Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell, speaks at WE24 in Chicago, IL

On October 24, 2024, Dorota spoke about bringing a new product to market at WE24, presented by SWE (Society of Women Engineers) the world’s largest conference for women in engineering and technology with more than 17,000 attendees.

Attendees of "How to Develop and Bring a New Product to Market" learned about the product development process, what it costs to develop a product, and ongoing costs with distributing and selling it to consumers.

Simplexity VP of Engineering, Doug Harriman, attends RoboBusiness 2024

On October 16 - 17, 2024, Doug attended the #1 Event for Commercial Robotics Developers in in Santa Clara, California to better learn which technologies are commercially viable, and which are still years away.

You can learn more about Doug's Four Key Takeaways from RoboBusiness by visiting his blog.

Simplexity San Diego hosts an Open House and Readiness Panel with SEACOMP

We enjoyed chatting about best practices when transitioning from design to manufacturing with Terry Arbaugh, Kim Morch, Dorota Shortell, in our Manufacturing Readiness Panel.

The open house and panel were a huge hit and our guests enjoyed networking and happy hour with the Simplexity and SEACOMP team.

Simplexity attends Arm Institute's annual meeting 

The ARM Institute, the nation’s leading robotics & AI manufacturing innovation institute hosted their annual meeting in September 2024. Doug Harriman and Dorota Shortell enjoyed meeting ARM members, seeing the robots in action, and learning about advances in robotics.

Dorota also presented a pitch during the annual meeting and Simplexity Product Development joined ARM as a new member to the organization.

Simplexity exhibited at the Design-2-Part Show in Long Beach, CA

On September 25th - 26th 2024, Simplexity exhibited at the Design-2-Part Show, The Region’s Largest Design & Contract Manufacturing Trade Show.

The team featured demos to better help attendees learn how we can help them bring their next innovation to market.

Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell, presented a keynote address at the Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop. 

on June 8th, 2023, Dorota presented the keynote address discussing how product development processes used in industry can be leveraged in design education. It was a lively discussion with all the design educators from top engineering universities around the country.

Supported by Harvey Mudd College, the workshop brought together engineering educators, designers, and researchers to articulate the relevant issues of process in engineering design education.

Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell, was featured on the C-Suite Chronicles Podcast 

Dorota was featured in the the C-Suite Chronicles podcast alongside industry experts Sean McClain and Robyn Conti.

This episode dives deep into the importance of authenticity in leadership and how it can unlock your team's potential. Tune in for an insightful conversation on cultivating and maintaining a strong company culture and creating an environment to be proud of.

The episode can be found on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Simplexity client Sterifre Medical granted EPA registration for automated, point-of-care disinfectant system to help combat COVID-19 and other healthcare associated pathogens

Sterifre Medical makes headlines with the announcement of being granted EPA registration for their new AURA™ system.

Sterifre’s new AURA™ system can help improve safety of healthcare workers and patients by reducing exposure to pathogens and disinfectant chemicals, save time and money, and lessen environmental impact of manual disinfectant wipes.

Read more about the groundbreaking announcement in their press release!

Simplexity client Preemadonna has been named a CES Innovation Awards Honoree

The Nailbot by Preemadonna is celebrating its launch as a CES Innovation Awards Honoree!

Simplexity’s team assisted Preemadonna with detailed engineering including integrating printer functionality, designing custom firmware and PCAs, and prototyping.

What started as a novel product idea has grown into an award-winning, connected, at-home fingernail decorating device featuring inkjet printing technology, Bluetooth, and smartphone connectivity.

Learn more about the product design and engineering behind the Nailbot in our newest Case Study!

Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell, speaks at PPLF

Dorota shares some of the experiences we've learned during our journey the last 15+ years at Simplexity with the Portfolio and Project Leaders Forum (PPLF Portland).

You can catch a recap of this special virtual event Building a Company Culture that Enables Excellent Project Work including audio clips in our blog post! In a chat about company culture and core values, we share the 5 special steps it takes to build a successful team in today's environment.

Simplexity CTO, Doug Harriman, was featured on the Embedded FM Podcast 

Doug chats with Embedded FM about motors, controllers, and designing mechatronic systems. If you are into all things motion and mechatronics, you don't want to miss this Podcast.

The full episode: There Were Fires, is now streaming!

Simplexity Partners With Illumina to Build Emergency Box Shields for Healthcare Workers 

Intubation and the steps leading up to it are some of the highest-risk moments for COVID-19 spread to healthcare workers. We volunteered alongside with our client Illumina to build Emergency Box Shields to help protect healthcare workers.

So far, 27 boxes have been donated to hospitals while additional boxes are being prepared for delivery. We can't thank Illumina enough for letting us assist in this urgent project and we look forward to contributing more in the fight against COVID-19.

Simplexity Donates Materials and Labor to Support the Production of Alpha Doan's Face Shields Project 

When Alpha Doan asked Simplexity for recommendations to streamline the manufacturing process for his face shields project, it was all hands on deck. Not only did the team step in to donate materials and labor to support the production, our youngest honorary team member Aidan Duong assisted with the production process.

