FORREST
M BIRD, M.D., PhD., ScD.
FORREST
M BIRD, M.D., PhD., ScD.
Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, Forrest M Bird learned to fly a plane with the encouragement of his father, a World War I pilot. By the age of fourteen in 1935, young Forrest was soloed by his father in his 1928 Waco Biplane. In 1941, with extensive Aviation qualifications, he was called to active duty as a Technical Air Training Officer in the US Army Air Corps. During World War II, as a highly qualified pilot, Forrest transitioned almost every aircraft the Armed Services had in inventory. He was one of the earliest military Jet as well as Helicopter pilots.
His Aeronautical knowledge coupled with a later medical education, permitted Dr. Bird, with dual qualifications, to effectively enter into conceptual aeromedical technology. Over the years, Dr. Bird developed in-flight Aircrew Breathing Regulators and anti “g” devices for pilots flying the latest “state of the art” military and civil Aircraft. Following Dr. Bird’s military accomplishments he became interested in developing pneumatically servoed Cardiopulmonary Support Systems.
Beyond Aviation circles, Dr. Bird is well known by most Clinicians for the first universal mass produced medical respirator known as the Bird Mark 7® Respirator, which still remains in world wide service. Dr. Bird’s BABYbird®, first introduced in 1969, reduced mortality in Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndromes (IRDS) from some 70% to less than 10% within several years. During the 1980s Dr. Bird perfected Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV®) which has proven to be a major advance in mechanical Cardiopulmonary Care.
In 1995 Dr. Bird was inducted into the “US Inventors Hall of Fame” for his developments in “fluid Dynamics and the patented BABYbird®. He is a past president of the Civil Aviation Medical Association (CAMA). Dr. Bird is still an active highly qualified FAA certificated Flight Instructor Pilot and Aeronautical Engineer. He remains an ardent Lecturer as well as Educator, with deep Research and Development commitments in Aeromedicine.
PAMELA RIDDLE BIRD, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO, Innovative Product Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Pamela Bird is an internationally recognized commercialization expert. She was recently selected as a "Product Evaluator" for ABC television's new series titled, "American Inventor." She is the Founder and CEO of Innovative Product Technologies, Inc. (IPT, Inc.). IPT, Inc. is a product and technology based market commercialization corporation located in Gainesville, FL with a branch office in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Dr. Bird is a "key player" in the technology-transfer process. She is a liaison between inventor organizations, venture capital organizations, entrepreneurial networks and research park facilities. In fact, Dr. Bird was interviewed and has served as a consultant to ABC television network 20/20 as a national new product development and commercialization expert. She works diligently with her clients (inventors) to bring new products to the end consumer with "hands on" experience by working with national buyers in retailing, pricing, promoting, packaging, and distributing products. She also works with manufacturers regarding production of new products and with investors to capitalize new business ventures.
Dr. Bird is the author of over 70 publications and has been quoted and featured in numerous newspapers throughout the country including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron's - The Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly, Forbes Magazine and the Miami Herald. She has appeared as a guest on numerous television shows including the GOLDEN LIFESTYLES TV Show.
Dr. Bird is the author of Inventing for Dummies® published by Wiley Publishing Company, owner of the Dummies® series. At the request of the U.S. Consulate, Dr. Bird served as the "keynote" via satellite conference with China officials regarding new product commercialization and evaluation in the United States.
Dr. Bird is the Founder of the Inventors Educational Foundation. This is a non-profit public charity to assist in the educational, as well as commercialization needs of innovators and entrepreneurs with new ideas, products and technologies from all ages and walks of life. She co-branded the first credit card in the nation with MBNA (one of the largest credit card companies in the world) to start the first credit card for innovators, patent attorneys and patent agents. All proceeds Dr. Bird receives from this card are donated to the Inventors Educational Foundation.
Dr. Bird is a licensed pilot, as well as licensed commercial and residential building contractor.
LLOYD BELL
Mr. Lloyd Bell is a physicist and was
trained formally in scientific management. His career
has centered around the application of the physical and marine sciences.
He has served as an advisor to several Central American
and Caribbean countries, as well as personal advisor to J. Louis Reynolds,
Chairman of Reynolds International, Inc. (aluminum); H.G. Christie, "Father of
the Bahamas"; and Kenneth Parker, Chairman of the Parker Pen Company.
Mr. Bell developed islands in the Caribbean for over 20
years. This work included a completed-integrated construction capability with
ships, aircraft, and heavy construction equipment. He
designed and built the Gulfarium in Ft. Walton Beach and numerous apartments
before going to the Bahamas in 1957.
On invitation of the Brazilian Government, Mr. Bell presented personal theories
on the production of controlled thermonuclear reactions at Rio.
Currently, Mr. Bell is involved in various real estate
projects including apartments, condominium building and considerable business
acreage on the Destin peninsula. He has served on the
Florida Governor's Solar Energy Evaluations Committee;
as a Director of the Sierra Club's Coffen Nature
Preserve, as well as served as an Advisor to the Director of the
Florida Product Innovation Center.