Arnold Estrada
Chief Executive Officer - CoFounder at SPKL, LLC
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolArnold Estrada is a biomedical optics scientist and entrepreneur with 14+ years turning light-based ideas into medical devices, currently CEO and Co-Founder of SPKL LLC developing noninvasive perfusion wearables and intraoperative blood flow imaging. He blends deep technical expertise—from tissue optics, OCT, laser speckle and infrared imaging to algorithms and embedded software (C/C++, Matlab, Python)—with hands-on product development and SBIR-funded R&D. Previously a senior optics lead at Luminex and R&D director at EyeLock, he has a strong track record in molecular diagnostics, imaging instrumentation, and rapid prototyping. Arnold’s work spans academic and commercial worlds (PhD in Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin) and includes ~500 citations, reflecting sustained impact across tissue optics and imaging. He’s equally comfortable sketching optical systems, coding imaging pipelines, or writing grant proposals, a rare mix that accelerates early-stage biotech from concept to clinic.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomedical/Medical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at Cornell University
SpanishGithub contributions (3)
aestrada71/Arnold_Estrada_Matlab_Code
Oct 2011 - Jan 2012
Contributions:3 commits in 3 months
aestrada71/hello-world
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Test repo for learning
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
testingtest-repo
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