Simplexity helped produce 500 of the 800 face shields distributed as production continues and we are proud to be included in this lifesaving project!

Press Release
Simplexity Product Development Receives ISO 13485:2016 Certification

Read more: Simplexity Product Development has been awarded Quality Management System ISO 13485:2016 certification for Product Design and Development related to medical products.

Simplexity was proud to be one of the supporting sponsors at the Washington State Medical Device Summit

We enjoyed the fourteenth annual Washington State Medical Device Summit in Bothell, Washington on Thursday, November 10th.

The summit brought together industry executives, entrepreneurs, researchers, government officials, and other key thought leaders from the medical device industry.

Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell, scheduled panelist at MD&M West 

Join Dorota Shortell on the Innovative Medical Device Development for Dynamic Market Segments panel at MD&M West, the largest North American advanced design and manufacturing event this April.

We’re pleased conference organizers have allowed us to share the special code SPEAKER in the registration portal so you can save 20% on the entire Design. Engineer. Build Conference.

Networking and Happy Hour will follow after the panel from 5 - 6PM.

March 3rd, 2021
Virtual Career Visit featuring Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell & Expert Simplexity Engineers

Catch a replay of the Oregon MESA Virtual Career Visit 

January 14th, 2021
Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OBI) Virtual Lunch & Learn featuring Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell & Expert Firmware Engineer, Katie Elliott

Best Practices in Medical Device Software and Firmware Design

Catch a replay of the webinar 

December 2nd, 2020
Graduate Women of Engineering (GWE) Career Panel
Online

Simplexity CEO, Dorota Shortell will join panelists from UC Berkeley Graduate Women of Engineering (GWE) featuring successful women from academia, industry, government and non-traditional career paths.

October 21st - November 2nd, 2020
Simplexity's Halloween Mechatronics Contest
Online

August 13th, 2020
San Diego Biotechnology Network Virtual Speed Networking

Join us at the San Diego Biotechnology Network Virtual Speed Networking event on August 13th with unlimited speed networking and access to the discussion tables while supporting the community. All proceeds go to the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

February 11-13, 2020
MD&M West
Anaheim, CA

Anaheim Convention Center
800 W. Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92802

January 7-10, 2020
CES 2020 - Consumer Electronics Show®
Las Vegas, NV

Check out the highlights from CES 2020

December 4-5, 2019
BIOMEDevice | Medical Device Show
San Jose, CA

San Jose Convention Center
150 W. San Carlos St.
San Jose, CA 95110

Booth 1143

October 29 - November 1, 2019
Simplexity's Halloween Mechatronics Contest
Online - Polls Closed 

October 22, 2019
The Future of Digital Health and Wearables
Portland, OR

Knight Cancer Research Building
2720 SW Moody Ave.
Portland, OR 97201

Panelist:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity

October 7-9, 2019
Lab-on-a-Chip & Microfluidics World Congress 2019
Coronado Island, CA

Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa
2000 Second Street SW
Coronado, California, 92118

September 19, 2019
Washington State Medical Device Summit
Lynnwood, WA

Biomedical Device Innovation Partnership Zone
Lynnwood Convention Center
3711 196th Street SW
Lynnwood, WA 98036

June 27, 2019
Oregon Bio Women - The XX Factor: The Art of Designing Your Career
Oregon, WA

Genentech
4625 NE Brookwood Pkwy
Hillsboro, OR 97124

Keynote Speaker:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity

July 9-11, 2019
SEMICON WEST
San Francisco, CA

Moscone Convention Center
747 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94013

Speaker:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity

May 18, 2019
PSU Talk with Simplexity Product Development
Portland, OR

Portland State University
Engineering and Prototyping the Be.Brush with Goodwell Co.

Speaker:
Josh Yasbek, Mechanical Engineer, Simplexity

April 17, 2019
HardwareCon
Mountain View, CA

Panel: Hardware and the Human Body: Connected and Personalized Medical Devices
*Catch a replay of the panel

Speaker:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity

April 9, 2019
Society of Women Engineers 40th Anniversary Dinner
Portland, OR

SWE Columbia River Section
Keynote Speaker:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity

March 1, 2019
SEMI Oregon Breakfast Forum
Portland, OR

Panel: Wearable Electronics, Challenges and Opportunities
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity 

April 7, 2019
TAO 2019 Oregon Technology Awards Finalist Ceremony
Portland, OR

October 30, 2018
Welcome to Silicon Forest

Tandem Hall- CoLab Coworking
810 Main St.
Vancouver, WA 98660

Panelist:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity 

October 25, 2018
Oregon Bioscience Incubator: Best Practices in Medical Device Design
Portland, OR

Lunch & Learn - Best Practices in Medical Device Design

Presenters:
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity
Scott Jarnagin, Director of Business Development, Simplexity  

April 7, 2018
Society of Women Engineers WE Portland
Portland, OR

Keynote: Unlocking your potential; Demystify what it takes to be a CEO
Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity 

March 24, 2018
Society of Women Engineers Women in STEM
Vancouver, WA

Heritage High School
Keynote: Dorota Shortell, CEO, Simplexity