capabilities
`6,898,550 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on-foot
`6,536,139 Detachable foot mount for electronic device
`6,493,652 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot
`6,357,147 Detachable foot mount for electronic device
`6,336,365 Low-cost accelerometer
`6,298,314 Detecting the starting and stopping of movement of a person on foot
`6,122,340 Detachable foot_mount for electronic device
`6,052,654 Measuring foot contact time and foot loft time of a person in locomotion
`6,018,705 Measuring foot contact time and foot loft time of a person in locomotion
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`TomTom Exhibit 1021, Page 3 of 3
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